Kansas City, KS Weather Forecast
Wyandotte County, Kansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Kansas 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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Kansas City, KS at a glance
Kansas City is home to about 152,933 people in Wyandotte County, across 125 square miles. It ranks 3rd by population of 99 places in Kansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Edwardsville, 5 miles away.
- County
- Wyandotte County
- Population
- 152,933 2023 est.
- Land area
- 125 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,226
- Forecast point
- 39.1225°N, 94.7418°W
How well can the network see Kansas City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KEAX (Kansas City, MO), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,100 ft above Kansas City. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Kansas City is closer to its radar than 65% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMKC (Kansas City/Wheeler Downtown Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Kansas City
- Edwardsville, KS5 mi
- Parkville, MO7 mi
- Riverside, MO7 mi
- Merriam, KS8 mi
- Bonner Springs, KS8 mi
- Shawnee, KS8 mi
- Mission, KS8 mi
- Roeland Park, KS8 mi
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