Chanute weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Chanute, Kansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Chanute Martin Johnson Airport, 2 km from Chanute; records cover 1894–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 40.7 in1034 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 8
- First fall freeze
- Oct 25
- Heating degree days
- 4,226
- Cooling degree days
- 1,710
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 6°−15° (heating, 99%) and 101°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Chanute in January
Highs average 44°7° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1917)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 969
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chanute in February
Highs average 50°10° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2024)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 748
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chanute in March
Highs average 60°16° and lows 36°2°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1916)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 525
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Chanute in April
Highs average 70°21° and lows 46°8°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1936)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 249
- Cooling degree days
- 30
Chanute in May
Highs average 78°25° and lows 56°13°, with 5.9 in149 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1934)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 70
- Cooling degree days
- 131
Chanute in June
Highs average 87°31° and lows 66°19°, with 5.6 in143 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1918)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 339
Chanute in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 70°21°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 116°47° (1936)
- Record low
- 48°9° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 484
Chanute in August
Highs average 91°33° and lows 68°20°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1936)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 453
Chanute in September
Highs average 83°28° and lows 59°15°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2000)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 33
- Cooling degree days
- 216
Chanute in OctoberThis month
Highs average 72°22° and lows 47°8°, with 3.3 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1963)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 221
- Cooling degree days
- 46
Chanute in November
Highs average 59°15° and lows 36°2°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1915)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 541
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Chanute in December
Highs average 47°9° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2021)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 866
- Cooling degree days
- 0