Hill City weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Hill City, Kansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Hill City Municipal Airport, 1 km from Hill City; records cover 1907–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 21.5 in546 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 26
- First fall freeze
- Oct 11
- Heating degree days
- 5,389
- Cooling degree days
- 1,393
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 105°41° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Hill City in January
Highs average 43°6° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.33 in8.4 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2015)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1086
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hill City in February
Highs average 46°8° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.45 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1972)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 893
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hill City in March
Highs average 57°14° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2026)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 681
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Hill City in April
Highs average 66°19° and lows 38°3°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1910)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 396
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Hill City in May
Highs average 76°25° and lows 50°10°, with 3.3 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1913)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 146
- Cooling degree days
- 81
Hill City in June
Highs average 88°31° and lows 60°16°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 115°46° (2012)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 290
Hill City in July
Highs average 93°34° and lows 66°19°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 117°47° (1936)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 457
Hill City in August
Highs average 90°32° and lows 64°18°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 115°46° (1934)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1928)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 368
Hill City in September
Highs average 83°28° and lows 54°12°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1939)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 66
- Cooling degree days
- 165
Hill City in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°21° and lows 40°4°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1947)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 347
- Cooling degree days
- 22
Hill City in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 27°−3°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2006)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 717
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hill City in December
Highs average 44°7° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1939)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 1040
- Cooling degree days
- 0