Ottawa, KS Weather

Franklin County2:30 PM CDT38.62°N, 95.27°WElevation 902 ft

Current conditions

Clear
61°
Clear
Feels like 61°
High 71°·Low 49°
WindSSE 3 mph
Humidity82%
Dew point55°
Pressure30.27 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover68%
UV index4 Moderate
Sunrise7:36 AM
Sunset6:37 PM

Observed at Ottawa Municipal Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    A chance of rain showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. South wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Tonight

    A chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  • Wednesday

    A chance of rain showers before 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 13 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Chance Rain Showers 68°12%
  2. 3 PM Chance Rain Showers 69°12%
  3. 4 PM Chance Rain Showers 70°12%
  4. 5 PM Chance Rain Showers 69°11%
  5. 6 PM Chance Rain Showers 67°10%
  6. 7 PM Chance Rain Showers 63°10%
  7. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 58°
  8. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 56°
  9. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 55°
  10. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 54°
  11. Wed12 AM Chance Rain Showers 53°10%
  12. 1 AM Chance Rain Showers 53°12%
  13. 2 AM Chance Rain Showers 52°14%
  14. 3 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 51°15%
  15. 4 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 50°17%
  16. 5 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 50°16%
  17. 6 AM Chance Rain Showers 50°13%
  18. 7 AM Chance Rain Showers 49°12%
  19. 8 AM Chance Rain Showers 49°12%
  20. 9 AM Chance Rain Showers 53°12%
  21. 10 AM Partly Sunny 59°
  22. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 63°
  23. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 67°
  24. 1 PM Sunny 71°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers17%49°71°
  2. WedOct 21 Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny13%50°74°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny52°76°
  4. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny54°77°
  5. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny55°78°
  6. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny11%53°74°
  7. MonOct 26 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers17%49°71°
  8. TueOct 27 Cloudy Cloudy52°61°
  9. WedOct 28 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy49°59°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy51°62°

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

38
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Topeka, 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 7:36 AM
Sunset 6:37 PM
Daylight 11 h 1 min (−2 min 22 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 71% lit
Moonrise 3:48 PM Moonset 1:42 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low67° / 42°
Record high91° (2003)
Record low20° (2022)
Wettest1.45 in (1933)
Yesterday67° / 39°
Month to date3.34 in (normal 1.97 in)

Ottawa, records since 1895. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in TOP, issued 8 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Spotty showers or sprinkles are possible today and tonight. Slightly better rain chances (15-40%) come this weekend into early next week.

- A slow warming trend is expected the rest of this week before cooling down slightly early next week.

Discussion

Issued at 305 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

Upper low continues to deepen off the Pacific coast with southwest flow aloft covering the Rockies and Plains. VAD wind profilers are indicative of a weaker shortwave in the OK/TX panhandle vicinity. A weak area of sfc low pressure is noted in the lee of the Rockies with weak isentropic ascent in OK and south central KS. In response to this, mid/high clouds are moving into the region with some light returns on radar, but only one observation of rain reaching the ground thus far in Wichita. Isentropic lift remains weak through the morning, but looks to increase somewhat into the afternoon with better upper support this evening and overnight from the passing shortwave. Overall, limited moisture through the column may mean less actual rainfall compared to what is shown on CAMs through the day today and overnight tonight. The thinking is that there is still enough to support a few light showers or sprinkles, which will likely be hit or miss over the next 24 hours, so have gone with a broad mention of this area-wide through early Wednesday morning. Otherwise, expect increasing cloud cover with enough southerly wind to keep high temperatures around 70 degrees.

Once the shortwave passes Wednesday morning, the upper ridge axis builds and inches closer to the area while the Pacific trough slowly moves onto the coast. This favors warmer temperatures for the middle and end of the work week, bringing highs to the mid and upper 70s while lows slowly climb through the 50s each morning. Models still diverge on their evolution of the western trough by the weekend, which results in differences in timing of the sfc front and associated rain chances. Some solutions are trying to stall the front nearby, or potentially still northwest of the area through the weekend and delay it until Monday. This leads to overall low confidence, low probability rain chances mainly in western portions of the area Saturday, which spread across the area into Monday. Temperatures overall trend a bit cooler (closer to seasonal norms) into early next week, but it remains to be seen exactly when we see that cool-down as spreads become larger Sunday and beyond.

Aviation

Issued at 544 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

VFR conditions are forecast with increasing mid/high clouds this morning and persisting through the period. A few showers or sprinkles may move through terminals around midday and again later this evening and tonight, but this would be brief and would not have enough impact to mention in TAFs. Winds stay under 10 kts from the south to southeast.

Top Watches

None.

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