Chautauqua weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Chautauqua, Kansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Sedan, 12 km from Chautauqua; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 40.5 in1030 mm
- Snow a year
- 9 in24 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 5
- First fall freeze
- Oct 26
- Heating degree days
- 4,360
- Cooling degree days
- 1,606
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 6°−14° (heating, 99%) and 103°39° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Chautauqua in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1950)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 975
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chautauqua in February
Highs average 51°10° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1962)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 762
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chautauqua in March
Highs average 60°16° and lows 34°1°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation and 1.7 in4.3 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2026)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 556
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Chautauqua in April
Highs average 70°21° and lows 44°7°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1972)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 275
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Chautauqua in May
Highs average 77°25° and lows 55°13°, with 6.2 in156 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1934)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 85
- Cooling degree days
- 112
Chautauqua in June
Highs average 86°30° and lows 64°18°, with 5.6 in142 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1920)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 303
Chautauqua in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 69°20°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 118°48° (1934)
- Record low
- 47°8° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 470
Chautauqua in August
Highs average 91°33° and lows 67°19°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 116°47° (1936)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 436
Chautauqua in September
Highs average 83°28° and lows 58°15°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1939)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 36
- Cooling degree days
- 204
Chautauqua in OctoberThis month
Highs average 72°22° and lows 46°8°, with 3.8 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1947)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 232
- Cooling degree days
- 43
Chautauqua in November
Highs average 59°15° and lows 34°1°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2006)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 553
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Chautauqua in December
Highs average 48°9° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2025)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 880
- Cooling degree days
- 0