Is this weather normal in Riley County?

Kansas · county records since 1895, through September 2026.

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Riley 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 Riley County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.

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The last 12 months

Oct: +6.0°OctNov: +4.3°NovDec: +3.5°DecJan 2026: +0.1°JanFeb: +7.9°FebMar: +7.1°MarApr: +6.5°AprMay: +0.6°MayJun: +0.3°JunJul: +0.7°JulAug: +1.8°AugSep: +8.5°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: +0.2 inOctNov: +0.7 inNovDec: -0.9 inDecJan 2026: +0.5 inJanFeb: -0.5 inFebMar: -1.3 inMarApr: +1.8 inAprMay: +0.5 inMayJun: +2.0 inJunJul: +1.3 inJulAug: -1.0 inAugSep: +3.3 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 Riley County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January39° / 18°0.7 in40.1° 200611.6° 1940
February44° / 22°1.1 in45.0° 193015.3° 1899
March56° / 32°2.0 in56.7° 201227.3° 1960
April66° / 42°3.2 in61.8° 198145.2° 1907
May76° / 53°4.9 in72.8° 201856.6° 1917
June86° / 63°4.8 in81.7° 193367.4° 1928
July90° / 67°4.5 in88.5° 193471.4° 1950
August88° / 65°4.1 in84.8° 191368.4° 1915
September81° / 56°2.9 in76.8° 202661.6° 1974
October68° / 44°2.4 in66.7° 196345.6° 1925
November54° / 31°1.6 in50.6° 201634.9° 1929
December42° / 22°1.2 in40.5° 202112.9° 1983

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

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