Abilene, KS Weather

Dickinson County11:53 PM CDT38.92°N, 97.21°WElevation 1,155 ft

Current conditions

Cloudy
59°
Cloudy
Feels like 59°
High 76° Wednesday·Low 52° tonight
WindSE 7 mph
Humidity77%
Dew point52°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover66%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:44 AM
Sunset6:45 PM

Observed at Salina, Salina Municipal Airport · 58 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Scattered rain showers between 7am and 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

  • Wednesday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Cloudy 58°12%
  2. Wed12 AM Mostly Cloudy 57°
  3. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 56°
  4. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 55°10%
  5. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 54°
  6. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 53°13%
  7. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 52°12%
  8. 6 AM Partly Sunny 52°11%
  9. 7 AM Scattered Rain Showers 52°
  10. 8 AM Scattered Rain Showers 52°10%
  11. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  12. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 59°
  13. 11 AM Sunny 65°
  14. 12 PM Sunny 68°
  15. 1 PM Sunny 71°
  16. 2 PM Sunny 72°
  17. 3 PM Sunny 74°
  18. 4 PM Sunny 76°
  19. 5 PM Sunny 75°
  20. 6 PM Mostly Clear 73°
  21. 7 PM Mostly Clear 71°
  22. 8 PM Clear 65°
  23. 9 PM Clear 62°
  24. 10 PM Mostly Clear 60°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy13%52°
  2. WedOct 21 Scattered Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny Scattered Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny11%53°76°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny57°77°
  4. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny59°77°
  5. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny15%54°76°
  6. SunOct 25 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers34%50°69°
  7. MonOct 26 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers36%46°64°
  8. TueOct 27 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers30%62°
  9. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny35°52°
  10. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny34°59°

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 7:44 AM
Sunset 6:45 PM
Daylight 11 h 0 min (−2 min 24 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 74% lit
Moonrise 3:56 PM Moonset 1:49 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low68° / 41°
Record high93° (1947)
Record low21° (2022)
Wettest1.01 in (2005)
Yesterday68° / 36°
Month to date4.14 in (normal 1.72 in)

Chapman, records since 1904. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in TOP, issued 1 hr ago

Key Messages

- Low chances (10-20%) for showers or sprinkles continue into Wednesday morning.

- Temperatures remain above-normal through Saturday, trending cooler with chances for precipitation early next week.

Discussion

Issued at 205 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

Southwesterly mid-level flow resides over the Central Plains this afternoon ahead of a closed low off the California coast. Embedded energy in the mean flow continues to spark spotty showers/sprinkles across the area. A more pronounced wave moves east across Kansas this evening and overnight, with somewhat deeper saturation and the higher chances (20%) for scattered showers. Expect some light rain or sprinkles to continue into Wednesday morning before dry conditions return. The upper ridge moves overhead Wednesday through Friday with increasing southerly low-level winds allowing temperatures to warm into the mid and upper 70s with dry conditions.

Guidance is coming into better agreement in the evolution of the western trough this weekend into early next week. The majority of guidance keeps the main trough farther west through the end of the week, leading to a slower progression of the surface cold front. As such, confidence is increasing in mainly dry and warm conditions through at least Saturday, potentially even Sunday, before a northern stream trough shunts the cold front through the area. Temperature spreads remain large Sunday into next week given differences in frontal positioning and cloud cover/precipitation. Nonetheless, highest precipitation chances come as the front moves through Sunday-Monday with cooler temperatures expected behind the boundary.

Aviation

Issued at 631 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

The showers continued to diminish, so have removed them from TAFs. There could still be a few sprinkles or isolated rainshowers through the early morning hours.

Top Watches

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