Average Annual Snowfall in Kansas

The tables below give yearly averages for snowfall at cities, communities and other locations around Kansas. The numbers are for the total amount of snow and for how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

The snowfall totals are annual averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, Central and Western Kansas.

Place name links take you to more detailed information on snowfall, snowstorms and snow accumulation for that location.

Eastern Kansas

Average annual snowfall

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
5.2	Chanute	9.7	24.6
4.3	Fort Scott	8.4	21.3
4.9	Independence	7.4	18.8
7.2	Lawrence	10.4	26.4
8.7	Leavenworth	18.8	47.8
10.3	Olathe	13.8	35.1
6.5	Perry Lake	12.4	31.5
12.0	Topeka	17.1	43.4

Central Kansas

Yearly snow averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
12.3	Concordia	19.3	49.0
6.9	Great Bend	11.5	29.2
6.7	Hutchinson	9.4	23.9
8.8	Manhattan	17.6	44.7
6.2	Tallgrass Prairie Preserve	11.7	29.7
9.2	Wichita	12.7	32.3
4.8	Wilson Lake	9.6	24.4

Western Kansas

Average total snowfall for a year

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
14.6	Colby	27.2	69.1
13.1	Dodge City	19.1	48.5
8.4	Elkhart	17.6	44.7
9.7	Garden City	15.6	39.6
19.4	Goodland	30.0	76.2
10.3	Keith Sebelius Reservoir	19.6	49.8
6.8	Liberal	14.4	36.6