Ottawa, KS Weather Forecast
Franklin County, Kansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Ottawa, 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
Free alerts for Ottawa
Every NWS warning, pushed to your phone, inbox or webhook the moment it is issued.
Ottawa, KS at a glance
Ottawa is home to about 12,686 people in Franklin County, across 10 square miles. It ranks 29th by population of 99 places in Kansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Baldwin City, 13 miles away.
- County
- Franklin County
- Population
- 12,686 2023 est.
- Land area
- 10 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,229
- Forecast point
- 38.6001°N, 95.2628°W
How well can the network see Ottawa?
The nearest Doppler radar is KEAX (Kansas City, MO), to the ENE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,100 ft above Ottawa. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Ottawa can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KOWI (Ottawa Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Ottawa
- Baldwin City, KS13 mi
- Osawatomie, KS18 mi
- Garnett, KS22 mi
- Paola, KS22 mi
- Gardner, KS23 mi
- Eudora, KS25 mi
- Lawrence, KS25 mi
- Spring Hill, KS26 mi
Elsewhere in Kansas
WichitaOverland ParkKansas CityOlatheTopekaLawrenceAll Kansas forecasts →