Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature

Cherokee County had the highest average annual temperature of 105 counties in 2018, at 57.7 °F. Norton County had the lowest, at 51.3 °F. The median was 55 °F and the figure for Kansas was 54.6 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest57.7Cherokee County

Lowest51.3Norton County

Median55105 counties

Kansas54.6History

Map of counties, 2018

Under 53
53 to 54
54 to 55
55 to 56
56 and over

°F, 2018. 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, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2018 °F	Change on 2017
1	Cherokee County	57.7	-3.4%
1	Montgomery County	57.7	-3.2%
3	Labette County	57.5	-3.2%
4	Harper County	57.4	-2.9%
4	Sumner County	57.4	-3.5%
6	Chautauqua County	57.1	-3.9%
7	Barber County	57	-2.4%
7	Sedgwick County	57	-3.1%
9	Clark County	56.9	-2.7%
9	Wilson County	56.9	-3.7%
11	Cowley County	56.7	-3.7%
11	Crawford County	56.7	-3.9%
13	Comanche County	56.6	-2.9%
13	Neosho County	56.6	-3.6%
15	Meade County	56.4	-2.8%
16	Butler County	56.3	-3.3%
16	Elk County	56.3	-4.3%
18	Harvey County	56.2	-3.3%
18	Kingman County	56.2	-3.3%
18	Seward County	56.2	-2.1%
18	Woodson County	56.2	-3.8%
22	Bourbon County	56	-4.9%
22	Saline County	56	-4.1%
24	Allen County	55.9	-3.8%
24	Morton County	55.9	-1.4%
24	Stevens County	55.9	-1.8%
27	Greenwood County	55.8	-3.8%
27	McPherson County	55.8	-3.8%
29	Coffey County	55.7	-3.1%
29	Reno County	55.7	-3.6%
31	Linn County	55.6	-4.1%
31	Osage County	55.6	-3.1%
33	Dickinson County	55.5	-3.6%
34	Ford County	55.4	-2.6%
34	Grant County	55.4	-1.4%
34	Haskell County	55.4	-2.1%
34	Marion County	55.4	-4.2%
38	Franklin County	55.3	-3.7%
38	Lyon County	55.3	-3%
38	Stanton County	55.3	-0.9%
41	Anderson County	55.2	-3.8%
41	Douglas County	55.2	-3.2%
41	Kiowa County	55.2	-3.2%
41	Pratt County	55.2	-3.7%
45	Chase County	55.1	-3.7%
45	Hodgeman County	55.1	-2.7%
45	Miami County	55.1	-3.2%
45	Shawnee County	55.1	-3.2%
45	Wyandotte County	55.1	-3%
50	Ellsworth County	55	-3.8%
50	Geary County	55	-3.7%
50	Gray County	55	-2.8%
50	Morris County	55	-3.3%
50	Rice County	55	-3.7%
55	Johnson County	54.9	-3%
55	Ottawa County	54.9	-4%
57	Leavenworth County	54.8	-3%
58	Edwards County	54.7	-3.2%
58	Wabaunsee County	54.7	-3.2%
60	Finney County	54.6	-2.7%
60	Kearny County	54.6	-1.8%
62	Jefferson County	54.4	-3.5%
62	Lincoln County	54.4	-4.1%
62	Stafford County	54.4	-4.2%
65	Riley County	54.3	-3.7%
65	Russell County	54.3	-3.7%
67	Clay County	54.2	-4.2%
67	Hamilton County	54.2	-1.5%
67	Ness County	54.2	-3%
67	Pawnee County	54.2	-3.4%
71	Barton County	54	-3.6%
72	Rush County	53.9	-3.6%
73	Lane County	53.8	-2.9%
73	Pottawatomie County	53.8	-3.6%
73	Scott County	53.8	-2.7%
76	Atchison County	53.6	-3.8%
76	Ellis County	53.6	-3.9%
78	Jackson County	53.5	-3.9%
78	Wichita County	53.5	-2.4%
80	Cloud County	53.4	-4.3%
81	Doniphan County	53.3	-3.6%
81	Trego County	53.3	-4%
83	Gove County	53.2	-3.1%
84	Logan County	53.1	-2.7%
84	Mitchell County	53.1	-4.3%
84	Osborne County	53.1	-4%
87	Rooks County	53	-4%
88	Greeley County	52.8	-1.9%
89	Brown County	52.7	-3.8%
89	Graham County	52.7	-4.2%
91	Wallace County	52.6	-2.2%
92	Sheridan County	52.5	-3.1%
93	Washington County	52.4	-4.7%
94	Marshall County	52.3	-4.7%
94	Nemaha County	52.3	-4%
96	Republic County	52.1	-4.8%
97	Jewell County	52	-4.6%
97	Sherman County	52	-2.3%
97	Thomas County	52	-2.8%
100	Cheyenne County	51.9	-2.4%
100	Phillips County	51.9	-4.2%
100	Smith County	51.9	-4.2%
103	Decatur County	51.6	-3.7%
103	Rawlins County	51.6	-3.4%
105	Norton County	51.3	-4.6%

Other periods

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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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@misc{noaa_counties_in_kansas_by_2018,
  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, 2018}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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