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United States › Kansas › Lane County › Climate Station HEALY, KS US Distance 11.7 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Lane County home comfortable runs roughly $502 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Lane County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

93.0°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 16.5°F.

Lane County gets 22.38" of precipitation a year and 22.4" of snow, and 42% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 44.5° 16.5° 0.44" 3.8"
February 48.1° 19.3° 0.67" 5.5"
March 58.4° 27.9° 1.29" 3.9"
April 67.2° 36.6° 2.07" 1.3"
May 76.7° 48.5° 3.25" 0.5"
June 87.9° 59.3° 3.03" 0.0"
July 93.0° 64.3° 3.20" 0.0"
August 90.5° 62.3° 3.21" 0.0"
September 83.3° 53.1° 2.04" 0.0"
October 70.4° 39.2° 1.66" 1.1"
November 56.4° 27.0° 0.76" 2.3"
December 45.8° 18.4° 0.76" 4.0"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 42% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 0.44"
February 0.67"
March 1.29"
April 2.07"
May 3.25"
June 3.03"
July 3.20"
August 3.21"
September 2.04"
October 1.66"
November 0.76"
December 0.76"
Annual total 22.38"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 1,330
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 5,325
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.71¢/kWh, Kansas average $209
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $293

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Lane County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Lane County?

Lane County averages a high of 93.0°F in July and a low of 16.5°F in January. Annual precipitation is 22.38 inches, including 22.4 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Lane County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 42% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Lane County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 93.0°F. That drives 1,330 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Lane County?

Yes. Lane County averages 22.4 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station HEALY, KS US (USC00143554), 11.7 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Kansas residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.