Hillsdale weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Hillsdale, Kansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at OLATHE JOHNSON COUNTY INDUSTRIAL AP, 18 km from Hillsdale; records cover 1945–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 37.5 in954 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 14
- First fall freeze
- Oct 25
- Heating degree days
- 4,974
- Cooling degree days
- 1,416
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 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Hillsdale in January
Highs average 39°4° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1950)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 1092
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hillsdale in February
Highs average 44°7° and lows 24°−4°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2017)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 865
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hillsdale in March
Highs average 56°13° and lows 34°1°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2026)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 627
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Hillsdale in April
Highs average 66°19° and lows 44°6°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2012)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 323
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Hillsdale in May
Highs average 75°24° and lows 54°12°, with 5.1 in129 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1953)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 105
- Cooling degree days
- 102
Hillsdale in June
Highs average 85°29° and lows 64°18°, with 5.3 in134 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2012)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 291
Hillsdale in July
Highs average 89°32° and lows 68°20°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1954)
- Record low
- 49°9° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 428
Hillsdale in August
Highs average 88°31° and lows 67°19°, with 4 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 111°44° (2011)
- Record low
- 47°8° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 384
Hillsdale in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 58°14°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1947)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 53
- Cooling degree days
- 160
Hillsdale in OctoberThis month
Highs average 68°20° and lows 46°8°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1963)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1957)
- Heating degree days
- 292
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Hillsdale in November
Highs average 54°12° and lows 34°1°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1964)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 637
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Hillsdale in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 24°−4°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2021)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 973
- Cooling degree days
- 0