Independence, KS 67301 Weather

Montgomery County6:09 PM CDT37.23°N, 95.72°W

Current conditions

Clear
74°
Clear
Feels like 74°
High 78° Friday·Low 52° tonight
WindSE 3 mph
Humidity44%
Dew point51°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover3%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:38 AM
Sunset6:38 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Southeast wind around 3 mph.

  • Friday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. South southeast wind 2 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. South southeast wind around 7 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 12 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 74°
  2. 7 PM Clear 69°
  3. 8 PM Mostly Clear 65°
  4. 9 PM Mostly Clear 63°
  5. 10 PM Mostly Clear 61°
  6. 11 PM Mostly Clear 60°
  7. Fri12 AM Mostly Clear 58°
  8. 1 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  9. 2 AM Mostly Clear 56°
  10. 3 AM Mostly Clear 55°
  11. 4 AM Mostly Clear 54°
  12. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 54°
  13. 6 AM Sunny 53°
  14. 7 AM Sunny 52°
  15. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 53°
  16. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 58°
  17. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 62°
  18. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 67°
  19. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 72°
  20. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 74°
  21. 2 PM Sunny 76°
  22. 3 PM Sunny 77°
  23. 4 PM Sunny 77°
  24. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 76°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny52°79°
  2. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny54°78°
  3. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny54°78°
  4. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny54°76°
  5. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny12%51°72°
  6. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny12%47°66°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny10%50°68°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny44°60°
  9. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy38°57°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy50°68°

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

54
Moderate
Ozone

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Chanute, KS reporting area · 2 hrs 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 14 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 88% lit
Moonrise 4:37 PM Moonset 3:51 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low69° / 44°
Record high90° (1939)
Record low23° (1952)
Wettest5.08 in (1908)
Yesterday74° / 50°
Month to date2.60 in (normal 2.94 in)

Independence, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in ICT, issued 4 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Seasonably warm and dry through Saturday.

- Rain chances increase late Sunday into Monday, mainly west of the Flint Hills.

Discussion

Issued at 143 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

A mid/upper ridge continues to build over the central Plains while a vigorous trough is digging into the southwestern CONUS, centered near southern California. At the surface, a broad lee trough extends from the High Plains into eastern Colorado, maintaining a southerly low- level jet and warm advection into Kansas. This pattern supports continued seasonably warm temperatures and mostly dry conditions through Saturday.

Across the area, skies will remain mostly clear to partly cloudy today, with increasing mid and high clouds tonight into Friday as moisture and upper-level cloud shields spread eastward ahead of the western trough. Afternoon highs today and Friday are expected to reach the mid to upper 70s, with some locations in central and western Kansas climbing into the low 80s, well below record values but several degrees above late October normals.

As the lee trough deepens Friday, the surface pressure gradient will tighten, especially over central and western Kansas. This will yield sustained southerly winds in the 15 to 25 mph range with gusts into the mid-20s to perhaps near 30 mph west of the Flint Hills, while southeast counties (ChanuteParsonsCoffeyville corridor) see somewhat lighter but still noticeable south winds. These breezy conditions will persist into Saturday, supporting good mixing and limiting overnight cooling, with lows mainly in the mid to upper 50s.

The more consequential period begins late Sunday into Monday as the stubborn southwestern CONUS trough finally ejects east- northeast toward the central Plains. As height falls spread into Kansas, large-scale ascent, deepening moisture, and strengthening low-level convergence along and ahead of the attendant surface front will support increasing shower and embedded thunderstorm coverage.

Ensembles favor higher precipitation chances over central and western portions of the area (e.g., Hutchinson, Great Bend, Salina corridors) with lower but non-zero chances extending into the Wichita metro and southeast Kansas. Timing remains somewhat uncertain, but trends support showers developing late Sunday afternoon or evening in western zones, spreading east Sunday night and persisting at least into Monday.

Aviation

Issued at 615 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

VFR will prevail over the next 24 hours across central, south- central, and southeast Kansas. A strengthening low pressure area over the Central High Plains will result in breezy southerly winds as we move into the late morning hours, with gusts up to 20-25 kts for our central KS terminals. Breezy winds may linger into the evening and overnight hours in central KS while high clouds increase and gradually lower as we move through the night.

Ict Watches

None.

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