Fort Dodge weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Fort Dodge, Kansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Dodge City Regional Airport, 5 km from Fort Dodge; records cover 1874–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 22 in559 mm
- Snow a year
- 19 in49 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 19
- First fall freeze
- Oct 18
- Heating degree days
- 4,814
- Cooling degree days
- 1,547
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 3°−16° (heating, 99%) and 104°40° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Fort Dodge in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 20°−6°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1989)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1883)
- Heating degree days
- 994
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fort Dodge in February
Highs average 49°10° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2016)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 806
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fort Dodge in March
Highs average 60°15° and lows 31°0°, with 1.4 in34 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1907)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 609
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Fort Dodge in April
Highs average 69°20° and lows 40°5°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1989)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 338
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Fort Dodge in May
Highs average 78°26° and lows 51°11°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2011)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 116
- Cooling degree days
- 108
Fort Dodge in June
Highs average 89°31° and lows 62°16°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 111°44° (2012)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 311
Fort Dodge in July
Highs average 94°34° and lows 66°19°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1934)
- Record low
- 46°8° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 467
Fort Dodge in August
Highs average 91°33° and lows 65°18°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1936)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 406
Fort Dodge in September
Highs average 84°29° and lows 56°13°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2011)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 49
- Cooling degree days
- 199
Fort Dodge in OctoberThis month
Highs average 71°22° and lows 43°6°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2016)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1878)
- Heating degree days
- 288
- Cooling degree days
- 35
Fort Dodge in November
Highs average 57°14° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1980)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1887)
- Heating degree days
- 641
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Fort Dodge in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.96 in24 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1955)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 962
- Cooling degree days
- 0