Dodge City climate — normals and trends
Dodge City (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 592 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Dodge City averages 106 frost days, 78 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Dodge City has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 114 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.5 °C (on 27 June 2012) and the coldest -30.6 °C (on 4 January 1947).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Dodge CityKansas
- coords
- 37.75°, -100.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.7°C
Average daily high
19.3°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
592mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
24.5km/h
Seasonal range
27.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
106 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
78 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
47.9 cm
Average feels-like high
16.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
44.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
41 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
42.5 °C
27 June 2012
Coldest day
-30.6 °C
4 January 1947
Wettest day
120 mm
26 July 1996
Windiest day
74.6 km/h
24 March 1957
Strongest gust
122.4 km/h
15 December 2021
Hottest feels-like
44.1 °C
25 June 1980
Coldest feels-like
-35.5 °C
4 January 1947
Snowiest day
28.8 cm
21 February 1971
Sunniest day
14.4 h
17 June 2011
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 20 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | 6.9 °C | -1.2 °C | 13 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 18.6 °C | +5.5 °C | 28 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 20.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 55 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 22.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 141 mm | +48 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 81 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 56 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 85 mm | +24 mm |
| Sep | 27.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 117 mm | +69 mm |
| Oct | 21.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 52 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 15.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 31 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 12.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 2 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dodge City?
Dodge City has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 592 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dodge City?
The hottest day measured in Dodge City between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2012, reaching 42.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dodge City?
The coldest day measured in Dodge City between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1947, at -30.6 °C.
Does it snow in Dodge City?
Yes. Dodge City gets on average 47.9 cm of snow per year and has around 106 frost days.
Has the climate of Dodge City warmed?
Yes: Dodge City warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dodge City?
The wettest day measured in Dodge City between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1996, with 120 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dodge City?
The windiest day measured in Dodge City between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1957, with winds reaching 74.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dodge City?
The warmest month in Dodge City is July (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Dodge City?
Dodge City receives on average 592 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dodge City?
Dodge City gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dodge City?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dodge City between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1971, with 28.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dodge City?
Yes: Dodge City has on average 41 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dodge City?
In Dodge City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 25 June 1980, and the lowest was -35.5 °C on 4 January 1947.
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