Geography
The town of Kenton lies in the Northwest corner of Cimarron County, approximately 3 miles east of the New Mexico state line and 6 miles south of the Colorado state line. It is located on the south side of the Cimarron River in the Cimarron River valley.
State Highway 325 serves the town.
Kenton experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with cool, dry winters and very hot, wetter summers.
| Climate data for Kenton | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 83 (28) |
86 (30) |
89 (32) |
97 (36) |
102 (39) |
109 (43) |
108 (42) |
108 (42) |
107 (42) |
99 (37) |
89 (32) |
84 (29) |
109 (43) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 50.4 (10.2) |
55.1 (12.8) |
62.3 (16.8) |
70.3 (21.3) |
78.8 (26.0) |
88.6 (31.4) |
92.6 (33.7) |
89.9 (32.2) |
83.8 (28.8) |
73.5 (23.1) |
59.7 (15.4) |
51.3 (10.7) |
71.36 (21.87) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 19.7 (−6.8) |
23.8 (−4.6) |
31.0 (−0.6) |
38.7 (3.7) |
48.5 (9.2) |
57.8 (14.3) |
63.1 (17.3) |
61.5 (16.4) |
53.7 (12.1) |
40.6 (4.8) |
29.0 (−1.7) |
21.6 (−5.8) |
40.75 (4.86) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −23 (−31) |
−19 (−28) |
−18 (−28) |
13 (−11) |
27 (−3) |
39 (4) |
47 (8) |
44 (7) |
27 (−3) |
6 (−14) |
−15 (−26) |
−17 (−27) |
−23 (−31) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 0.40 (10.2) |
0.33 (8.4) |
0.96 (24.4) |
1.48 (37.6) |
2.47 (62.7) |
2.18 (55.4) |
3.10 (78.7) |
2.67 (67.8) |
1.58 (40.1) |
0.99 (25.1) |
0.67 (17) |
0.35 (8.9) |
17.18 (436.4) |
| Snowfall inches (cm) | 4.9 (12.4) |
3.6 (9.1) |
6.4 (16.3) |
1.3 (3.3) |
0.2 (0.5) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.2 (0.5) |
0.5 (1.3) |
2.8 (7.1) |
4.1 (10.4) |
24 (61) |
| Source: NOAA http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim20/ok/344766.pdf. Retrieved 20 February 2011. | |||||||||||||
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