Lakin weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Lakin, Kansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Lakin, 1 km from Lakin; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18.8 in478 mm
- Snow a year
- 19 in49 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 18
- First fall freeze
- Oct 24
- Heating degree days
- 4,871
- Cooling degree days
- 1,519
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 105°40° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Lakin in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.39 in9.9 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1986)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 994
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lakin in February
Highs average 50°10° and lows 22°−5°, with 0.39 in9.9 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2016)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 806
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lakin in March
Highs average 60°15° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.97 in25 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2026)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 627
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Lakin in April
Highs average 68°20° and lows 39°4°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1948)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 356
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Lakin in May
Highs average 79°26° and lows 50°10°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1974)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 123
- Cooling degree days
- 101
Lakin in June
Highs average 90°32° and lows 61°16°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1893)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 312
Lakin in July
Highs average 94°35° and lows 66°19°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1893)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 467
Lakin in August
Highs average 92°33° and lows 64°18°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 115°46° (1896)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 400
Lakin in September
Highs average 85°29° and lows 55°13°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1947)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 47
- Cooling degree days
- 195
Lakin in OctoberThis month
Highs average 71°22° and lows 42°5°, with 1.6 in42 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2016)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 289
- Cooling degree days
- 30
Lakin in November
Highs average 58°14° and lows 29°−2°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1950)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 653
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Lakin in December
Highs average 47°8° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.67 in17 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1955)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 962
- Cooling degree days
- 0