Kansas · 16 cities · Nov 11, 2026

Kansas soil temperatures (4 inch)

Median across the state, top 4 inches (modelled)57°FModelled by NOAA GFS, run Nov 11, 12:00 UTC (7 am Eastern). Warmest: Pittsburg 59°F · coolest: Garden City 55°F
Cities
16
each on its own model grid cell
Change on a week ago
+3°F
median of the cities
Pre-emergent window open
0
of 16 cities today
Held 55°F last spring
Mar 21
median date

Soil temperature today, largest Kansas cities

°F, today's average of the 0–4 in layer. Green band: 50–55°F. Bars start at 30°F, not zero.

Wichita59°FOlathe57°FTopeka57°FLawrence57°FSalina57°FHutchinson57°FLeavenworth56°FDodge City56°FGarden City55°FEmporia57°FJunction City56°FHays56°F
Wichita59°FOlathe57°FTopeka57°FLawrence57°FSalina57°FHutchinson57°FLeavenworth56°FDodge City56°FGarden City55°FEmporia57°FJunction City56°FHays56°F
Source: NOAA NCEP GFS, run Nov 11, 12:00 UTC (7 am Eastern).

Measured at 4 inches in Kansas

Daily average of hourly probe readings (NOAA USCRN), latest full day. Measured, not modelled.

NOAA station4 in2 in8 inDay
Oakley 19 SSW50.5°F50.7°F52.7°FNov 10
Manhattan 6 SSW55.8°F54.4°F56.5°FNov 10

All 16 cities in Kansas

CitySoil todayvs a week agoNext 7 daysGrass seed
Wichita, KS59°F+3°F47°F–56°FToo late in the season
Olathe, KS57°F−1°F42°F–52°FToo late in the season
Topeka, KS57°F+1°F42°F–52°FToo late in the season
Lawrence, KS57°F±0°F41°F–52°FToo late in the season
Salina, KS57°F+3°F46°F–54°FToo late in the season
Hutchinson, KS57°F+3°F47°F–54°FToo late in the season
Leavenworth, KS56°F−1°F41°F–52°FToo late in the season
Dodge City, KS56°F+3°F47°F–56°FToo late in the season
Garden City, KS55°F+3°F48°F–55°FToo late in the season
Emporia, KS57°F+2°F43°F–53°FToo late in the season
Junction City, KS56°F+2°F43°F–53°FToo late in the season
Hays, KS56°F+4°F46°F–54°FToo late in the season

City numbers are the modelled average of the top 4 inches (0–10 cm), not a probe at exactly 4 inches. Measured 2, 4 and 8 inch readings · Kansas by ZIP code

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Data: Global Forecast System (GFS) 0.25°, soil temperature 0–10 cm (TSOIL) (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)); U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) hourly data, version 2 (soil temperature at 5 cm and 10 cm, air temperature) (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)); GeoNames gazetteer (cities15000) (GeoNames).