Average Snowfall for Kansas in December

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during December at cities, communities and other locations around Kansas. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, Central and Western Kansas.

Eastern Kansas

Average total snowfall in December
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
1.3 Chanute 3.2 8.1
1.0 Fort Scott 2.3 5.8
1.2 Independence 2.1 5.3
1.8 Lawrence 2.9 7.4
2.5 Leavenworth 5.5 14.0
2.6 Olathe 3.4 8.6
2.1 Perry Lake 3.5 8.9
2.8 Topeka 4.1 10.4

Central Kansas

December snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
2.7 Concordia 4.5 11.4
1.4 Great Bend 2.3 5.8
1.6 Hutchinson 1.8 4.6
2.2 Manhattan 4.8 12.2
1.7 Tallgrass Prairie Preserve 4.0 10.2
2.2 Wichita 3.1 7.9
1.2 Wilson Lake 2.5 6.4

Western Kansas

Average snow for December
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
2.6 Colby 3.9 9.9
2.8 Dodge City 4.0 10.2
2.2 Elkhart 4.7 11.9
1.9 Garden City 2.7 6.9
3.3 Goodland 5.2 13.2
2.2 Keith Sebelius Reservoir 4.7 11.9
1.6 Liberal 4.6 11.7
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Kansas Snowfall
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