Is this weather normal in Bourbon County?

Kansas · county records since 1895, through September 2026.

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Bourbon County just had its warmest September ever recorded, +10° against the usual. Bourbon County has warmed about 0.4° per decade since 1970.

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 63°, lows near 41°

That is the 1991 to 2020 average for these dates in Bourbon County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.

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The last 12 months

Oct: +5.2°OctNov: +4.4°NovDec: +3.1°DecJan 2026: -0.5°JanFeb: +6.6°FebMar: +7.3°MarApr: +6.0°AprMay: -0.8°MayJun: -0.2°JunJul: +1.4°JulAug: +3.5°AugSep: +9.5°Sepwarmercooler

Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1895.

Every year since 1895

18952025

Rain and drought

Oct: -1.1 inOctNov: -0.3 inNovDec: -2.0 inDecJan 2026: -0.4 inJanFeb: +1.5 inFebMar: -0.2 inMarApr: +4.0 inAprMay: -0.7 inMayJun: +2.2 inJunJul: -2.2 inJulAug: -3.3 inAugSep: -0.0 inSepwetterdrier

Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.

Month by month in Bourbon County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January42° / 23°1.5 in43.2° 200614.9° 1940
February47° / 27°1.7 in46.8° 201721.0° 1899
March58° / 36°2.9 in59.5° 201230.8° 1960
April67° / 45°4.5 in63.6° 198148.6° 1983
May76° / 55°6.0 in74.0° 196258.2° 1907
June85° / 65°5.5 in83.0° 195368.0° 1903
July90° / 69°4.5 in88.7° 195472.4° 1950
August89° / 67°3.9 in86.9° 193669.9° 1915
September81° / 59°4.4 in79.3° 202662.2° 1974
October70° / 46°3.5 in69.5° 196350.2° 1925
November56° / 36°2.8 in54.7° 199937.6° 1959
December45° / 27°2.1 in46.1° 202118.4° 1983

Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.

Towns in Bourbon County

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