Burlington, KS 66839 Weather

Coffey County12:41 PM CDT38.24°N, 95.73°W

Current conditions

Clear
66°
Clear
Feels like 66°
High 78°·Low 52°
WindSSW 6 mph
Humidity60%
Dew point52°
Pressure30.25 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover30%
UV index5 Moderate
Sunrise7:38 AM
Sunset6:38 PM

Observed at Emporia, Emporia Municipal Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    Scattered rain showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. South wind around 5 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Thursday

    Sunny, with a high near 77. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Sunny 70°
  2. 1 PM Sunny 73°
  3. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 76°
  4. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 78°
  5. 4 PM Sunny 78°
  6. 5 PM Sunny 75°
  7. 6 PM Mostly Clear 70°
  8. 7 PM Clear 68°
  9. 8 PM Mostly Clear 64°
  10. 9 PM Mostly Clear 60°
  11. 10 PM Mostly Clear 58°
  12. 11 PM Mostly Clear 57°
  13. Thu12 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  14. 1 AM Mostly Clear 56°
  15. 2 AM Mostly Clear 55°
  16. 3 AM Mostly Clear 54°
  17. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 54°
  18. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 53°
  19. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 52°
  20. 7 AM Sunny 52°
  21. 8 AM Sunny 52°
  22. 9 AM Sunny 56°
  23. 10 AM Sunny 63°
  24. 11 AM Sunny 68°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Scattered Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny Scattered Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny12%52°78°
  2. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny52°77°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny55°77°
  4. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny54°77°
  5. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny53°75°
  6. MonOct 26 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers26%47°69°
  7. TueOct 27 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers19%45°62°
  8. WedOct 28 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny0.15 in50°76°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy0.34 in44°63°
  10. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy39°59°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

39
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Chanute, KS reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:38 AM
Sunset 6:38 PM
Daylight 11 h 0 min (−2 min 20 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 79% lit
Moonrise 4:14 PM Moonset 2:47 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low68° / 44°
Record high87° (2022)
Record low25° (2011)
Wettest1.16 in (1971)

John Redmond Lake, records since 1960. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in TOP, issued 6 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Light, widely scattered showers early today move out mid-morning with dry weather expected thereafter.

- Above average temperatures continue the rest of this week with a cooling trend early next week, alongside the next chance of rain centered on Monday (30-50%).

Discussion

Issued at 310 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

A large closed low continues to spin off the CA coast with a ridge over the Southern Plains. A shortwave overhead rounding that ridge is responsible for widely scattered showers that remain across central and eastern KS early this morning. Once the upper wave passes to our east mid to late morning, that should end any lingering showers with subsidence taking over. That should also allow clouds to clear out with temperatures a little bit warmer than yesterday, reaching the mid to upper 70s. The upper ridge axis then moves overhead for Thursday and Friday, leading to slightly higher mid-level heights and increasing southerly winds, especially on Friday as lee sfc troughing deepens in response to the approaching upper trough to the west. While the spread in temperatures remains small, am thinking the 90th percentile is probably more accurate as models oftentimes are not warm enough in setups like these and we've already been seeing that trend the last few days, even if only by a few degrees. With that in mind, would think some places will probably see low 80s at some point between today and Saturday.

More of the guidance seems to be catching on to the slower trend with the upper trough and associated cold front. The lead shortwave on Friday looks to eject north/northeast of the area and phase with the northern stream troughing pattern in Canada, limiting its impact on our area. What remains of the southern stream looks to move across the Four Corners region Sunday and eventually through the Plains Monday, bringing the front through the area sometime Monday. There are still enough timing differences that result in large temperature spreads starting Sunday in north central KS if the front were to move faster and bring clouds/rain into the area that early. A slower solution would keep warmer/drier conditions area-wide through Sunday with better rain chances Monday, followed by cooler temperatures back towards average early next week. As of now, the higher PoPs (30-50%) are focused on Monday, which makes sense based on the recent trend.

Aviation

Issued at 548 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

An isolated shower or sprinkle still can't entirely be ruled out for the first hour or two of this period, with the last of the widely scattered showers moving east. This would be very brief and not cause restrictions if anything did impact terminals. Otherwise, clouds clear out and winds remain light from the south to southeast.

Top Watches

None.

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