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Dighton, Kansas Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Healy, 18.7 km from Dighton

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 93°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 17°F. A normal year brings 22.4 in of precipitation and 22.4 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Scott City (TQK), since 1895. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dighton through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
  • Record high
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Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
81°F
Normal low
50°F
Record high
95°Fin 1933
Record low
33°Fin 1989
Chance of a wet day
18%
Daylight
12 h 03 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January45°F17°F81°F (1953)-26°F (1918)0.44 in2.43.8 in30.41,0700
February48°F19°F87°F (2016)-19°F (1933)0.67 in3.45.5 in26.08760
March58°F28°F98°F (1907)-19°F (1948)1.29 in4.73.9 in21.16781
April67°F37°F98°F (1914)4°F (1936)2.07 in6.81.3 in9.24029
May77°F49°F104°F (1927)19°F (1909)3.25 in8.40.5 in0.915480
June88°F59°F111°F (1985)34°F (1917)3.03 in7.70.0 in0.017275
July93°F64°F114°F (1913)41°F (1925)3.20 in7.40.0 in0.02425
August91°F62°F111°F (2025)39°F (1928)3.21 in7.60.0 in0.04357
September83°F53°F107°F (1914)23°F (1984)2.04 in5.70.0 in0.266162
October70°F39°F99°F (1926)4°F (1917)1.66 in4.91.1 in6.933822
November56°F27°F88°F (2016)-9°F (1929)0.76 in3.32.3 in22.16990
December46°F18°F82°F (1939)-21°F (1900)0.76 in3.04.0 in30.01,0200
Year69°F39°F22.38 in6522.4 in1475,3251,330

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

22.4 in in a normal year, most in May.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Dighton, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Healy.

22.4 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Healy. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 28 and the first fall freeze around October 15, a growing season of about 169 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 7, first October 6
Median at 32°F
last April 28, first October 15
Median at 28°F
last April 18, first October 23

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Dighton.

The muggiest month is July, when 17 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January20°F65%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February22°F61%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March28°F57%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April34°F54%99%1%0%0%0%0%
May46°F56%85%11%4%0%0%0%
June56°F55%39%33%23%5%0%0%
July60°F54%18%29%37%17%0%0%
August59°F56%22%33%33%12%0%0%
September50°F53%70%20%9%1%0%0%
October38°F56%97%2%1%0%0%0%
November28°F61%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December21°F65%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 41 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 60 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 13.0 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 17, with 14 h 52 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 9 h 29 min.

Hours of daylight at Dighton through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Lane County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Lane County: 81.1°F (+4.8 °F against 1991-2020), the 5th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Lane County: 2.08 in (-0.82 in against 1991-2020), the 56th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Lane County: 60.9°F (+4.4 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Lane County: 13.90 in (-2.51 in against 1991-2020), the 47th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
82.6°F in 1983
Coolest August
67.8°F in 1915
Wettest August
8.26 in in 1950
Driest August
0.27 in in 1913

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Lane County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-6-4-20+2+4+61900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Kansas climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Dighton in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1895. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00143554 (Healy), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00147271, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.