Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Driest Counties in Kansas
The least rainfall in the country. Dry is easier on a building than wet, but it moves the cost somewhere else: irrigation, foundation movement in shrink-swell soils, and in the driest counties the price and reliability of water itself. Figures are NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals from the weather station nearest each county seat, so they describe a thirty-year average rather than any single year.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Kansas ranked
| # | County | Annual rainfall | FEMA risk rating | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton County | 17.0" | Very Low | $119,700 |
| 2 | Stanton County | 17.5" | Very Low | $64,200 |
| 3 | Cheyenne County | 17.6" | Very Low | $119,300 |
| 4 | Morton County | 17.7" | Very Low | $95,600 |
| 5 | Grant County | 17.8" | Very Low | $146,200 |
| 6 | Logan County | 18.2" | Very Low | $116,600 |
| 7 | Haskell County | 18.3" | Very Low | $154,800 |
| 8 | Greeley County | 18.4" | Very Low | $108,900 |
| 9 | Kearny County | 18.8" | Very Low | $152,500 |
| 10 | Finney County | 18.9" | Relatively Low | $191,100 |
| 11 | Sherman County | 19.1" | Very Low | $126,300 |
| 12 | Gove County | 19.3" | Very Low | $119,000 |
| 13 | Wichita County | 19.3" | Very Low | $98,700 |
| 14 | Stevens County | 19.7" | Very Low | $124,500 |
| 15 | Wallace County | 19.9" | Very Low | $94,200 |
| 16 | Scott County | 20.2" | Relatively Low | $170,100 |
| 17 | Thomas County | 20.4" | Very Low | $165,900 |
| 18 | Seward County | 21.1" | Very Low | $134,000 |
| 19 | Graham County | 21.5" | Very Low | $88,800 |
| 20 | Gray County | 21.6" | Very Low | $174,700 |
| 21 | Decatur County | 21.8" | Very Low | $78,500 |
| 22 | Ford County | 22.0" | Relatively Low | $132,700 |
| 23 | Sheridan County | 22.0" | Very Low | $152,000 |
| 24 | Rawlins County | 22.1" | Very Low | $99,400 |
| 25 | Lane County | 22.4" | Very Low | $119,000 |
| 26 | Ness County | 22.6" | Very Low | $85,400 |
| 27 | Clark County | 23.0" | Very Low | $78,400 |
| 28 | Meade County | 23.0" | Very Low | $122,000 |
| 29 | Hodgeman County | 23.7" | Very Low | $92,700 |
| 30 | Trego County | 23.9" | Very Low | $115,400 |
| 31 | Ellis County | 24.8" | Very Low | $211,100 |
| 32 | Russell County | 24.8" | Very Low | $106,400 |
| 33 | Comanche County | 25.3" | Very Low | $59,900 |
| 34 | Rooks County | 25.4" | Very Low | $90,000 |
| 35 | Phillips County | 25.6" | Very Low | $94,700 |
| 36 | Kiowa County | 26.0" | Very Low | $152,400 |
| 37 | Smith County | 26.1" | Very Low | $91,000 |
| 38 | Norton County | 26.2" | Very Low | $106,300 |
| 39 | Rush County | 26.5" | Very Low | $79,300 |
| 40 | Edwards County | 26.8" | Very Low | $70,500 |
| 41 | Pawnee County | 27.2" | Very Low | $102,400 |
| 42 | Barton County | 27.3" | Relatively Low | $117,200 |
| 43 | Pratt County | 27.6" | Relatively Low | $114,500 |
| 44 | Barber County | 27.8" | Very Low | $92,700 |
| 45 | Jewell County | 28.3" | Very Low | $62,100 |
| 46 | Cloud County | 28.4" | Very Low | $96,300 |
| 47 | Osborne County | 28.6" | Very Low | $84,700 |
| 48 | Stafford County | 28.7" | Very Low | $96,700 |
| 49 | Rice County | 29.0" | Very Low | $105,500 |
| 50 | Lincoln County | 29.1" | Very Low | $92,600 |
| 51 | Mitchell County | 29.1" | Very Low | $109,600 |
| 52 | Saline County | 29.7" | Relatively Low | $171,900 |
| 53 | Reno County | 30.3" | Relatively Low | $125,000 |
| 54 | Republic County | 30.6" | Very Low | $76,000 |
| 55 | Ellsworth County | 30.8" | Very Low | $116,300 |
| 56 | Ottawa County | 31.7" | Very Low | $164,100 |
| 57 | Clay County | 31.9" | Very Low | $149,600 |
| 58 | Geary County | 32.2" | Very Low | $165,000 |
| 59 | Riley County | 32.2" | Relatively Low | $231,200 |
| 60 | Washington County | 32.4" | Very Low | $106,100 |
| 61 | Harper County | 33.1" | Very Low | $77,300 |
| 62 | Kingman County | 33.2" | Very Low | $107,400 |
| 63 | McPherson County | 33.6" | Very Low | $198,400 |
| 64 | Marshall County | 33.6" | Very Low | $119,500 |
| 65 | Harvey County | 33.8" | Very Low | $173,300 |
| 66 | Marion County | 33.9" | Very Low | $114,400 |
| 67 | Dickinson County | 34.3" | Relatively Low | $148,500 |
| 68 | Sedgwick County | 34.3" | Relatively High | $190,700 |
| 69 | Brown County | 34.7" | Very Low | $111,100 |
| 70 | Pottawatomie County | 34.7" | Very Low | $223,000 |
| 71 | Cowley County | 34.9" | Relatively Low | $111,600 |
| 72 | Morris County | 35.0" | Very Low | $120,900 |
| 73 | Leavenworth County | 35.6" | Relatively Low | $260,600 |
| 74 | Lyon County | 35.8" | Relatively Low | $142,200 |
| 75 | Nemaha County | 35.9" | Very Low | $196,100 |
| 76 | Sumner County | 36.1" | Relatively Low | $118,700 |
| 77 | Atchison County | 36.4" | Very Low | $147,900 |
| 78 | Shawnee County | 36.5" | Relatively Moderate | $170,400 |
| 79 | Doniphan County | 36.8" | Very Low | $121,200 |
| 80 | Coffey County | 37.2" | Very Low | $139,500 |
| 81 | Wabaunsee County | 37.3" | Very Low | $178,200 |
| 82 | Jackson County | 37.4" | Very Low | $193,600 |
| 83 | Douglas County | 37.7" | Relatively Low | $281,600 |
| 84 | Johnson County | 37.7" | Relatively High | $366,000 |
| 85 | Labette County | 37.9" | Relatively Low | $92,100 |
| 86 | Chase County | 38.0" | Very Low | $106,200 |
| 87 | Wyandotte County | 38.1" | Relatively Moderate | $152,700 |
| 88 | Jefferson County | 38.3" | Very Low | $200,800 |
| 89 | Elk County | 38.6" | Very Low | $60,900 |
| 90 | Butler County | 38.7" | Relatively Low | $199,600 |
| 91 | Osage County | 38.9" | Very Low | $142,800 |
| 92 | Franklin County | 39.9" | Relatively Low | $187,400 |
| 93 | Greenwood County | 40.0" | Very Low | $82,600 |
| 94 | Chautauqua County | 40.5" | Very Low | $63,300 |
| 95 | Anderson County | 40.6" | Very Low | $147,900 |
| 96 | Neosho County | 40.7" | Very Low | $101,200 |
| 97 | Linn County | 41.3" | Very Low | $164,500 |
| 98 | Miami County | 41.4" | Relatively Low | $277,700 |
| 99 | Wilson County | 41.8" | Very Low | $93,900 |
| 100 | Woodson County | 41.8" | Very Low | $77,100 |
| 101 | Allen County | 42.0" | Very Low | $100,400 |
| 102 | Bourbon County | 44.5" | Very Low | $107,600 |
| 103 | Montgomery County | 45.4" | Relatively Low | $92,100 |
| 104 | Crawford County | 45.6" | Relatively Low | $122,400 |
| 105 | Cherokee County | 46.0" | Relatively Low | $99,400 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Nationwide
Driest Counties across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Kansas