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Douglass, Kansas Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Smileyberg 1N, 11.7 km from Douglass

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 89°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 19°F. A normal year brings 39.2 in of precipitation and 10.6 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Augusta (3AU), since 1996. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Douglass 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
78°F
Normal low
54°F
Record high
92°Fin 2022
Record low
42°Fin 2000
Chance of a wet day
18%
Daylight
12 h 04 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
January42°F19°F73°F (2013)-6°F (2018)0.89 in3.73.2 in28.61,0660
February47°F22°F80°F (2024)-19°F (2021)1.46 in4.91.7 in23.38480
March57°F32°F95°F (2026)-4°F (2014)2.48 in6.01.7 in15.96443
April67°F42°F96°F (2006)18°F (2018)3.40 in7.10.2 in4.634015
May75°F53°F100°F (2014)33°F (2011)6.24 in9.20.0 in0.212181
June84°F63°F108°F (1998)44°F (1998)6.02 in8.20.0 in0.09258
July89°F67°F110°F (2011)53°F (2014)4.54 in6.90.0 in0.01408
August89°F65°F111°F (2011)47°F (2009)3.93 in6.20.0 in0.02369
September81°F57°F108°F (2000)37°F (2014)3.53 in5.10.0 in0.152163
October69°F44°F96°F (2006)18°F (2019)3.27 in6.00.1 in3.129727
November55°F32°F87°F (2006)5°F (2014)1.83 in3.70.3 in15.56461
December44°F22°F76°F (2021)-9°F (2016)1.59 in4.23.4 in26.59870
Year66°F43°F39.18 in7110.6 in1185,0131,324

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.

39.2 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 Douglass, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Smileyberg 1N.

10.6 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Smileyberg 1N. 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 18 and the first fall freeze around October 21, a growing season of about 185 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 28, first October 11
Median at 32°F
last April 18, first October 21
Median at 28°F
last April 7, first October 31

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

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

The muggiest month is July, when 66 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January24°F75%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February27°F72%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March36°F70%95%4%2%0%0%0%
April44°F68%84%10%5%1%0%0%
May56°F72%41%18%23%16%2%0%
June65°F72%8%14%22%36%19%1%
July67°F67%3%10%21%32%32%2%
August64°F64%8%14%28%30%19%1%
September56°F64%41%18%18%20%3%0%
October45°F66%80%11%6%3%0%0%
November35°F72%97%2%0%0%0%0%
December27°F76%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 July, with the sky 45 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is March, at 61 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 20, with 14 h 46 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 16, with 9 h 34 min.

Hours of daylight at Douglass 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 Butler 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 Butler County: 83.5°F (+5.2 °F against 1991-2020), the 11th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Butler County: 1.26 in (-2.77 in against 1991-2020), the 17th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Butler County: 62.7°F (+4.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 2nd warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Butler County: 23.11 in (-4.21 in against 1991-2020), the 58th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
87.9°F in 1936
Coolest August
70.1°F in 1915
Wettest August
11.68 in in 1927
Driest August
0.17 in in 1936

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Butler County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Kansas climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Douglass 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 1996. 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 USC00147534 (Smileyberg 1N), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00003974, 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.