Garden City weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Garden City, Kansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Garden City Regional Airport, 13 km from Garden City; records cover 1947–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 19 in481 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 27
- First fall freeze
- Oct 15
- Heating degree days
- 5,174
- Cooling degree days
- 1,325
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 2°−17° (heating, 99%) and 103°39° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Garden City in January
Highs average 45°7° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.3 in7.6 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1953)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 1048
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Garden City in February
Highs average 49°9° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.4 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2016)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 848
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Garden City in March
Highs average 59°15° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2026)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 652
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Garden City in April
Highs average 68°20° and lows 38°3°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1989)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 379
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Garden City in May
Highs average 78°25° and lows 49°10°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1953)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 137
- Cooling degree days
- 86
Garden City in June
Highs average 88°31° and lows 60°15°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1953)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 275
Garden City in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 65°18°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1954)
- Record low
- 46°8° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 415
Garden City in August
Highs average 90°32° and lows 63°17°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1964)
- Record low
- 46°8° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 350
Garden City in September
Highs average 83°28° and lows 54°12°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1947)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 59
- Cooling degree days
- 166
Garden City in OctoberThis month
Highs average 70°21° and lows 40°5°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2016)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 329
- Cooling degree days
- 22
Garden City in November
Highs average 56°14° and lows 27°−3°, with 0.42 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1980)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 693
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Garden City in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.56 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1955)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 1013
- Cooling degree days
- 0