Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Highest Cooling Demand in Kansas
Cooling degree days are the mirror of heating degree days: how far and how long the temperature sits above 65°F. In the counties at the top of this list, cooling is the largest single line on the summer electricity bill. 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 | Cooling degree days | Summer high | Monthly to own |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comanche County | 1,904 | 94.6°F | $720 |
| 2 | Barber County | 1,820 | 94.4°F | $956 |
| 3 | Dickinson County | 1,803 | 94.4°F | $1,382 |
| 4 | Sedgwick County | 1,774 | 92.6°F | $1,685 |
| 5 | Cowley County | 1,770 | 91.9°F | $1,112 |
| 6 | Clark County | 1,727 | 95.2°F | $866 |
| 7 | Harper County | 1,715 | 92.9°F | $839 |
| 8 | Neosho County | 1,710 | 91.6°F | $1,010 |
| 9 | Wyandotte County | 1,708 | 90.2°F | $1,420 |
| 10 | Marion County | 1,707 | 92.2°F | $1,139 |
| 11 | Labette County | 1,690 | 91.4°F | $949 |
| 12 | Harvey County | 1,658 | 92.0°F | $1,582 |
| 13 | Sumner County | 1,642 | 91.8°F | $1,172 |
| 14 | Bourbon County | 1,628 | 90.7°F | $1,078 |
| 15 | Saline County | 1,624 | 92.8°F | $1,553 |
| 16 | Stafford County | 1,624 | 93.5°F | $980 |
| 17 | Montgomery County | 1,618 | 90.7°F | $954 |
| 18 | Chautauqua County | 1,604 | 91.5°F | $714 |
| 19 | McPherson County | 1,592 | 92.8°F | $1,774 |
| 20 | Rice County | 1,585 | 92.5°F | $1,051 |
| 21 | Butler County | 1,575 | 91.3°F | $1,793 |
| 22 | Ottawa County | 1,561 | 93.3°F | $1,531 |
| 23 | Kingman County | 1,558 | 92.8°F | $1,087 |
| 24 | Wilson County | 1,554 | 90.3°F | $944 |
| 25 | Cherokee County | 1,553 | 89.6°F | $975 |
| 26 | Ford County | 1,549 | 93.7°F | $1,281 |
| 27 | Ellis County | 1,546 | 93.2°F | $1,843 |
| 28 | Crawford County | 1,539 | 89.8°F | $1,143 |
| 29 | Shawnee County | 1,534 | 90.2°F | $1,561 |
| 30 | Haskell County | 1,529 | 94.4°F | $1,433 |
| 31 | Coffey County | 1,527 | 90.2°F | $1,279 |
| 32 | Morris County | 1,523 | 90.2°F | $1,174 |
| 33 | Kearny County | 1,520 | 94.3°F | $1,387 |
| 34 | Ellsworth County | 1,507 | 92.7°F | $1,135 |
| 35 | Mitchell County | 1,496 | 91.8°F | $1,116 |
| 36 | Russell County | 1,492 | 92.6°F | $1,076 |
| 37 | Geary County | 1,490 | 91.5°F | $1,528 |
| 38 | Riley County | 1,490 | 91.5°F | $2,040 |
| 39 | Reno County | 1,489 | 92.2°F | $1,228 |
| 40 | Gray County | 1,485 | 92.8°F | $1,587 |
| 41 | Meade County | 1,474 | 94.4°F | $1,181 |
| 42 | Clay County | 1,467 | 91.1°F | $1,384 |
| 43 | Leavenworth County | 1,463 | 90.6°F | $2,223 |
| 44 | Pawnee County | 1,460 | 91.1°F | $1,046 |
| 45 | Edwards County | 1,451 | 92.7°F | $772 |
| 46 | Stanton County | 1,451 | 93.4°F | $768 |
| 47 | Seward County | 1,443 | 93.2°F | $1,295 |
| 48 | Pratt County | 1,442 | 91.5°F | $1,143 |
| 49 | Allen County | 1,440 | 88.5°F | $1,018 |
| 50 | Elk County | 1,436 | 90.4°F | $714 |
| 51 | Hodgeman County | 1,435 | 93.6°F | $964 |
| 52 | Woodson County | 1,430 | 89.3°F | $839 |
| 53 | Lincoln County | 1,407 | 92.7°F | $947 |
| 54 | Pottawatomie County | 1,402 | 89.8°F | $1,914 |
| 55 | Jefferson County | 1,395 | 89.9°F | $1,772 |
| 56 | Morton County | 1,393 | 94.5°F | $1,010 |
| 57 | Graham County | 1,392 | 93.3°F | $930 |
| 58 | Greenwood County | 1,392 | 90.3°F | $873 |
| 59 | Anderson County | 1,391 | 89.0°F | $1,389 |
| 60 | Kiowa County | 1,389 | 91.8°F | $1,378 |
| 61 | Miami County | 1,385 | 88.6°F | $2,362 |
| 62 | Chase County | 1,380 | 90.0°F | $1,060 |
| 63 | Cloud County | 1,373 | 90.3°F | $996 |
| 64 | Trego County | 1,373 | 92.9°F | $1,121 |
| 65 | Atchison County | 1,360 | 87.6°F | $1,363 |
| 66 | Phillips County | 1,359 | 92.5°F | $975 |
| 67 | Ness County | 1,356 | 93.2°F | $919 |
| 68 | Linn County | 1,355 | 88.5°F | $1,463 |
| 69 | Marshall County | 1,355 | 90.2°F | $1,136 |
| 70 | Rooks County | 1,352 | 93.6°F | $942 |
| 71 | Johnson County | 1,351 | 87.5°F | $3,026 |
| 72 | Stevens County | 1,349 | 92.3°F | $1,229 |
| 73 | Smith County | 1,342 | 92.1°F | $942 |
| 74 | Franklin County | 1,337 | 89.3°F | $1,696 |
| 75 | Osborne County | 1,334 | 92.6°F | $888 |
| 76 | Lane County | 1,330 | 93.0°F | $1,148 |
| 77 | Finney County | 1,325 | 92.2°F | $1,720 |
| 78 | Barton County | 1,320 | 91.3°F | $1,156 |
| 79 | Rush County | 1,319 | 92.3°F | $863 |
| 80 | Osage County | 1,316 | 89.3°F | $1,357 |
| 81 | Washington County | 1,314 | 90.3°F | $1,048 |
| 82 | Nemaha County | 1,304 | 89.1°F | $1,686 |
| 83 | Douglas County | 1,299 | 87.7°F | $2,396 |
| 84 | Republic County | 1,287 | 90.0°F | $823 |
| 85 | Grant County | 1,286 | 92.8°F | $1,349 |
| 86 | Wabaunsee County | 1,263 | 89.0°F | $1,595 |
| 87 | Sheridan County | 1,262 | 90.0°F | $1,423 |
| 88 | Lyon County | 1,235 | 88.5°F | $1,352 |
| 89 | Gove County | 1,225 | 92.3°F | $1,137 |
| 90 | Scott County | 1,225 | 92.5°F | $1,568 |
| 91 | Hamilton County | 1,217 | 92.9°F | $1,167 |
| 92 | Doniphan County | 1,200 | 86.7°F | $1,138 |
| 93 | Logan County | 1,187 | 92.8°F | $1,166 |
| 94 | Norton County | 1,170 | 92.1°F | $1,052 |
| 95 | Jewell County | 1,167 | 90.5°F | $723 |
| 96 | Wallace County | 1,166 | 91.2°F | $959 |
| 97 | Brown County | 1,152 | 87.3°F | $1,068 |
| 98 | Jackson County | 1,146 | 87.5°F | $1,702 |
| 99 | Decatur County | 1,137 | 90.9°F | $849 |
| 100 | Rawlins County | 1,131 | 92.4°F | $1,011 |
| 101 | Cheyenne County | 1,097 | 91.7°F | $1,147 |
| 102 | Thomas County | 1,069 | 91.0°F | $1,505 |
| 103 | Wichita County | 1,067 | 91.5°F | $989 |
| 104 | Greeley County | 1,050 | 91.4°F | $1,111 |
| 105 | Sherman County | 990 | 90.4°F | $1,220 |
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
Highest Cooling Demand across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Kansas