Arkansas City, KS Weather Forecast
Cowley County, Kansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Arkansas City, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Arkansas City, KS at a glance
Arkansas City is home to about 11,765 people in Cowley County, across 9.3 square miles. It ranks 30th by population of 99 places in Kansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Winfield, 12 miles away.
- County
- Cowley County
- Population
- 11,765 2023 est.
- Land area
- 9.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,263
- Forecast point
- 37.0725°N, 97.0384°W
How well can the network see Arkansas City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KICT (Wichita, KS), to the NNW. Its lowest scan passes about 3,200 ft above Arkansas City. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KWLD (Winfield/Strother Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Arkansas City
- Winfield, KS12 mi
- Blackwell, OK24 mi
- Ponca City, OK24 mi
- Wellington, KS25 mi
- Mulvane, KS30 mi
- Tonkawa, OK32 mi
- Rose Hill, KS35 mi
- Derby, KS36 mi
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