Is this weather normal in Clay County?

Kansas · county records since 1895, through September 2026.

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Clay County just had its warmest September ever recorded, +9° against the usual. Every one of the last 12 months ran warmer than usual there.

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 61°, lows near 37°

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

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The last 12 months

Oct: +6.4°OctNov: +4.4°NovDec: +3.8°DecJan 2026: +0.5°JanFeb: +7.4°FebMar: +7.5°MarApr: +6.5°AprMay: +1.2°MayJun: +0.4°JunJul: +1.2°JulAug: +2.3°AugSep: +8.8°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: +0.2 inOctNov: +0.7 inNovDec: -0.9 inDecJan 2026: +0.4 inJanFeb: -0.6 inFebMar: -1.4 inMarApr: +0.0 inAprMay: +0.4 inMayJun: +0.8 inJunJul: -0.1 inJulAug: -1.5 inAugSep: +1.8 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 Clay County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January39° / 19°0.7 in40.6° 200611.2° 1940
February44° / 22°1.0 in45.0° 193015.6° 1899
March56° / 32°1.9 in56.6° 201227.3° 1960
April66° / 41°3.0 in61.5° 198145.8° 1907
May76° / 52°4.8 in72.6° 201856.9° 1917
June86° / 63°4.5 in81.8° 193366.8° 1928
July91° / 67°4.3 in88.6° 193471.8° 1950
August89° / 65°4.0 in85.4° 191369.5° 1915
September81° / 56°2.8 in77.4° 202662.0° 1974
October68° / 44°2.3 in66.2° 194745.5° 1925
November54° / 31°1.4 in50.2° 201633.8° 1896
December42° / 22°1.1 in40.3° 202112.5° 1983

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

Towns in Clay County

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