Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature

Sumner County had the highest average annual temperature of 105 counties in 2016, at 60.3 °F. Cheyenne County had the lowest, at 53.6 °F. The median was 57.3 °F and the figure for Kansas was 57.2 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest60.3Sumner County

Lowest53.6Cheyenne County

Median57.3105 counties

Kansas57.2History

Map of counties, 2016

Under 56
56 to 57
57 to 58
58 to 59
59 and over

°F, 2016. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

°F. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2016 °F	Change on 2015
1	Sumner County	60.3	+2.2%
2	Cherokee County	60.1	+2.6%
2	Montgomery County	60.1	+2.2%
4	Harper County	59.9	+2%
4	Labette County	59.9	+2.2%
6	Crawford County	59.8	+3.1%
7	Sedgwick County	59.6	+2.1%
7	Wilson County	59.6	+2.2%
9	Cowley County	59.5	+2.1%
10	Chautauqua County	59.4	+2.1%
11	Neosho County	59.3	+2.8%
12	Barber County	59.2	+1.4%
13	Bourbon County	59.1	+3%
13	Woodson County	59.1	+2.1%
15	Elk County	58.9	+1.9%
15	Harvey County	58.9	+2.4%
17	Clark County	58.8	+1.2%
17	Comanche County	58.8	+1.2%
17	Saline County	58.8	+2.3%
20	Butler County	58.7	+2.1%
20	Coffey County	58.7	+2.6%
20	Kingman County	58.7	+1.6%
20	Marion County	58.7	+3.7%
24	Allen County	58.5	+2.6%
24	Greenwood County	58.5	+1.7%
24	Meade County	58.5	+1.2%
27	McPherson County	58.4	+2.5%
27	Osage County	58.4	+2.5%
29	Dickinson County	58.2	+2.5%
29	Linn County	58.2	+2.6%
29	Reno County	58.2	+1.4%
32	Franklin County	58.1	+2.5%
32	Seward County	58.1	+0.9%
34	Anderson County	58	+2.5%
34	Lyon County	58	+2.7%
36	Chase County	57.9	+2.7%
36	Douglas County	57.9	+2.8%
38	Ellsworth County	57.8	+1.2%
38	Ottawa County	57.8	+2.3%
38	Shawnee County	57.8	+2.8%
41	Morris County	57.7	+3%
42	Geary County	57.6	+2.5%
42	Miami County	57.6	+2.3%
42	Pratt County	57.6	+1.1%
42	Rice County	57.6	+1.2%
42	Wyandotte County	57.6	+2.5%
47	Kiowa County	57.5	+1.1%
47	Lincoln County	57.5	+1.6%
47	Stevens County	57.5	+0.9%
50	Johnson County	57.4	+2.3%
51	Clay County	57.3	+3.4%
51	Leavenworth County	57.3	+2.7%
51	Morton County	57.3	+0.9%
51	Riley County	57.3	+3.1%
51	Wabaunsee County	57.3	+2.7%
56	Ford County	57.2	+0.9%
56	Haskell County	57.2	+0.7%
58	Edwards County	57.1	+0.9%
58	Gray County	57.1	+1.1%
58	Hodgeman County	57.1	+0.5%
58	Jefferson County	57.1	+2.9%
58	Russell County	57.1	+0.7%
63	Grant County	57	+0.5%
63	Stafford County	57	+0.9%
65	Pawnee County	56.9	+0.2%
65	Stanton County	56.9	+0.9%
67	Kearny County	56.8	+1.4%
67	Pottawatomie County	56.8	+2.9%
69	Rush County	56.7	-0.4%
70	Atchison County	56.6	+2.9%
70	Barton County	56.6	-0.4%
70	Cloud County	56.6	+2.4%
70	Finney County	56.6	+0.7%
70	Jackson County	56.6	+3.1%
75	Ellis County	56.5	0%
75	Hamilton County	56.5	+1.4%
75	Ness County	56.5	0%
78	Mitchell County	56.3	+1.1%
79	Doniphan County	56.2	+2.9%
80	Marshall County	56.1	+4.7%
80	Washington County	56.1	+3.1%
82	Osborne County	56	+0.7%
82	Trego County	56	-0.2%
84	Brown County	55.9	+2.9%
84	Lane County	55.9	+0.2%
84	Rooks County	55.9	+0.5%
87	Scott County	55.8	+0.5%
88	Graham County	55.7	+0.5%
89	Gove County	55.6	+0.2%
89	Nemaha County	55.6	+3.9%
91	Republic County	55.5	+2.2%
92	Jewell County	55.3	+1.7%
92	Wichita County	55.3	+0.9%
94	Sheridan County	55.2	+0.9%
95	Logan County	55.1	-0.4%
95	Phillips County	55.1	+1.3%
97	Smith County	54.9	+1.1%
98	Norton County	54.6	+0.6%
99	Greeley County	54.5	+0.6%
100	Decatur County	54.3	+0.4%
100	Wallace County	54.3	0%
102	Thomas County	54.2	0%
103	Rawlins County	54	+0.2%
104	Sherman County	53.8	-0.2%
105	Cheyenne County	53.6	-0.2%

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About this ranking

Mean air temperature from January to December, in degrees Fahrenheit: the average of the 12 monthly mean temperatures. 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, so a county with mountains and valleys has one value for very different local climates. 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.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, 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 average temperature, counties (Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature, 2016) [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 average temperature, counties, Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature, 2016. 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/average-annual-temperature/kansas-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature, 2016. 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/average-annual-temperature/kansas-counties?period=2016.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/kansas-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{noaa_counties_in_kansas_by_2016,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties: Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature, 2016}},
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  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/average-annual-temperature/kansas-counties?period=2016. Publisher attribution: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, 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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