Sterling, KS 67579 Weather

Rice County6:06 PM CDT38.21°N, 98.21°W

Current conditions

Clear
77°
Clear
Feels like 76°
High 78° Thursday·Low 53° tonight
WindSE 9 mph
Humidity47%
Dew point55°
Pressure30.15 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover9%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:48 AM
Sunset6:48 PM

Observed at Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport · 51 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 53. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

  • Thursday

    Sunny, with a high near 78. South southeast wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 57. South southeast wind around 12 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Clear 74°
  2. 7 PM Mostly Clear 70°
  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. Thu12 AM Mostly Clear 59°
  8. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 58°
  9. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 56°
  10. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 56°
  11. 4 AM Mostly Clear 55°
  12. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 54°
  13. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  14. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  15. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  16. 9 AM Sunny 56°
  17. 10 AM Sunny 62°
  18. 11 AM Sunny 67°
  19. 12 PM Sunny 72°
  20. 1 PM Sunny 75°
  21. 2 PM Sunny 77°
  22. 3 PM Sunny 78°
  23. 4 PM Sunny 78°
  24. 5 PM Sunny 77°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Sunny Sunny53°77°
  2. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny57°78°
  3. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny58°76°
  4. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny55°76°
  5. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers Partly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers53%54°73°
  6. MonOct 26 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers53%46°64°
  7. TueOct 27 Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny15%48°62°
  8. WedOct 28 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy0.05 in53°76°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy40°58°
  10. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy37°60°

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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Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:48 AM
Sunset 6:48 PM
Daylight 11 h 0 min (−2 min 20 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 81% lit
Moonrise 4:24 PM Moonset 2:58 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low67° / 42°
Record high89° (2023)
Record low27° (1976)
Wettest0.64 in (1983)
Yesterday70° / 49°
Month to date3.20 in (normal 1.82 in)

Sterling, 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 5 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Morning showers/sprinkles diminishing early with mild and dry conditions anticipated through much of the weekend.

- Increasing chances for showers will arrive late Sunday into Monday night while a cold front ushers in cooler air Mon and especially on Tuesday.

Discussion

Issued at 335 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

A shortwave trough situated over the Central Plains will continue moving slowly eastward as we move into the day. Some lingering showers and sprinkles this morning will gradually diminish with clearing from west to east as we move into the late morning and early afternoon hours. Abundant afternoon insolation will result in above average temperatures with maximum temperatures climbing into the 70s areawide. Normal highs for late October are in the upper 60s.

Thu-Sat...a narrow mid/upper ridge will continue to impact the area through Saturday bringing above average temperatures and dry weather conditions. This ridge will gradually translate eastward into the Mississippi Valley area while a robust mid/upper trough just off the CA coast today will gradually build eastward into the Central Great Basin area and the Southwest. As we move into Saturday, the entrance region to the H25 jet will gradually build into the Central High Plains bringing increasing chances for showers to much of western and parts of central KS late in the period.

Higher probabilities for showers are expected to arrive Sunday night into Monday night as the pv anomaly accelerates over the Central Plains region and a cold front arrives ushering in cooler more seasonable air for Monday-Tuesday. Below average temperatures are expected in the wake of the front with highs on Tue struggling to climb out of the 50s over parts of central KS.

Aviation

Issued at 1252 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

VFR conditions through the forecast period. Light southerly winds will turn southeasterly this evening. Clouds will continue to clear across southeast Kansas with only a few mid-level clouds through the end of the TAF time frame

Ict Watches

None.

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