Hays, KS Weather Forecast
Ellis County, Kansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Hays, 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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Hays, KS at a glance
Hays is home to about 21,040 people in Ellis County, across 8.6 square miles. It ranks 21st by population of 99 places in Kansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Russell, 25 miles away.
- County
- Ellis County
- Population
- 21,040 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,434
- Forecast point
- 38.8822°N, 99.3222°W
How well can the network see Hays?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDDC (Dodge City, KS), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 7,900 ft above Hays. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Hays can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KHYS (Hays Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Hays
- Russell, KS25 mi
- Hoisington, KS39 mi
- Great Bend, KS46 mi
- Larned, KS50 mi
- Ellsworth, KS60 mi
- Lyons, KS71 mi
- Norton, KS73 mi
- Beloit, KS76 mi
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