ich ita , ▁and ▁ ▁west ▁of ▁Kansas ▁City . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁city ▁has ▁an ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁all ▁of ▁it ▁land . ▁ ▁Cl imate ▁L ying ▁in ▁the ▁transition ▁zone ▁between ▁North ▁America ' s ▁hum id ▁subt rop ical ▁climate ▁( K ö ppen ▁C fa ) ▁and ▁hum id ▁contin ental ▁climate ▁( K ö ppen ▁D fa ) ▁zones , ▁Ab il ene ▁experiences ▁hot , ▁hum id ▁sum mers ▁and ▁cold , ▁dry ▁winter s . ▁In ▁the ▁spring , ▁severe ▁th under st orm s ▁bring ▁the ▁threat ▁of ▁torn ado es ▁and ▁ha il . ▁Over ▁a ▁year , ▁temper atures ▁range ▁from ▁an ▁average ▁low ▁below ▁ ▁in ▁January ▁to ▁an ▁average ▁high ▁of ▁nearly ▁ ▁in ▁July . ▁The ▁maximum ▁temperature ▁reaches ▁ ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 6 6 ▁days ▁per ▁year ▁and ▁reaches ▁ ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 1 4 ▁days ▁per ▁year . ▁The ▁minimum ▁temperature ▁falls ▁to ▁or ▁below ▁the ▁free zing ▁point ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 1 1 6 ▁days ▁per ▁year . ▁Typ ically ▁the ▁first ▁fall ▁free ze ▁occurs ▁between ▁the ▁last ▁week ▁of ▁September ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁week ▁of ▁November , ▁and ▁the ▁last ▁spring ▁free ze ▁occurs ▁during ▁April ▁or ▁the ▁first ▁week ▁of ▁May . ▁ ▁The ▁area ▁receives ▁nearly ▁ ▁of ▁precip itation ▁during ▁an ▁average ▁year ▁with ▁the ▁largest ▁share ▁received ▁in ▁May ▁and ▁June — which ▁when ▁combined ▁average ▁ 1 9 ▁days