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United States › Kansas › Wallace County › Climate Station SHARON SPRINGS, KS US Distance 2.4 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Wallace County home comfortable runs roughly $489 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Wallace County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

91.2°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 17.3°F.

Wallace County gets 19.85" of precipitation a year and 21" of snow, and 48% of it falls in Jun, Jul, Aug.

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 43.7° 17.3° 0.40" 3.2"
February 46.1° 19.4° 0.59" 4.7"
March 56.5° 27.8° 0.95" 3.3"
April 64.9° 36.7° 1.80" 1.4"
May 74.5° 47.9° 2.58" 0.1"
June 86.3° 58.6° 2.77" 0.0"
July 91.2° 64.1° 3.86" 0.0"
August 88.4° 62.0° 2.96" 0.0"
September 80.9° 52.9° 1.57" 0.1"
October 67.8° 38.4° 1.27" 1.4"
November 54.2° 26.5° 0.65" 2.3"
December 44.1° 18.6° 0.45" 4.5"

Rainfall by month

Wallace County has a distinct wet season. 48% of the year's precipitation arrives in Jun, Jul, Aug.

January 0.40"
February 0.59"
March 0.95"
April 1.80"
May 2.58"
June 2.77"
July 3.86"
August 2.96"
September 1.57"
October 1.27"
November 0.65"
December 0.45"
Annual total 19.85"

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 1,166
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 5,553
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.71¢/kWh, Kansas average $183
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $305

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 Wallace County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Wallace County?

Wallace County averages a high of 91.2°F in July and a low of 17.3°F in January. Annual precipitation is 19.85 inches, including 21 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Wallace County?

The wettest stretch is Jun, Jul, Aug, which accounts for 48% of the year's precipitation. That is a pronounced wet season rather than rain spread evenly through the year.

How hot does it get in Wallace County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 91.2°F. That drives 1,166 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Wallace County?

Yes. Wallace County averages 21 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station SHARON SPRINGS, KS US (USC00147397), 2.4 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.