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Weather in Centralia, KS · National Weather Service + NOAA

Centralia is snow country

Centralia has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 16°, and about 33 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 52°, and nights fall to 30°.

Winter 40°/19°Spring 64°/41°Summer 86°/64°Fall 66°/42°
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What stands out about Centralia’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 33 inches a winter, more than 1,989 of 1,996 Kansas towns.Among Kansas’s coldest wintersJanuary nights average 16°, colder than 1,962 of 1,996 Kansas towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 88°, cooler than 1,887 of 1,996 Kansas towns.Barely warmer than a century agoThe last 30 years averaged 0.6° warmer than the 1900s, a smaller shift than 95% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Centralia’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
40° / 19°
12 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
64° / 41°
Last frost around Apr 19
Summer
86° / 64°
37 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
66° / 42°
First frost around Oct 19
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 19). Last frost next spring: Apr 19
Best months to be outside
AprMayJunSepOct
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Centralia get?About 33 inches a winter.When is it wettest?May, with 5.0 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+0.6° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Centralia itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Centralia, KS (1 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.