Climate averages 1991–2020
Topeka weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Topeka: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 37 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lawrence (Kansas), United States (39 km away). In July its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Topeka, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Topeka ranks joint 170th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 318th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Topeka is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 102 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Topeka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 29 | 5.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.5°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 41 | 5.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.6°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 73 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 108 | 11.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 144 | 12.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 124 | 11.5 | 14.915 h |
| July, selected | 31.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 91 | 9.7 | 14.615 h |
| August | 30.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 102 | 9.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 87 | 7.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.1°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 78 | 7.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 53 | 5.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.6°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 41 | 4.7 | 9.59 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in JulyUnited States · 39 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Olathe in JulyUnited States · 77 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Overland Park in JulyUnited States · 87 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Kansas City in JulyUnited States · 95 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Saint Joseph in JulyUnited States · 107 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Independence in JulyUnited States · 109 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Lee's Summit in JulyUnited States · 113 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Wichita in JulyUnited States · 209 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 87 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Topeka) is explained once on the Topeka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.