Manhattan, KS Weather Forecast
Riley County, Kansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Manhattan, 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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Manhattan, KS at a glance
Manhattan is home to about 53,682 people in Riley County, across 20 square miles. It ranks 9th by population of 99 places in Kansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Wamego, 16 miles away.
- County
- Riley County
- Population
- 53,682 2023 est.
- Land area
- 20 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,675
- Forecast point
- 39.1883°N, 96.6059°W
How well can the network see Manhattan?
The nearest Doppler radar is KTWX (Topeka, KS), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,400 ft above Manhattan. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Manhattan show up clearly. Manhattan is closer to its radar than 79% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMHK (Manhattan Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Manhattan
- Wamego, KS16 mi
- Junction City, KS17 mi
- St. Marys, KS29 mi
- Clay Center, KS31 mi
- Abilene, KS38 mi
- Marysville, KS45 mi
- Topeka, KS50 mi
- Holton, KS51 mi
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