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Cheney State Park

For Labor Day in 2021 we traveled north to visit family and a Kansas State Park! There are not a whole lot of big lake side campgrounds to be found in Kansas and Cheney State Park is one of the best!

Cheney State Park — Dude RV field still

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For Labor Day in 2021 we traveled north to visit family and a Kansas State Park! There are not a whole lot of big lake side campgrounds to be found in Kansas and Cheney State Park is one of the best! If you are looking for a Kansas State Park to visit then you just might want to ad Cheney State Park to your list of Kansas State Park s to visit! I was very surprised to find that there is a huge sail boat club so Cheney Lake is a great place to learn how to sail. Come along with me as I explore a beautiful Kansas State Park found on the banks of Cheney Lake, Cheney Lake State park.

Mapped with our State Parks To The North- OK, KS, CO, stops.

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What the weather is usually like at Cheney State Park

NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for the Kingman, KS weather station, 16.7 miles from Cheney State Park, show that the warmest month is July (average high 92.8 F) and the coolest is January (average low 19.2 F).

May is usually the wettest month, at about 4.88 inches of rain, and January the driest, at about 0.89 inches. The monthly figures add up to about 33.2 inches in a typical year.

Average high, average low and rain by month (1991-2020 normals)
MonthHigh (F)Low (F)Rain (in)
January43.819.20.89
February48.223.11.33
March58.232.12.47
April67.641.93.10
May76.953.04.88
June87.463.14.40
July92.868.24.06
August90.766.03.67
September82.857.22.82
October70.343.42.93
November56.931.71.38
December45.221.61.29

Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (monthly), station Kingman, KS (USC00144313), 16.7 miles from the park. Station elevation about 1547 ft; the map pin is at about 1466 ft (USGS). Data retrieved 2026-10-02.

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