Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation

Chase County had the highest annual precipitation of 105 counties in 2022, at 36.36 inches. Finney County had the lowest, at 7.85 inches. The median was 22.19 inches and the figure for Kansas was 21.24 inches. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Highest36.36Chase County
Lowest7.85Finney County
Median22.19105 counties
Kansas21.24History

Map of counties, 2022

Allen County: 33.56 inchesAnderson County: 35.86 inchesAtchison County: 30.67 inchesBarber County: 18.65 inchesBarton County: 17.96 inchesBourbon County: 35.21 inchesBrown County: 28.64 inchesButler County: 29.94 inchesChase County: 36.36 inchesChautauqua County: 29.61 inchesCherokee County: 34.71 inchesCheyenne County: 13.54 inchesClark County: 13.49 inchesClay County: 26.54 inchesCloud County: 21.92 inchesCoffey County: 33.96 inchesComanche County: 16.22 inchesCowley County: 30.89 inchesCrawford County: 31.49 inchesDecatur County: 12.27 inchesDickinson County: 29.89 inchesDoniphan County: 30.57 inchesDouglas County: 33.5 inchesEdwards County: 14.15 inchesElk County: 31.82 inchesEllis County: 15.13 inchesEllsworth County: 23.22 inchesFinney County: 7.85 inchesFord County: 12.49 inchesFranklin County: 34.79 inchesGeary County: 31.46 inchesGove County: 9.4 inchesGraham County: 12.1 inchesGrant County: 9.95 inchesGray County: 9.68 inchesGreeley County: 13.35 inchesGreenwood County: 31.35 inchesHamilton County: 11.47 inchesHarper County: 22.19 inchesHarvey County: 25.21 inchesHaskell County: 9.66 inchesHodgeman County: 11.55 inchesJackson County: 29.91 inchesJefferson County: 31.75 inchesJewell County: 20.89 inchesJohnson County: 34.44 inchesKearny County: 9.72 inchesKingman County: 21.13 inchesKiowa County: 15.35 inchesLabette County: 31.85 inchesLane County: 7.96 inchesLeavenworth County: 33.04 inchesLincoln County: 21.76 inchesLinn County: 36.34 inchesLogan County: 11.21 inchesLyon County: 34.64 inchesMcPherson County: 25.79 inchesMarion County: 28.97 inchesMarshall County: 29.78 inchesMeade County: 13.67 inchesMiami County: 35.78 inchesMitchell County: 19.27 inchesMontgomery County: 30.51 inchesMorris County: 32.04 inchesMorton County: 10.96 inchesNemaha County: 29.03 inchesNeosho County: 31.95 inchesNess County: 10.49 inchesNorton County: 13.68 inchesOsage County: 34 inchesOsborne County: 18.79 inchesOttawa County: 23.69 inchesPawnee County: 14.81 inchesPhillips County: 16.22 inchesPottawatomie County: 30.61 inchesPratt County: 16.56 inchesRawlins County: 11.71 inchesReno County: 21.47 inchesRepublic County: 22.86 inchesRice County: 23.27 inchesRiley County: 31.13 inchesRooks County: 16.8 inchesRush County: 14.33 inchesRussell County: 17.12 inchesSaline County: 27.89 inchesScott County: 8.24 inchesSedgwick County: 26.79 inchesSeward County: 11.95 inchesShawnee County: 32.43 inchesSheridan County: 11.08 inchesSherman County: 12.4 inchesSmith County: 18.98 inchesStafford County: 17.78 inchesStanton County: 10.76 inchesStevens County: 11.25 inchesSumner County: 26.86 inchesThomas County: 11.79 inchesTrego County: 10.27 inchesWabaunsee County: 33.74 inchesWallace County: 11.95 inchesWashington County: 28.78 inchesWichita County: 11.28 inchesWilson County: 32.48 inchesWoodson County: 31.14 inchesWyandotte County: 31.51 inches
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inches, 2022. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2022

Chase County: 36.36 inchesChase County36.36Linn County: 36.34 inchesLinn County36.34Anderson County: 35.86 inchesAnderson County35.86Miami County: 35.78 inchesMiami County35.78Bourbon County: 35.21 inchesBourbon County35.21Franklin County: 34.79 inchesFranklin County34.79Cherokee County: 34.71 inchesCherokee County34.71Lyon County: 34.64 inchesLyon County34.64Johnson County: 34.44 inchesJohnson County34.44Osage County: 34 inchesOsage County34Coffey County: 33.96 inchesCoffey County33.96Wabaunsee County: 33.74 inchesWabaunsee County33.74Allen County: 33.56 inchesAllen County33.56Douglas County: 33.5 inchesDouglas County33.5Leavenworth County: 33.04 inchesLeavenworth County33.04Wilson County: 32.48 inchesWilson County32.48Shawnee County: 32.43 inchesShawnee County32.43Morris County: 32.04 inchesMorris County32.04Neosho County: 31.95 inchesNeosho County31.95Labette County: 31.85 inchesLabette County31.85Elk County: 31.82 inchesElk County31.82Jefferson County: 31.75 inchesJefferson County31.75Wyandotte County: 31.51 inchesWyandotte County31.51Crawford County: 31.49 inchesCrawford County31.49Geary County: 31.46 inchesGeary County31.46Greenwood County: 31.35 inchesGreenwood County31.35Woodson County: 31.14 inchesWoodson County31.14Riley County: 31.13 inchesRiley County31.13Cowley County: 30.89 inchesCowley County30.89Atchison County: 30.67 inchesAtchison County30.67Pottawatomie County: 30.61 inchesPottawatomie County30.61Doniphan County: 30.57 inchesDoniphan County30.57Montgomery County: 30.51 inchesMontgomery County30.51Butler County: 29.94 inchesButler County29.94Jackson County: 29.91 inchesJackson County29.91Dickinson County: 29.89 inchesDickinson County29.89Marshall County: 29.78 inchesMarshall County29.78Chautauqua County: 29.61 inchesChautauqua County29.61Nemaha County: 29.03 inchesNemaha County29.03Marion County: 28.97 inchesMarion County28.97Chase County: 36.36 inchesChase County36.36Linn County: 36.34 inchesLinn County36.34Anderson County: 35.86 inchesAnderson County35.86Miami County: 35.78 inchesMiami County35.78Bourbon County: 35.21 inchesBourbon County35.21Franklin County: 34.79 inchesFranklin County34.79Cherokee County: 34.71 inchesCherokee County34.71Lyon County: 34.64 inchesLyon County34.64Johnson County: 34.44 inchesJohnson County34.44Osage County: 34 inchesOsage County34Coffey County: 33.96 inchesCoffey County33.96Wabaunsee County: 33.74 inchesWabaunsee County33.74Allen County: 33.56 inchesAllen County33.56Douglas County: 33.5 inchesDouglas County33.5Leavenworth County: 33.04 inchesLeavenworth County33.04Wilson County: 32.48 inchesWilson County32.48Shawnee County: 32.43 inchesShawnee County32.43Morris County: 32.04 inchesMorris County32.04Neosho County: 31.95 inchesNeosho County31.95Labette County: 31.85 inchesLabette County31.85Elk County: 31.82 inchesElk County31.82Jefferson County: 31.75 inchesJefferson County31.75Wyandotte County: 31.51 inchesWyandotte County31.51Crawford County: 31.49 inchesCrawford County31.49Geary County: 31.46 inchesGeary County31.46Greenwood County: 31.35 inchesGreenwood County31.35Woodson County: 31.14 inchesWoodson County31.14Riley County: 31.13 inchesRiley County31.13Cowley County: 30.89 inchesCowley County30.89Atchison County: 30.67 inchesAtchison County30.67Pottawatomie County: 30.61 inchesPottawatomie County30.61Doniphan County: 30.57 inchesDoniphan County30.57Montgomery County: 30.51 inchesMontgomery County30.51Butler County: 29.94 inchesButler County29.94Jackson County: 29.91 inchesJackson County29.91Dickinson County: 29.89 inchesDickinson County29.89Marshall County: 29.78 inchesMarshall County29.78Chautauqua County: 29.61 inchesChautauqua County29.61Nemaha County: 29.03 inchesNemaha County29.03Marion County: 28.97 inchesMarion County28.97
inches. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022
inches
Change on 2021
1Chase County36.36+4.3%
2Linn County36.34-26.1%
3Anderson County35.86-28.6%
4Miami County35.78-22.8%
5Bourbon County35.21-26.9%
6Franklin County34.79-27%
7Cherokee County34.71-24.7%
8Lyon County34.64-10.3%
9Johnson County34.44-16.2%
10Osage County34-23%
11Coffey County33.96-23.3%
12Wabaunsee County33.74-1.8%
13Allen County33.56-37.4%
14Douglas County33.5-25.2%
15Leavenworth County33.04-20.1%
16Wilson County32.48-29.5%
17Shawnee County32.43-13.2%
18Morris County32.04-1.3%
19Neosho County31.95-36.4%
20Labette County31.85-25.4%
21Elk County31.82-10.7%
22Jefferson County31.75-16.4%
23Wyandotte County31.51-19%
24Crawford County31.49-33.4%
25Geary County31.46+8.3%
26Greenwood County31.35-21.3%
27Woodson County31.14-34.6%
28Riley County31.13+12.3%
29Cowley County30.89-8.2%
30Atchison County30.67-11.2%
31Pottawatomie County30.61+12.4%
32Doniphan County30.57-18.1%
33Montgomery County30.51-19.8%
34Butler County29.94-18.1%
35Jackson County29.91-4.6%
36Dickinson County29.89+4.1%
37Marshall County29.78+16.6%
38Chautauqua County29.61-14.9%
39Nemaha County29.03+5%
40Marion County28.97-5.7%
41Washington County28.78+11.4%
42Brown County28.64-16.1%
43Saline County27.89+5%
44Sumner County26.86-7.4%
45Sedgwick County26.79-12.7%
46Clay County26.54+11.8%
47McPherson County25.79-14.4%
48Harvey County25.21-24.6%
49Ottawa County23.69-1.9%
50Rice County23.27-12.6%
51Ellsworth County23.22-6.9%
52Republic County22.86-12.4%
53Harper County22.19-9.5%
54Cloud County21.92-4.2%
55Lincoln County21.76-13.3%
56Reno County21.47-22.5%
57Kingman County21.13-24.4%
58Jewell County20.89-18.6%
59Mitchell County19.27-10.9%
60Smith County18.98-24.3%
61Osborne County18.79-22.3%
62Barber County18.65-19.3%
63Barton County17.96-30.9%
64Stafford County17.78-31.3%
65Russell County17.12-32.9%
66Rooks County16.8-22.8%
67Pratt County16.56-28.4%
68Comanche County16.22-26.2%
68Phillips County16.22-18%
70Kiowa County15.35-33.6%
71Ellis County15.13-39.2%
72Pawnee County14.81-41.3%
73Rush County14.33-46.3%
74Edwards County14.15-42.9%
75Norton County13.68-33.9%
76Meade County13.67-31.9%
77Cheyenne County13.54-12.1%
78Clark County13.49-26.7%
79Greeley County13.35-34%
80Ford County12.49-42.8%
81Sherman County12.4-23.6%
82Decatur County12.27-28.7%
83Graham County12.1-37.1%
84Seward County11.95-35.4%
84Wallace County11.95-36.3%
86Thomas County11.79-30.6%
87Rawlins County11.71-22.8%
88Hodgeman County11.55-50%
89Hamilton County11.47-34.8%
90Wichita County11.28-42.5%
91Stevens County11.25-36.4%
92Logan County11.21-48.7%
93Sheridan County11.08-36.2%
94Morton County10.96-19.5%
95Stanton County10.76-25.3%
96Ness County10.49-51.7%
97Trego County10.27-42.5%
98Grant County9.95-41.1%
99Kearny County9.72-42.3%
100Gray County9.68-48.2%
101Haskell County9.66-46.1%
102Gove County9.4-48%
103Scott County8.24-55%
104Lane County7.96-56.9%
105Finney County7.85-53.2%

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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.

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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.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2026). NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties (Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping

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NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation, 2022. 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?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation, 2022. 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?period=2022.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties, Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation, 2022 [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?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties: Counties in Kansas by annual precipitation, 2022}},
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Which county has the highest annual precipitation?

Chase County, with 36.36 inches in 2022, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Which county has the lowest annual precipitation?

Finney County, with 7.85 inches in 2022.

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