Olathe, KS Weather Forecast
Johnson County, Kansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Olathe, 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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Olathe, KS at a glance
Olathe is home to about 147,461 people in Johnson County, across 62 square miles. It ranks 4th by population of 99 places in Kansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lenexa, 6 miles away.
- County
- Johnson County
- Population
- 147,461 2023 est.
- Land area
- 62 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,361
- Forecast point
- 38.8820°N, 94.8201°W
How well can the network see Olathe?
The nearest Doppler radar is KEAX (Kansas City, MO), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 1,900 ft above Olathe. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Olathe show up clearly. Olathe is closer to its radar than 70% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KOJC (Olathe/Johnson Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Olathe
- Lenexa, KS6 mi
- Overland Park, KS7 mi
- Gardner, KS8 mi
- Spring Hill, KS9 mi
- Shawnee, KS9 mi
- De Soto, KS9 mi
- Leawood, KS11 mi
- Merriam, KS12 mi
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