Topeka, KS Weather Forecast
Shawnee County, Kansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Topeka, 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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Topeka, KS at a glance
Topeka is home to about 125,475 people in Shawnee County, across 62 square miles. It ranks 5th by population of 99 places in Kansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is St. Marys, 23 miles away.
- County
- Shawnee County
- Population
- 125,475 2023 est.
- Land area
- 62 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,035
- Forecast point
- 39.0347°N, 95.6948°W
How well can the network see Topeka?
The nearest Doppler radar is KTWX (Topeka, KS), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 1,800 ft above Topeka. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Topeka show up clearly. Topeka is closer to its radar than 72% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KTOP (Topeka/Billard Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Topeka
- St. Marys, KS23 mi
- Lawrence, KS24 mi
- Osage City, KS28 mi
- Holton, KS30 mi
- Baldwin City, KS33 mi
- Eudora, KS33 mi
- Tonganoxie, KS33 mi
- Wamego, KS35 mi
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