Edson weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Edson, Kansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Goodland Renner Field, 13 km from Edson; records cover 1895–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 19.1 in485 mm
- Snow a year
- 30 in76 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 6
- First fall freeze
- Oct 10
- Heating degree days
- 5,794
- Cooling degree days
- 989
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −1°−18° (heating, 99%) and 101°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Edson in January
Highs average 43°6° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.32 in8.1 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1951)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 1080
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Edson in February
Highs average 46°8° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.47 in12 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2017)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 914
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Edson in March
Highs average 56°13° and lows 27°−3°, with 0.88 in22 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2026)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 732
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Edson in April
Highs average 64°18° and lows 35°1°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1989)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 474
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Edson in May
Highs average 74°23° and lows 46°8°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2002)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 213
- Cooling degree days
- 44
Edson in June
Highs average 85°30° and lows 56°13°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (2012)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 200
Edson in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 62°17°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1940)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 346
Edson in August
Highs average 88°31° and lows 60°15°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 276
Edson in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 51°10°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1939)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 100
- Cooling degree days
- 110
Edson in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°19° and lows 37°3°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2024)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 418
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Edson in November
Highs average 54°12° and lows 26°−4°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1927)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 762
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Edson in December
Highs average 44°7° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.47 in12 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1964)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1060
- Cooling degree days
- 0