Sterling, KS 67579 Weather

Rice County2:57 AM CDT38.21°N, 98.21°W

Current conditions

Clear
59°
Clear
Feels like 59°
High 77°·Low 56° tonight
WindSSE 6 mph
Humidity67%
Dew point48°
Pressure30.14 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover31%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:50 AM
Sunset6:46 PM

Observed at Hutchinson, Hutchinson Municipal Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. South southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

  • Friday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 8 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. South wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 9 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Partly Cloudy 61°
  2. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 60°
  3. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 60°
  4. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 58°
  5. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 58°
  6. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 57°
  7. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 57°
  8. 9 AM Partly Sunny 59°
  9. 10 AM Partly Sunny 64°
  10. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 68°
  11. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 72°
  12. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 75°
  13. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 76°
  14. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 77°
  15. 4 PM Partly Sunny 76°
  16. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 75°
  17. 6 PM Partly Cloudy 74°
  18. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 70°
  19. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 68°
  20. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 66°
  21. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 65°
  22. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 64°
  23. Sat12 AM Partly Cloudy 63°
  24. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 62°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy56°
  2. TodayOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny58°77°
  3. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny54°77°
  4. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny15%55°75°
  5. MonOct 26 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers45%50°69°
  6. TueOct 27 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers33%50°64°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny13%48°68°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny12%67°
  9. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy0.43 in44°56°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy0.05 in49°62°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:50 AM
Sunset 6:46 PM
Daylight 10 h 55 min (−2 min 18 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 90% lit
Moonrise 5:11 PM Moonset 5:04 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low67° / 41°
Month to date3.27 in (normal 1.98 in)

Sterling, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

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Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in ICT, issued 4 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Seasonably warm and dry through Saturday.

- Rain chances increase late Sunday into Monday, mainly west of the Flint Hills.

Discussion

Issued at 143 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

A mid/upper ridge continues to build over the central Plains while a vigorous trough is digging into the southwestern CONUS, centered near southern California. At the surface, a broad lee trough extends from the High Plains into eastern Colorado, maintaining a southerly low- level jet and warm advection into Kansas. This pattern supports continued seasonably warm temperatures and mostly dry conditions through Saturday.

Across the area, skies will remain mostly clear to partly cloudy today, with increasing mid and high clouds tonight into Friday as moisture and upper-level cloud shields spread eastward ahead of the western trough. Afternoon highs today and Friday are expected to reach the mid to upper 70s, with some locations in central and western Kansas climbing into the low 80s, well below record values but several degrees above late October normals.

As the lee trough deepens Friday, the surface pressure gradient will tighten, especially over central and western Kansas. This will yield sustained southerly winds in the 15 to 25 mph range with gusts into the mid-20s to perhaps near 30 mph west of the Flint Hills, while southeast counties (ChanuteParsonsCoffeyville corridor) see somewhat lighter but still noticeable south winds. These breezy conditions will persist into Saturday, supporting good mixing and limiting overnight cooling, with lows mainly in the mid to upper 50s.

The more consequential period begins late Sunday into Monday as the stubborn southwestern CONUS trough finally ejects east- northeast toward the central Plains. As height falls spread into Kansas, large-scale ascent, deepening moisture, and strengthening low-level convergence along and ahead of the attendant surface front will support increasing shower and embedded thunderstorm coverage.

Ensembles favor higher precipitation chances over central and western portions of the area (e.g., Hutchinson, Great Bend, Salina corridors) with lower but non-zero chances extending into the Wichita metro and southeast Kansas. Timing remains somewhat uncertain, but trends support showers developing late Sunday afternoon or evening in western zones, spreading east Sunday night and persisting at least into Monday.

Aviation

Issued at 1035 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

Quiet VFR conditions are expected the next 24 hours across central, south-central, and southeast Kansas. Isolated shower and thunderstorm activity overnight should remain well west- northwest of RSL and GBD. Deep High Plains low pressure will support continued breezy south winds Friday, with gusts up to around 25-30 kts, strongest for RSL and GBD.

Ict Watches

None.

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