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Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 28,151. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.
| Climate data for Garden City, Kansas, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present | |||||||||||||
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 79(26) | 89(32) | 99(37) | 100(38) | 106(41) | 110(43) | 113(45) | 112(44) | 107(42) | 100(38) | 91(33) | 83(28) | 113(45) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 67.5(19.7) | 74.9(23.8) | 83.3(28.5) | 89.6(32.0) | 95.5(35.3) | 100.2(37.9) | 103.0(39.4) | 100.4(38.0) | 98.3(36.8) | 90.7(32.6) | 77.4(25.2) | 67.0(19.4) | 104.1(40.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 45.6(7.6) | 49.2(9.6) | 59.0(15.0) | 67.8(19.9) | 77.7(25.4) | 88.6(31.4) | 93.0(33.9) | 90.6(32.6) | 83.8(28.8) | 70.9(21.6) | 57.2(14.0) | 46.6(8.1) | 69.2(20.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 31.3(−0.4) | 34.3(1.3) | 43.8(6.6) | 52.5(11.4) | 63.3(17.4) | 74.3(23.5) | 78.9(26.1) | 76.8(24.9) | 68.7(20.4) | 55.3(12.9) | 42.2(5.7) | 32.4(0.2) | 54.5(12.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 17.0(−8.3) | 19.5(−6.9) | 28.5(−1.9) | 37.1(2.8) | 48.9(9.4) | 60.0(15.6) | 64.9(18.3) | 63.0(17.2) | 53.6(12.0) | 39.7(4.3) | 27.1(−2.7) | 18.3(−7.6) | 39.8(4.4) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 0.7(−17.4) | 3.6(−15.8) | 10.8(−11.8) | 22.5(−5.3) | 34.4(1.3) | 47.6(8.7) | 55.8(13.2) | 54.2(12.3) | 39.1(3.9) | 24.1(−4.4) | 10.4(−12.0) | 1.3(−17.1) | −5.3(−20.7) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −24(−31) | −32(−36) | −22(−30) | 7(−14) | 22(−6) | 36(2) | 44(7) | 40(4) | 22(−6) | 5(−15) | −6(−21) | −19(−28) | −32(−36) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.47(12) | 0.59(15) | 1.13(29) | 1.65(42) | 2.79(71) | 3.07(78) | 3.16(80) | 2.80(71) | 1.33(34) | 1.34(34) | 0.49(12) | 0.73(19) | 19.55(497) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 3.4(8.6) | 3.3(8.4) | 3.2(8.1) | 1.1(2.8) | 0.1(0.25) | 0.0(0.0) | 0.0(0.0) | 0.0(0.0) | 0.0(0.0) | 0.8(2.0) | 1.0(2.5) | 2.7(6.9) | 15.6(39.55) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 2.7 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 65.4 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 9.7 |
| Source: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| # | Employer | # of Employees |
| 1 | Tyson Fresh Meats | 3,600 |
| 2 | Unified School District 457 | 1,299 |
| 3 | St. Catherine Hospital | 612 |
| 4 | City of Garden City | 362 |
| 5 | Finney County | 303 |
| 6 | Wal-Mart | 303 |
| 7 | Unified School District 363 | 236 |
| 8 | Sunflower Electric Power Corporation | 236 |
| 9 | Garden City Community College | 219 |
| 10 | Dillons | 203 |