El Dorado weather by month
What a typical year looks like in El Dorado, Kansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at EL DORADO, 2 km from El Dorado; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 38.7 in982 mm
- Snow a year
- 5 in11 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 9
- First fall freeze
- Oct 25
- Heating degree days
- 4,620
- Cooling degree days
- 1,576
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 4°−16° (heating, 99%) and 101°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
El Dorado in January
Highs average 44°7° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1981)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 1018
- Cooling degree days
- 0
El Dorado in February
Highs average 49°9° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1996)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 808
- Cooling degree days
- 0
El Dorado in March
Highs average 59°15° and lows 33°0°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2026)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 597
- Cooling degree days
- 3
El Dorado in April
Highs average 68°20° and lows 43°6°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1893)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 299
- Cooling degree days
- 21
El Dorado in May
Highs average 77°25° and lows 55°13°, with 5.8 in147 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1913)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 91
- Cooling degree days
- 113
El Dorado in June
Highs average 86°30° and lows 64°18°, with 5.6 in143 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1953)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 312
El Dorado in July
Highs average 91°33° and lows 69°20°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 117°47° (1936)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 467
El Dorado in August
Highs average 90°32° and lows 67°19°, with 4.6 in117 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 116°47° (1936)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 421
El Dorado in September
Highs average 83°28° and lows 58°15°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1947)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 38
- Cooling degree days
- 201
El Dorado in OctoberThis month
Highs average 71°22° and lows 45°7°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1939)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 248
- Cooling degree days
- 36
El Dorado in November
Highs average 58°14° and lows 33°1°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1909)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 588
- Cooling degree days
- 2
El Dorado in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 24°−5°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1955)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 928
- Cooling degree days
- 0