Cold Wave Risk in Kansas

All Kansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index cold wave score

Cold Wave risk — prolonged spells of dangerously low temperatures — is rated for 105 of 105 Kansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Sedgwick County carries the state's highest cold wave score at 99.3, with $51M in expected annual cold wave losses.

4 Kansas counties are rated High or Very High for cold wave, and expected annual losses from cold wave total roughly $199M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Cold Wave

#CountyCold Wave ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Sedgwick County
99.3
Very High 1.58 / yr $51M
2 Johnson County
98.0
High 2.26 / yr $31M
3 Wyandotte County
95.4
High 2.32 / yr $10M
4 Pratt County
90.5
High 2.32 / yr $7M
5 Montgomery County
88.2
Medium 1.37 / yr $5M
6 Cowley County
86.0
Medium 1.32 / yr $5M
7 Barber County
84.7
Medium 2.00 / yr $6M
8 Shawnee County
81.0
Medium 2.42 / yr $4M
9 Reno County
80.5
Medium 1.74 / yr $4M
10 Leavenworth County
77.0
Medium 2.47 / yr $4M
11 Butler County
74.5
Medium 1.74 / yr $3M
12 Kingman County
74.0
Medium 1.53 / yr $3M
13 Finney County
73.3
Medium 3.58 / yr $2M
14 Labette County
73.0
Medium 1.37 / yr $2M
15 Saline County
72.3
Medium 2.53 / yr $3M
16 Harper County
70.6
Medium 1.47 / yr $2M
17 Douglas County
70.5
Medium 2.32 / yr $3M
18 Scott County
69.7
Medium 3.74 / yr $1M
19 Barton County
66.8
Medium 2.84 / yr $2M
20 Sumner County
66.7
Medium 1.42 / yr $2M
21 Pawnee County
66.7
Medium 3.37 / yr $2M
22 Ford County
63.8
Low 3.26 / yr $2M
23 Cherokee County
63.4
Low 2.16 / yr $2M
24 Gray County
62.7
Low 3.26 / yr $2M
25 Stafford County
62.0
Low 2.79 / yr $2M
26 Crawford County
59.6
Low 2.21 / yr $1M
27 Seward County
59.0
Low 2.63 / yr $1M
28 McPherson County
58.4
Low 2.37 / yr $2M
29 Kiowa County
58.1
Low 2.42 / yr $1M
30 Rice County
58.0
Low 2.53 / yr $1M
31 Edwards County
55.7
Low 3.16 / yr $1M
32 Miami County
55.6
Low 2.05 / yr $2M
33 Ellis County
54.7
Low 3.79 / yr $2M
34 Comanche County
53.5
Low 2.00 / yr $911K
35 Lyon County
52.0
Low 2.26 / yr $1M
36 Haskell County
50.0
Low 2.79 / yr $1M
37 Harvey County
48.6
Low 1.84 / yr $2M
38 Bourbon County
46.6
Low 2.26 / yr $750K
39 Neosho County
46.1
Low 1.37 / yr $931K
40 Franklin County
46.0
Low 2.05 / yr $912K
41 Grant County
41.5
Low 2.74 / yr $921K
42 Stevens County
40.7
Low 2.42 / yr $436K
43 Coffey County
39.9
Low 2.05 / yr $494K
44 Anderson County
39.5
Low 2.05 / yr $486K
45 Wichita County
39.1
Low 3.89 / yr $720K
46 Pottawatomie County
38.5
Low 3.11 / yr $976K
47 Osage County
38.4
Low 2.26 / yr $595K
48 Wilson County
36.8
Low 1.37 / yr $685K
49 Ellsworth County
35.8
Low 2.89 / yr $642K
50 Cheyenne County
35.5
Low 5.79 / yr $387K
51 Russell County
34.9
Low 2.89 / yr $567K
52 Sherman County
33.7
Low 5.68 / yr $604K
53 Doniphan County
33.3
Low 3.74 / yr $519K
54 Clark County
32.0
Low 2.32 / yr $531K
55 Allen County
30.9
Low 1.63 / yr $559K
56 Ness County
30.0
Low 3.63 / yr $394K
57 Meade County
29.9
Low 2.47 / yr $544K
58 Marion County
29.6
Low 2.21 / yr $415K
59 Greenwood County
28.5
Low 1.63 / yr $391K
60 Hodgeman County
27.2
Low 3.53 / yr $500K
61 Rush County
27.0
Low 3.53 / yr $558K
62 Chautauqua County
26.7
Low 1.32 / yr $334K
63 Woodson County
26.6
Low 1.63 / yr $245K
64 Norton County
26.3
Low 4.53 / yr $309K
65 Jefferson County
26.1
Low 2.74 / yr $555K
66 Dickinson County
25.8
Low 2.47 / yr $345K
67 Jackson County
25.7
Low 3.11 / yr $341K
68 Kearny County
25.7
Low 3.32 / yr $450K
69 Cloud County
25.6
Low 3.00 / yr $343K
70 Thomas County
25.4
Low 5.26 / yr $495K
71 Hamilton County
24.6
Low 3.26 / yr $409K
72 Logan County
24.5
Low 4.58 / yr $268K
73 Linn County
24.0
Low 2.11 / yr $363K
74 Atchison County
23.9
Very Low 3.05 / yr $452K
75 Phillips County
23.0
Very Low 3.32 / yr $215K
76 Morris County
22.6
Very Low 2.37 / yr $198K
77 Elk County
22.5
Very Low 1.37 / yr $189K
78 Mitchell County
22.1
Very Low 3.11 / yr $279K
79 Greeley County
21.2
Very Low 4.11 / yr $352K
80 Brown County
20.9
Very Low 3.79 / yr $284K
81 Washington County
18.8
Very Low 3.42 / yr $228K
82 Rooks County
18.8
Very Low 3.21 / yr $285K
83 Osborne County
18.3
Very Low 3.11 / yr $179K
84 Wallace County
17.8
Very Low 4.84 / yr $194K
85 Republic County
17.1
Very Low 3.21 / yr $184K
86 Lane County
16.9
Very Low 3.74 / yr $249K
87 Trego County
16.3
Very Low 3.79 / yr $244K
88 Stanton County
16.2
Very Low 2.53 / yr $164K
89 Decatur County
16.0
Very Low 5.16 / yr $179K
90 Gove County
15.5
Very Low 4.21 / yr $222K
91 Smith County
15.4
Very Low 3.32 / yr $172K
92 Graham County
15.0
Very Low 4.00 / yr $149K
93 Jewell County
14.4
Very Low 3.26 / yr $128K
94 Morton County
14.1
Very Low 2.37 / yr $187K
95 Riley County
13.2
Very Low 3.05 / yr $184K
96 Nemaha County
12.8
Very Low 3.79 / yr $150K
97 Rawlins County
12.6
Very Low 5.26 / yr $158K
98 Sheridan County
12.5
Very Low 4.42 / yr $177K
99 Chase County
10.6
Very Low 2.11 / yr $92K
100 Lincoln County
10.0
Very Low 2.89 / yr $67K
101 Geary County
9.3
Very Low 2.53 / yr $94K
102 Clay County
7.3
Very Low 3.05 / yr $42K
103 Wabaunsee County
6.5
Very Low 2.42 / yr $40K
104 Ottawa County
6.4
Very Low 2.79 / yr $35K
105 Marshall County
5.9
Very Low 3.63 / yr $30K

105 Kansas counties with measurable cold wave risk. See the national cold wave ranking or all Kansas counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Kansas county has the highest cold wave risk?

Sedgwick County has the highest FEMA cold wave risk score in Kansas at 99.3 (Very High), with $51M in expected annual losses and about 1.58 events per year.

How many Kansas counties face significant cold wave risk?

105 Kansas counties record measurable cold wave risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 4 of them are rated High or Very High.

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