Merriam, KS Weather Forecast
Johnson County, Kansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Merriam, 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.
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Merriam, KS at a glance
Merriam is home to about 10,875 people in Johnson County, across 4.3 square miles. It ranks 34th by population of 99 places in Kansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Mission, 2 miles away.
- County
- Johnson County
- Population
- 10,875 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,519
- Forecast point
- 39.0176°N, 94.6940°W
How well can the network see Merriam?
The nearest Doppler radar is KEAX (Kansas City, MO), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,600 ft above Merriam. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Merriam show up clearly. Merriam is closer to its radar than 75% 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 Merriam
- Mission, KS2 mi
- Roeland Park, KS3 mi
- Fairway, KS4 mi
- Prairie Village, KS4 mi
- Mission Hills, KS4 mi
- Shawnee, KS6 mi
- Lenexa, KS7 mi
- Kansas City, KS8 mi
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