Ulysses weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ulysses, Kansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Ulysses 3ne, 6 km from Ulysses; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 17.8 in451 mm
- Snow a year
- 18 in45 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 27
- First fall freeze
- Oct 14
- Heating degree days
- 5,262
- Cooling degree days
- 1,286
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 0°−18° (heating, 99%) and 103°39° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ulysses in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1986)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 1057
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ulysses in February
Highs average 50°10° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.32 in8.1 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2017)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 852
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ulysses in March
Highs average 60°15° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1907)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 670
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ulysses in April
Highs average 68°20° and lows 36°2°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1989)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 395
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Ulysses in May
Highs average 78°26° and lows 47°8°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1895)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 149
- Cooling degree days
- 75
Ulysses in June
Highs average 89°31° and lows 59°15°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1893)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 271
Ulysses in July
Highs average 93°34° and lows 63°17°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 116°47° (1894)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 408
Ulysses in August
Highs average 90°32° and lows 62°17°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1978)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 347
Ulysses in September
Highs average 84°29° and lows 53°12°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1945)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 62
- Cooling degree days
- 158
Ulysses in OctoberThis month
Highs average 71°22° and lows 39°4°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2016)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 337
- Cooling degree days
- 19
Ulysses in November
Highs average 57°14° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2016)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 699
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ulysses in December
Highs average 47°8° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1939)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 1023
- Cooling degree days
- 0