Is this weather normal in Ellis County?

Kansas · county records since 1895, through September 2026.

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Ellis 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 62°, lows near 35°

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

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The last 12 months

Oct: +4.9°OctNov: +3.6°NovDec: +5.0°DecJan 2026: +0.6°JanFeb: +9.6°FebMar: +8.0°MarApr: +5.0°AprMay: +1.0°MayJun: +0.4°JunJul: +1.5°JulAug: +4.6°AugSep: +8.6°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: +0.0 inOctNov: +0.7 inNovDec: -0.7 inDecJan 2026: +0.6 inJanFeb: -0.6 inFebMar: -1.3 inMarApr: -0.9 inAprMay: -0.9 inMayJun: +3.9 inJunJul: -1.3 inJulAug: -0.7 inAugSep: +0.5 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 Ellis County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January43° / 18°0.6 in41.1° 200611.8° 1940
February47° / 21°0.8 in44.7° 193019.6° 1936
March58° / 31°1.3 in54.7° 201227.7° 1958
April67° / 39°2.1 in61.0° 198146.0° 1918
May77° / 50°3.9 in70.2° 193456.0° 1995
June88° / 61°3.4 in81.9° 195264.8° 1903
July93° / 66°3.9 in87.4° 193472.5° 1906
August90° / 64°3.4 in84.7° 198368.5° 1915
September83° / 55°2.0 in77.5° 202661.8° 1974
October70° / 42°1.8 in65.1° 196345.5° 1925
November56° / 29°0.9 in49.4° 199932.9° 1929
December44° / 21°0.8 in38.7° 195714.7° 1983

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

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