Kansas snow day predictor
Off season - the 10 towns ranked by how much snow they get · Manhattan averages 18 in a year, Lawrence 10 in
Kansas towns, ranked
- Manhattanaverages 18 inches a year · occasional snow
- Shawneeaverages 17 inches a year · occasional snow
- Topekaaverages 17 inches a year · occasional snow
- Salinaaverages 16 inches a year · occasional snow
- Overland Parkaverages 14 inches a year · occasional snow
- Olatheaverages 14 inches a year · occasional snow
- Lenexaaverages 14 inches a year · occasional snow
- Wichitaaverages 13 inches a year · occasional snow
- Kansas Cityaverages 11 inches a year · occasional snow
- Lawrenceaverages 10 inches a year · occasional snow
How snow days work in Kansas
There is no single Kansas snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Manhattan averages 18 inches of snow a year against Lawrence’s 10, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.