Average Sunshine in Kansas for October

Number of Sunny Days

In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Kansas is the total days this month when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.

Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days during October are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover.

Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. All the numbers are averages, made from years of weather watching, for total days in the month.

Days of sunshine in October
City Sunny Partly Sunny Total Days
With Sun
Concordia 13 7 20
Dodge City 15 7 22
Goodland 15 8 23
Kansas City 13 7 20
Topeka 13 7 20
Wichita 13 7 20

Amount of Sun

Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are monthly averages based on many years of weather observations.

Percent sunshine for October
City % Sun
Concordia 68
Dodge City 73
Kansas City60
Topeka 64
Wichita 64
Reference

National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.

Kansas Sunshine
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