Much of South Central and Southeast Kansas improved significantly during the month of October.  However, there still remain large areas of the region that remain in severe drought (D2) extreme drought (D3).

Drought in ALLEN, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

All parts of the county improved during the month of October.  Improvement was from extreme drought (D3) in the far northwestern areas of the county and severe drought (D2) to moderate drought (D1) across the county.  The only exception was the far northwest corner of the county which remained in severe drought (D2).

Drought in BARTON, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Barton county saw no improvement for October.  All areas were either severe drought (D2) or extreme drought (D3) in the far southeastern areas of the county.

Drought in BUTLER, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Butler county improved from extreme drought (D3) to severe drought (D2) during the month of October.

Drought in CHASE, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Chase county improved from exceptional drought (D4) and extreme drought (D3) to severe drought (D2) across the county.  Only the far northwestern areas of the county improved to moderate drought (D1).

Drought in CHAUTAUQUA, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

All areas of exceptional drought (D4) improved to extreme drought (D3) across the county for the month of October.

Drought in COWLEY, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

All areas of the county improved from extreme drought (D3) to severe drought (D2) for the month of October.

Drought in ELK, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

All areas of the county improved from exceptional drought (D4) to extreme drought (D3).  Some areas of far western Elk County improved to severe drought (D2).

Drought in ELLSWORTH, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The southeast portions of the county improved to severe drought (D2).  The remaining areas did not improved and remain in either severe drought (D2) or extreme drought (D3) in the far northwest corner of the county.

Drought in GREENWOOD, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

All areas of the county improved to severe drought (D2) with the far southeastern areas improving to moderately dry (D1).

Drought in HARVEY, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

All areas of the county improved to severe drought (D2) with only the far northwestern areas of the county remaining in extreme drought (D3).

Drought in LABETTE, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The far western areas of the county improved to moderate drought (D1) during the month of October.  All other areas improved to abnormally dry (D0).

Drought in LINCOLN, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

No improvement noted in Lincoln county.  The central and eastern areas of the county remained in severe drought (D2) and the western areas remained in extreme drought (D3).

Drought in MARION, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The county improved to either moderate drought (D1) or severe drought (D2).  The severe drought remained in the central and western areas of the county.

Drought in MCPHERSON, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

All areas that were in extreme drought (D3) improved to severe drought (D2).  The remainder of the county did not improve and remains in severe drought (D2).

Drought in MONTGOMERY, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

All areas of the county improved during the month of October.  The far northwestern areas of the county improved to extreme drought (D3), the central areas improved to severe drought (D2) and the eastern areas of the county improved to moderate drought (D1).

Drought in RENO, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Drought conditions improved in October with the only the northern areas of the county remaining in extreme drought (D3).  The central portions improved to severe drought (D2).  The southern areas of the county improved to moderate drought (D1) or abnormally dry (D0).

Drought in RICE, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

There was no improvement for Rice county.  All areas remained in extreme drought (D3).

Drought in RUSSELL, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

There was no improvement for Russell county. All areas of the county remained in extreme drought (D3) with the exception of the north and central parts of the county which remained in severe drought (D2).

Drought in SALINE, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The southern areas of the county improved to severe drought (D2) with the remainder of the county holding steady in severe drought (D2).

Drought in SEDGWICK, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The eastern areas of the county improved to severe drought (D2) with the remainder of the county improving to moderate drought (D1) or abnormally dry (D0).

Drought in SUMNER, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The eastern areas of the county improved to severe drought (D2) with the remainder of the county improving to moderate drought (D1) or abnormally dry (D0).

Drought in WILSON, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The southwestern areas of the county improved to severe drought (D2) with all other areas improving to moderate drought (D1) or abnormally dry (D0).

Drought in WOODSON, KANSAS
From 01-OCT-23 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-23 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The northern areas of the county improved to severe drought (D2) with the remaining areas of the county improving to moderate drought (D1) or abnormally dry (D0).