Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation, 2025

Cowley County had the highest annual precipitation of 105 counties in 2025, at 46.82 inches. Morton County had the lowest, at 18.21 inches. The median was 30.9 inches and the figure for Kansas was 29.48 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest46.82Cowley County
Lowest18.21Morton County
Median30.9105 counties
Kansas29.48History

Map of counties, 2025

Allen County: 41.08 inchesAnderson County: 37.61 inchesAtchison County: 31.69 inchesBarber County: 31.37 inchesBarton County: 31.48 inchesBourbon County: 42 inchesBrown County: 30.88 inchesButler County: 39.32 inchesChase County: 34.34 inchesChautauqua County: 44.32 inchesCherokee County: 42.3 inchesCheyenne County: 19.24 inchesClark County: 28.4 inchesClay County: 26.03 inchesCloud County: 24.65 inchesCoffey County: 38.53 inchesComanche County: 30.91 inchesCowley County: 46.82 inchesCrawford County: 43.76 inchesDecatur County: 19.48 inchesDickinson County: 31 inchesDoniphan County: 32.01 inchesDouglas County: 30.53 inchesEdwards County: 32.84 inchesElk County: 37.04 inchesEllis County: 24.78 inchesEllsworth County: 33.04 inchesFinney County: 20.87 inchesFord County: 29.18 inchesFranklin County: 34.82 inchesGeary County: 32.57 inchesGove County: 22.17 inchesGraham County: 20.08 inchesGrant County: 22.2 inchesGray County: 20.97 inchesGreeley County: 21.88 inchesGreenwood County: 38.7 inchesHamilton County: 18.78 inchesHarper County: 35.61 inchesHarvey County: 38.79 inchesHaskell County: 20.92 inchesHodgeman County: 28.44 inchesJackson County: 30.73 inchesJefferson County: 31.61 inchesJewell County: 25.36 inchesJohnson County: 31.21 inchesKearny County: 20 inchesKingman County: 41.18 inchesKiowa County: 31.42 inchesLabette County: 43.21 inchesLane County: 22.53 inchesLeavenworth County: 31.13 inchesLincoln County: 29.45 inchesLinn County: 36.79 inchesLogan County: 21.08 inchesLyon County: 32.67 inchesMcPherson County: 37.15 inchesMarion County: 37.09 inchesMarshall County: 29.68 inchesMeade County: 22.3 inchesMiami County: 34.54 inchesMitchell County: 27.83 inchesMontgomery County: 43.68 inchesMorris County: 31.36 inchesMorton County: 18.21 inchesNemaha County: 31.19 inchesNeosho County: 41.8 inchesNess County: 23.93 inchesNorton County: 21.29 inchesOsage County: 33.98 inchesOsborne County: 25.67 inchesOttawa County: 28.79 inchesPawnee County: 31.07 inchesPhillips County: 19.71 inchesPottawatomie County: 31.25 inchesPratt County: 31.33 inchesRawlins County: 21.97 inchesReno County: 37.2 inchesRepublic County: 26.51 inchesRice County: 36.22 inchesRiley County: 29.45 inchesRooks County: 21.53 inchesRush County: 26.77 inchesRussell County: 25.57 inchesSaline County: 31.03 inchesScott County: 21.29 inchesSedgwick County: 40.04 inchesSeward County: 20.47 inchesShawnee County: 30.9 inchesSheridan County: 21.54 inchesSherman County: 19.26 inchesSmith County: 23.95 inchesStafford County: 29.52 inchesStanton County: 20.84 inchesStevens County: 19.89 inchesSumner County: 44.58 inchesThomas County: 20.64 inchesTrego County: 21.48 inchesWabaunsee County: 32.83 inchesWallace County: 21.46 inchesWashington County: 27.32 inchesWichita County: 21.83 inchesWilson County: 35.9 inchesWoodson County: 38.15 inchesWyandotte County: 31.05 inches
  • Under 21
  • 21 to 26
  • 26 to 31
  • 31 to 32
  • 32 to 37
  • 37 and over
inches, 2025. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2025

Cowley County: 46.82 inchesCowley County46.82Sumner County: 44.58 inchesSumner County44.58Chautauqua County: 44.32 inchesChautauqua County44.32Crawford County: 43.76 inchesCrawford County43.76Montgomery County: 43.68 inchesMontgomery County43.68Labette County: 43.21 inchesLabette County43.21Cherokee County: 42.3 inchesCherokee County42.3Bourbon County: 42 inchesBourbon County42Neosho County: 41.8 inchesNeosho County41.8Kingman County: 41.18 inchesKingman County41.18Allen County: 41.08 inchesAllen County41.08Sedgwick County: 40.04 inchesSedgwick County40.04Butler County: 39.32 inchesButler County39.32Harvey County: 38.79 inchesHarvey County38.79Greenwood County: 38.7 inchesGreenwood County38.7Coffey County: 38.53 inchesCoffey County38.53Woodson County: 38.15 inchesWoodson County38.15Anderson County: 37.61 inchesAnderson County37.61Reno County: 37.2 inchesReno County37.2McPherson County: 37.15 inchesMcPherson County37.15Marion County: 37.09 inchesMarion County37.09Elk County: 37.04 inchesElk County37.04Linn County: 36.79 inchesLinn County36.79Rice County: 36.22 inchesRice County36.22Wilson County: 35.9 inchesWilson County35.9Harper County: 35.61 inchesHarper County35.61Franklin County: 34.82 inchesFranklin County34.82Miami County: 34.54 inchesMiami County34.54Chase County: 34.34 inchesChase County34.34Osage County: 33.98 inchesOsage County33.98Ellsworth County: 33.04 inchesEllsworth County33.04Edwards County: 32.84 inchesEdwards County32.84Wabaunsee County: 32.83 inchesWabaunsee County32.83Lyon County: 32.67 inchesLyon County32.67Geary County: 32.57 inchesGeary County32.57Doniphan County: 32.01 inchesDoniphan County32.01Atchison County: 31.69 inchesAtchison County31.69Jefferson County: 31.61 inchesJefferson County31.61Barton County: 31.48 inchesBarton County31.48Kiowa County: 31.42 inchesKiowa County31.42Cowley County: 46.82 inchesCowley County46.82Sumner County: 44.58 inchesSumner County44.58Chautauqua County: 44.32 inchesChautauqua County44.32Crawford County: 43.76 inchesCrawford County43.76Montgomery County: 43.68 inchesMontgomery County43.68Labette County: 43.21 inchesLabette County43.21Cherokee County: 42.3 inchesCherokee County42.3Bourbon County: 42 inchesBourbon County42Neosho County: 41.8 inchesNeosho County41.8Kingman County: 41.18 inchesKingman County41.18Allen County: 41.08 inchesAllen County41.08Sedgwick County: 40.04 inchesSedgwick County40.04Butler County: 39.32 inchesButler County39.32Harvey County: 38.79 inchesHarvey County38.79Greenwood County: 38.7 inchesGreenwood County38.7Coffey County: 38.53 inchesCoffey County38.53Woodson County: 38.15 inchesWoodson County38.15Anderson County: 37.61 inchesAnderson County37.61Reno County: 37.2 inchesReno County37.2McPherson County: 37.15 inchesMcPherson County37.15Marion County: 37.09 inchesMarion County37.09Elk County: 37.04 inchesElk County37.04Linn County: 36.79 inchesLinn County36.79Rice County: 36.22 inchesRice County36.22Wilson County: 35.9 inchesWilson County35.9Harper County: 35.61 inchesHarper County35.61Franklin County: 34.82 inchesFranklin County34.82Miami County: 34.54 inchesMiami County34.54Chase County: 34.34 inchesChase County34.34Osage County: 33.98 inchesOsage County33.98Ellsworth County: 33.04 inchesEllsworth County33.04Edwards County: 32.84 inchesEdwards County32.84Wabaunsee County: 32.83 inchesWabaunsee County32.83Lyon County: 32.67 inchesLyon County32.67Geary County: 32.57 inchesGeary County32.57Doniphan County: 32.01 inchesDoniphan County32.01Atchison County: 31.69 inchesAtchison County31.69Jefferson County: 31.61 inchesJefferson County31.61Barton County: 31.48 inchesBarton County31.48Kiowa County: 31.42 inchesKiowa County31.42
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2025
inches
Change on 2024
1Cowley County46.82+42.7%
2Sumner County44.58+57.7%
3Chautauqua County44.32+14.4%
4Crawford County43.76+4.3%
5Montgomery County43.68+12.4%
6Labette County43.21+1.4%
7Cherokee County42.3-1.2%
8Bourbon County42-7.3%
9Neosho County41.8-2.3%
10Kingman County41.18+38.3%
11Allen County41.08-7.7%
12Sedgwick County40.04+30%
13Butler County39.32+22.4%
14Harvey County38.79+27.6%
15Greenwood County38.7+31.6%
16Coffey County38.53+2.6%
17Woodson County38.15-0.8%
18Anderson County37.61-11.7%
19Reno County37.2+44.8%
20McPherson County37.15+28.5%
21Marion County37.09+18.7%
22Elk County37.04+0.8%
23Linn County36.79-11.8%
24Rice County36.22+31.2%
25Wilson County35.9-4.9%
26Harper County35.61+32.4%
27Franklin County34.82-9.9%
28Miami County34.54-9.7%
29Chase County34.34+1.5%
30Osage County33.98-4.9%
31Ellsworth County33.04+33.7%
32Edwards County32.84+13.7%
33Wabaunsee County32.83-7.7%
34Lyon County32.67-6.3%
35Geary County32.57-9.6%
36Doniphan County32.01-12.7%
37Atchison County31.69-10.6%
38Jefferson County31.61-6.1%
39Barton County31.48+37%
40Kiowa County31.42+7.9%
41Barber County31.37+7.1%
42Morris County31.36-9.2%
43Pratt County31.33+17.3%
44Pottawatomie County31.25-14%
45Johnson County31.21-10%
46Nemaha County31.19-9.4%
47Leavenworth County31.13-7%
48Pawnee County31.07+33.1%
49Wyandotte County31.05-7.4%
50Saline County31.03+26.5%
51Dickinson County31-0.1%
52Comanche County30.91+16.2%
53Shawnee County30.9-5.6%
54Brown County30.88-11.8%
55Jackson County30.73-13.1%
56Douglas County30.53-10.9%
57Marshall County29.68-14.7%
58Stafford County29.52+26.4%
59Lincoln County29.45+32.5%
59Riley County29.45-15.8%
61Ford County29.18+5.6%
62Ottawa County28.79+16.5%
63Hodgeman County28.44+14.1%
64Clark County28.4+12.9%
65Mitchell County27.83+23.2%
66Washington County27.32-7.4%
67Rush County26.77+20.7%
68Republic County26.51+8%
69Clay County26.03-10.6%
70Osborne County25.67+12.3%
71Russell County25.57+20%
72Jewell County25.36+4.6%
73Ellis County24.78+6.8%
74Cloud County24.65-5.4%
75Smith County23.95-0.2%
76Ness County23.93+9.3%
77Lane County22.53+5.5%
78Meade County22.3-2.2%
79Grant County22.2+36.9%
80Gove County22.17+3%
81Rawlins County21.97+22.1%
82Greeley County21.88+13.4%
83Wichita County21.83+6.9%
84Sheridan County21.54+0.2%
85Rooks County21.53+3.8%
86Trego County21.48-3.9%
87Wallace County21.46+22.3%
88Norton County21.29-9.6%
88Scott County21.29+3.9%
90Logan County21.08+9.5%
91Gray County20.97-10.4%
92Haskell County20.92+8.6%
93Finney County20.87+5.9%
94Stanton County20.84+20.6%
95Thomas County20.64+19%
96Seward County20.47+0.9%
97Graham County20.08-9.4%
98Kearny County20+12.5%
99Stevens County19.89+2.9%
100Phillips County19.71-8%
101Decatur County19.48-8.7%
102Sherman County19.26+14.6%
103Cheyenne County19.24+2.8%
104Hamilton County18.78+8.9%
105Morton County18.21-6.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

Total precipitation from January to December, in inches: rain plus the water content of snow and other frozen precipitation. NOAA computes it from its climate divisional dataset (nClimDiv): station readings interpolated onto a 5 km grid and averaged over the area.

Values are area averages, not the reading at one weather station. NOAA revises the last two years every month.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2026). NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties (Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping

MLA 9

NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation, 2025. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 6 Oct. 2026, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/kansas-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/kansas-counties.

Harvard

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/kansas-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{noaa_counties_in_kansas_by_2025,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation, 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/kansas-counties. Publisher attribution: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
TI  - NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation, 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/06
PB  - NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/kansas-counties
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/annual-precipitation/kansas-counties.
N1  - Publisher attribution: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  - 
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"precipitation_annual","level":"province","within":"Kansas","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=precipitation_annual&level=province&within=Kansas&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Cowley County, with 46.82 inches in 2025, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Which county has the lowest annual precipitation?

Morton County, with 18.21 inches in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Annual precipitation: other rankings

Counties in Kansas: more rankings