Is Kansas in a drought?
This week's U.S. Drought Monitor for Kansas, and the category in each of its 105 counties, from the National Drought Mitigation Center.
Yes, in part: 30.85% of Kansas is in drought (D1 to D4).
48.96% is at least abnormally dry (D0 to D4), 10.4% in severe drought or worse (D2 to D4), 0% extreme or worse (D3 to D4) and 0% in D4 Exceptional Drought.
Next map: released Thursday 22 October 2026.
On the map valid 13 October 2026, 41 of 105 counties had some drought (D1 or worse); 25 more were abnormally dry (D0) only. D2 Severe Drought somewhere in 28.
Every county, map valid 13 October 2026
The category is the most severe one covering any part of the county; the share says how much of it. "Weeks" counts the weekly maps in a row with that category or worse somewhere in it.
| County | Category this week | Share in it | In drought (D1–D4) | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen County | D1 Moderate Drought | 78.56% | 78.56% | 7 weeks |
| Anderson County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 68.62% | 0% | 8 weeks |
| Atchison County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Barber County | D2 Severe Drought | 99.67% | 100% | 11 weeks |
| Barton County | D2 Severe Drought | 25.25% | 54.78% | 9 weeks |
| Bourbon County | D2 Severe Drought | 0.75% | 35.64% | 7 weeks |
| Brown County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Butler County | D1 Moderate Drought | 89.76% | 89.76% | 8 weeks |
| Chase County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 5.49% | 0% | 8 weeks |
| Chautauqua County | D2 Severe Drought | 62.06% | 100% | 7 weeks |
| Cherokee County | D2 Severe Drought | 95.69% | 100% | 7 weeks |
| Cheyenne County | D1 Moderate Drought | 4.67% | 4.67% | 10 weeks |
| Clark County | D2 Severe Drought | 29.07% | 100% | 29 weeks |
| Clay County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Cloud County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Coffey County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 85.72% | 0% | 8 weeks |
| Comanche County | D2 Severe Drought | 100% | 100% | 29 weeks |
| Cowley County | D2 Severe Drought | 76.07% | 100% | 7 weeks |
| Crawford County | D2 Severe Drought | 6.97% | 83.96% | 7 weeks |
| Decatur County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 17.52% | 0% | 41 weeks |
| Dickinson County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Doniphan County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Douglas County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Edwards County | D2 Severe Drought | 9.3% | 62.14% | 9 weeks |
| Elk County | D2 Severe Drought | 0.93% | 100% | 7 weeks |
| Ellis County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 3.87% | 0% | 12 weeks |
| Ellsworth County | D1 Moderate Drought | 21.45% | 21.45% | 28 weeks |
| Finney County | D1 Moderate Drought | 27.73% | 27.73% | 30 weeks |
| Ford County | D1 Moderate Drought | 22.41% | 22.41% | 31 weeks |
| Franklin County | None | 0% | 3 weeks | |
| Geary County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Gove County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Graham County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Grant County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 33 weeks |
| Gray County | D1 Moderate Drought | 89.38% | 89.38% | 30 weeks |
| Greeley County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Greenwood County | D1 Moderate Drought | 49.04% | 49.04% | 7 weeks |
| Hamilton County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 23.38% | 0% | 33 weeks |
| Harper County | D2 Severe Drought | 50.96% | 100% | 8 weeks |
| Harvey County | D2 Severe Drought | 35.28% | 100% | 8 weeks |
| Haskell County | D1 Moderate Drought | 69.08% | 69.08% | 30 weeks |
| Hodgeman County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 96.92% | 0% | 33 weeks |
| Jackson County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Jefferson County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Jewell County | None | 0% | 3 weeks | |
| Johnson County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Kearny County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 21.95% | 0% | 33 weeks |
| Kingman County | D2 Severe Drought | 1.33% | 78.56% | 8 weeks |
| Kiowa County | D2 Severe Drought | 50.99% | 99.84% | 9 weeks |
| Labette County | D2 Severe Drought | 94.91% | 100% | 7 weeks |
| Lane County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Leavenworth County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Lincoln County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 1.91% | 0% | 10 weeks |
| Linn County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 99.17% | 0% | 8 weeks |
| Logan County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Lyon County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 16.68% | 0% | 7 weeks |
| Marion County | D2 Severe Drought | 4.44% | 16.25% | 7 weeks |
| Marshall County | None | 0% | 22 weeks | |
| McPherson County | D2 Severe Drought | 14.43% | 66.65% | 8 weeks |
| Meade County | D2 Severe Drought | 4.29% | 100% | 30 weeks |
| Miami County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 34.06% | 0% | 7 weeks |
| Mitchell County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Montgomery County | D2 Severe Drought | 73.97% | 100% | 7 weeks |
| Morris County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Morton County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 35 weeks |
| Nemaha County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Neosho County | D2 Severe Drought | 0.07% | 63.68% | 7 weeks |
| Ness County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 8.21% | 0% | 31 weeks |
| Norton County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 44.38% | 0% | 41 weeks |
| Osage County | None | 0% | 3 weeks | |
| Osborne County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Ottawa County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Pawnee County | D2 Severe Drought | 16.38% | 33.24% | 9 weeks |
| Phillips County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 0.85% | 0% | 38 weeks |
| Pottawatomie County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Pratt County | D2 Severe Drought | 70.81% | 100% | 9 weeks |
| Rawlins County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 28.1% | 0% | 39 weeks |
| Reno County | D2 Severe Drought | 4.63% | 82.28% | 9 weeks |
| Republic County | None | 0% | 3 weeks | |
| Rice County | D2 Severe Drought | 30.96% | 100% | 9 weeks |
| Riley County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Rooks County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Rush County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 59.99% | 0% | 31 weeks |
| Russell County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 44.37% | 0% | 12 weeks |
| Saline County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 7.8% | 0% | 30 weeks |
| Scott County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Sedgwick County | D1 Moderate Drought | 100% | 100% | 9 weeks |
| Seward County | D2 Severe Drought | 23.66% | 86.13% | 30 weeks |
| Shawnee County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Sheridan County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Sherman County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 50% | 0% | 37 weeks |
| Smith County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Stafford County | D2 Severe Drought | 70.61% | 100% | 9 weeks |
| Stanton County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 100% | 0% | 35 weeks |
| Stevens County | D1 Moderate Drought | 23.28% | 23.28% | 34 weeks |
| Sumner County | D2 Severe Drought | 21.52% | 100% | 6 weeks |
| Thomas County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 0.16% | 0% | 37 weeks |
| Trego County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Wabaunsee County | None | 0% | 4 weeks | |
| Wallace County | D0 Abnormally Dry | 1.32% | 0% | 29 weeks |
| Washington County | None | 0% | 3 weeks | |
| Wichita County | None | 0% | 2 weeks | |
| Wilson County | D1 Moderate Drought | 100% | 100% | 9 weeks |
| Woodson County | D1 Moderate Drought | 81.33% | 81.33% | 7 weeks |
| Wyandotte County | None | 0% | 4 weeks |
Natural disaster risk in Kansas by county · Drought in every state
The categories
| Category | Name |
|---|---|
| D0 | Abnormally Dry (not drought: going into or coming out of drought) |
| D1 | Moderate Drought |
| D2 | Severe Drought |
| D3 | Extreme Drought |
| D4 | Exceptional Drought |
What each category means on the ground is described on the Drought Monitor's classification page.
How this page reads the Drought Monitor
- The figures are the U.S. Drought Monitor's own statistics (share of area in each category), read from its data service. The categories are theirs, unchanged. This site does not make its own drought assessment.
- The Drought Monitor gives each county a share in each category. A county's category here is the most severe one covering any part of it, with the share it covers. "Weeks" counts the weekly maps in a row, newest first, on which some of the county was at that category or worse.
- A new map is released every Thursday, valid for the Tuesday before. Every figure here carries that valid date. This site reads the new week once, after the Thursday release, and keeps it.
- Counties are matched to the Drought Monitor by their five-digit FIPS code. Connecticut is shown by its nine planning regions, which replaced its eight counties in 2022; the Drought Monitor's county statistics use the same planning regions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC.
Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, droughtmonitor.unl.edu · The official map for Kansas · Drought Monitor data tables · drought.gov current conditions · NOAA seasonal drought outlook
Questions
Is Kansas in a drought right now?
On the U.S. Drought Monitor valid 13 October 2026, 30.85% of Kansas is in drought (D1 to D4) and 48.96% is at least abnormally dry (D0 to D4). 10.4% is in D2 Severe Drought or worse.
Which counties in Kansas are in the worst drought?
This week the most severe category in Kansas is D2 Severe Drought, in Barber County, Barton County, Bourbon County, Chautauqua County, Cherokee County, Clark County, Comanche County, Cowley County and 20 more.
How is a county's category chosen on this page?
The U.S. Drought Monitor gives the share of each county in each category. This page names the most severe category covering any part of the county, and always says how much of the county it covers.