Camping in Kansas: Best Months, Booking and Fire Rules
Across Kansas's 3 NOAA reference stations, camping weather is mild from April to May and from September to October, with average highs of 68 to 83 F and lows of 43 to 58 F. Nights at or below freezing show up from October to April, most often in January, when they average 28.5 a month.
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The best months for camping in Kansas
By NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals, camping weather in Kansas is mild April to May and September to October. Pick the station nearest your campground below; high ground runs colder than any station.
- Jan43° / 21°Freezing nights
- Feb48° / 24°Freezing nights
- Mar59° / 34°Freezing nights
- Apr68° / 43°Freezing nights
- May77° / 54°Mild
- Jun88° / 64°Hot
- Jul92° / 68°Hot
- Aug90° / 67°Hot
- Sep83° / 58°Mild
- Oct70° / 45°Freezing nights
- Nov56° / 33°Freezing nights
- Dec45° / 24°Freezing nights
Each month shows the average high and low across the state’s reference stations, in F. Mild means an average high of 60 to 85 F with lows of 40 F or more. Freezing nights means the stations average one or more nights a month at or below 32 F.
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| Month | Average high | Average low | Nights at or below 32 F |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46 F | 20 F | 29.4 |
| February | 49 F | 23 F | 23.9 |
| March | 60 F | 31 F | 17.3 |
| April (mild) | 69 F | 40 F | 5.8 |
| May (mild) | 78 F | 51 F | 0.4 |
| June | 89 F | 62 F | 0 |
| July | 94 F | 66 F | 0 |
| August | 91 F | 65 F | 0 |
| September (mild) | 84 F | 56 F | 0.1 |
| October (mild) | 71 F | 43 F | 4.3 |
| November | 57 F | 30 F | 17.9 |
| December | 46 F | 22 F | 28.4 |
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| Month | Average high | Average low | Nights at or below 32 F |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40 F | 20 F | 28.3 |
| February | 46 F | 24 F | 22.6 |
| March | 57 F | 34 F | 14.3 |
| April (mild) | 67 F | 44 F | 3.8 |
| May (mild) | 76 F | 55 F | 0.1 |
| June | 86 F | 65 F | 0 |
| July | 90 F | 69 F | 0 |
| August | 89 F | 67 F | 0 |
| September (mild) | 81 F | 58 F | 0 |
| October (mild) | 69 F | 45 F | 3.4 |
| November | 55 F | 33 F | 15.2 |
| December | 44 F | 24 F | 26.1 |
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| Month | Average high | Average low | Nights at or below 32 F |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44 F | 23 F | 27.7 |
| February | 49 F | 26 F | 21 |
| March | 59 F | 36 F | 11.4 |
| April (mild) | 68 F | 45 F | 2.8 |
| May (mild) | 78 F | 56 F | 0 |
| June | 88 F | 66 F | 0 |
| July | 93 F | 70 F | 0 |
| August | 91 F | 69 F | 0 |
| September (mild) | 83 F | 60 F | 0 |
| October (mild) | 71 F | 47 F | 1.9 |
| November | 57 F | 35 F | 12.9 |
| December | 46 F | 25 F | 25 |
How to book a state park campsite in Kansas
Book and read the rules at Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
The booking rules are at Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
Quoted from Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks pages read October 18, 2026. Windows and fees change, so confirm on the booking site.
Campfires when you camp in Kansas
The campfire rule for Kansas is on the Kansas campfire page, with live fire weather alerts.
Kansas camping questions
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Where this page’s facts come from
- State park, forestry and federal land pages (read October 18, 2026). Booking windows, reservation systems, campfire rules, fire restriction sources and rules for camping outside a campground, each quoted word for word with a link to the page it came from.
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991 to 2020 (read October 18, 2026). Average monthly high, low and nights at or below 32 F at 150 reference stations, the same stations the heat season and heating season pages use.
- National Weather Service alerts (live, read in your browser when the page loads). Red Flag Warnings, Fire Weather Watches, Fire Warnings, Freeze Warnings and High Wind Warnings, read live from api.weather.gov.
- National Weather Service 7 day forecast (live, read in your browser when the page loads). The weekend forecast for the ZIP code a visitor enters, read live from api.weather.gov.
Climate figures are NOAA 1991 to 2020 normals at 3 reference stations in Kansas. Rules are quoted from agency pages and can change.