Emporia climate — normals and trends
Emporia (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 923 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Emporia averages 99 frost days, 64 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Emporia has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 107 to 91 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 13 July 1954) and the coldest -30.3 °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
EmporiaKansas
- coords
- 38.40°, -96.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.8°C
Average daily high
18.4°C
Average daily low
7.6°C
Annual rainfall
923mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
21.0km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
64 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
42.5 cm
Average feels-like high
16.8 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
40.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
53 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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
43.7 °C
13 July 1954
Coldest day
-30.3 °C
4 January 1947
Wettest day
113 mm
30 June 2007
Windiest day
53.5 km/h
11 April 2001
Strongest gust
111.2 km/h
15 December 2021
Hottest feels-like
46.2 °C
22 July 2017
Coldest feels-like
-36.3 °C
22 December 1989
Snowiest day
26.6 cm
1 February 1983
Sunniest day
14.7 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.8 °C | -2.8 °C | 47 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | -1.7 °C | 15 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 18.9 °C | +6.4 °C | 39 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 19.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 128 mm | +27 mm |
| May | 23.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 174 mm | +36 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 178 mm | +55 mm |
| Jul | 31.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 143 mm | +60 mm |
| Aug | 28.9 °C | -2.0 °C | 104 mm | +21 mm |
| Sep | 26.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 142 mm | +53 mm |
| Oct | 21.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 60 mm | -16 mm |
| Nov | 15.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 46 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 9.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 6 mm | -31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Emporia?
Emporia has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 923 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Emporia?
The hottest day measured in Emporia between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1954, reaching 43.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Emporia?
The coldest day measured in Emporia between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1947, at -30.3 °C.
Does it snow in Emporia?
Yes. Emporia gets on average 42.5 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Emporia warmed?
Yes: Emporia warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Emporia?
The wettest day measured in Emporia between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2007, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Emporia?
The windiest day measured in Emporia between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 2001, with winds reaching 53.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Emporia?
The warmest month in Emporia is July (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Emporia?
Emporia receives on average 923 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Emporia?
Emporia gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Emporia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Emporia between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1983, with 26.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Emporia?
Yes: Emporia has on average 53 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Emporia?
In Emporia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.2 °C on 22 July 2017, and the lowest was -36.3 °C on 22 December 1989.
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