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KANSAS · GRAY COUNTY

Ingalls

252 people, 2,690 ft above sea level in Gray County.

2,690 ftElevation, city center
252People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Clear 40°
Clear now Dew point 38° · SE 13 mph · high 43°
City of Ingalls River Interstate 2 miles
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The Ingalls plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Ingalls

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 5:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Dodge City Regional Airport (KDDC) · 5:52 PM
Clear
40° Clear Feels like 33° · high of 43° near 6 PM
WindSE 13 mphno gusts
Humidity93%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.07 in →steady
Visibility6 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 38° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Overcast
Tonight, about 9 PMin about 2 hours · 56% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 50.71 in · 9 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Gray County
NWS Dodge City and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 6:46 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:21 AM5:31 PM ↓
10 h 10 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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Air quality index ·
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
56% · 0.14 in Sunday overnight 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 35 to 43° More humid: 43° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 58° / 31°
SAT Nov. 14 Chance of showers Chance of showers
43° 34°
30% rain — SE 14 A
SUN Nov. 15 Chance of showers Chance of showers
48° 34°
60% rain — ESE 8 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
54° 36°
0% rain — S 16, gusts 29 B
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
57° 43°
0% rain — S 26, gusts 41 B
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
66° 41°
10% rain — S 18, gusts 29 C
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
64° 49°
10% rain — SSE 14 C
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
68° 47°
50% rain up to 0.5″ S 24, gusts 39 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Ingalls about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the central Plains three days ago, and over Texas a day ago, about 640 miles back along its path. The nine paths traced from around the city fan out, so treat that as a best guess. It came down from about 10,600 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from Texas; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific Northwest. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

THIS WEEK, ONE YEAR AGO Nov. 15, 2025

The hottest this week has been

87° on Nov. 15, 2025, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1911. Next is 86° in 2016.

86°
87°
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Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Cimarron record since 1911.
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THE GROUND

What Ingalls stands on

Ingalls’s center stands about 2,690 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,630 ft to 2,790 ft, a difference of 160 ft: gently rolling country.

The section below crosses 4 rock units mapped at the surface.

Ingalls, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
2,600 ft2,700 ft2,800 ft INGALLS2,690 ftHigh point of the line2,870 ftLow point2,600 ft ← NW · PiercevilleSE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Alluvium

Sand, silt, clay. Age: Pleistocene to Holocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 12 mi of the line.

Alluvium

Sand, silt, clay. Age: Pleistocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 10 mi of the line.

Dune Sand

Sand. Age: Pleistocene to Holocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.

Loess

Silt. Age: Pleistocene to Holocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 1 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.

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THE WATER

Where Ingalls’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Ingalls reaches the Gulf of America by way of the Arkansas and the Mississippi: about 1,560 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Ingalls≈ 1,560 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF INGALLS ≈ 1,560 mi to the Gulf of America Arkansas → Mississippi

Lakes on the way: Murray Lake and Ozark Lake.

670 miles of the trip are on the Arkansas.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Ingalls; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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THE ALMANAC

Ingalls’s year

1991–2020 normals · records since 1911 · Cimarron, 6 mi east

Ingalls has a hot-summer humid continental climate. Summer afternoons average 93° in July; winter nights fall to about 18° in January. A normal year brings about 17 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 22 inches of water.

45°18°49°21°59°30°68°39°78°51°88°62°93°67°90°65°83°56°71°42°57°29°46°20° JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 TODAY INGALLS 21.6 in rain and snowmelt
Normal high to low, by month Record high to low, by day Rain by month Freezing
July, average93° / 67°high / low, the warmest month
January, average45° / 18°high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow21.6 inwettest months: June and July
Snow a year17.3 insnowiest: January
Hottest on record115°FSeptember 1, 1911
Coldest on record−22°FJanuary 11, 1918
Wettest day on record5.97 inJuly 24, 1944
Snowiest day on record14.0 inFebruary 23, 2003
90° days a year70about 11 of them 100° or more
Nights at or below 32°140and 20 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeHot-summer humid continentalKöppen Dfa

AROUND THE RING

1Freeze seasonfrom the first fall freeze, about Oct. 18, to the last in spring, about April 26 (median dates)
2Highs of 90° and upJune 22 to Aug. 20; normal highs reach 90°
3Lows below freezingNov. 7 to March 22; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretchJune through August: 9.7 of the year’s 21.6 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Ingalls normally reaches 57° and falls to 30°. The record high is 78°, in 2007; the record low −2°, in 1959. The most rain on this date, 0.54 in, fell in 1926.

MONTH BY MONTH
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal high45°49°59°68°78°88°93°90°83°71°57°46°
Normal low18°21°30°39°51°62°67°65°56°42°29°20°
Rain and melt, in0.560.601.431.822.753.493.232.961.331.870.670.90
Snow, inches3.93.83.10.70.10.00.00.00.00.51.43.8
Record high80° (2015)89° (2016)99° (2026)99° (1989)106° (1953)110° (1953)113° (2026)111° (2026)115° (1911)100° (2016)92° (1980)86° (1955)
Record low−22° (1918)−19° (1933)−19° (1948)7° (1936)26° (1954)34° (1917)43° (1952)41° (1918)25° (1984)8° (2019)−7° (1952)−21° (1989)

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1911 at Cimarron, 6 miles east. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.

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KANSAS · GRAY

Ingalls

252 people, 2,690 ft above sea level in Gray County.

2,690 ftElevation
252People
0 sq miLand
Clear 40°
ClearDew point 38°
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Today in Ingalls

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now overcast 43° 25%
9p rain 41° 34%
12a rain 39° 34%
3a rain 38° 56%
6a mostly cloudy night 37° 24%
9a mostly cloudy day 40° 6%
Overcast
NEXT RAINTonight about 9 PM · 56%
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Sat30%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
34
43
A
Sun60%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
34
48
B
Mon0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
36
54
B
Tue0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
43
57
B
Wed10%
Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
41
66
C
Thu10%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
49
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C
Fri50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK, ONE YEAR AGO · NOV. 15, 2025

87°, the hottest this week of the year has been since 1911.

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What Ingalls stands on

Ingalls’s center stands about 2,690 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,630 ft to 2,790 ft, a difference of 160 ft: gently rolling country.

Ingalls, northwest to southeast Ingalls2,690 ftHigh point2,870 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center2,690 ft
Within 3 miles2,630 to 2,790 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (160 ft of relief)
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Ingalls’s year

Ingalls has a hot-summer humid continental climate. Summer afternoons average 93° in July; winter nights fall to about 18° in January. A normal year brings about 17 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 22 inches of water.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 21.6 in
July, average93° / 67° · high / low, the warmest month
January, average45° / 18° · high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow21.6 in · wettest months: June and July
Snow a year17.3 in · snowiest: January
Hottest on record115°F · September 1, 1911
Coldest on record−22°F · January 11, 1918
Wettest day on record5.97 in · July 24, 1944
Snowiest day on record14.0 in · February 23, 2003
90° days a year70 · about 11 of them 100° or more
Nights at or below 32°140 · and 20 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeHot-summer humid continental · Köppen Dfa
1Freeze season · from the first fall freeze, about Oct. 18, to the last in spring, about April 26 (median dates)
2Highs of 90° and up · June 22 to Aug. 20; normal highs reach 90°
3Lows below freezing · Nov. 7 to March 22; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretch · June through August: 9.7 of the year’s 21.6 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Ingalls normally reaches 57° and falls to 30°. The record high is 78°, in 2007; the record low −2°, in 1959. The most rain on this date, 0.54 in, fell in 1926.

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1911 at Cimarron, 6 miles east. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,560 mito the Gulf of AmericaArkansas → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Ingalls reaches the Gulf of America by way of the Arkansas and the Mississippi: about 1,560 river miles.

Lakes on the way: Murray Lake and Ozark Lake.

670 miles of the trip are on the Arkansas.