Sterling, KS Weather

Rice County3:07 AM CDT38.21°N, 98.21°WElevation 1,640 ft

Current conditions

Mostly Cloudy
61°
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 61°
High 77°·Low 58° tonight
WindS 10 mph gusts 21 mph
Humidity62%
Dew point48°
Cloud cover69%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:51 AM
Sunset6:44 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday Night

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

  • Saturday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

  • Saturday Night

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. South southeast wind around 7 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Cloudy 61°
  2. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 60°
  3. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  4. 6 AM Partly Sunny 58°
  5. 7 AM Partly Sunny 58°
  6. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 58°
  7. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 60°
  8. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 64°
  9. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 69°
  10. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 72°
  11. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 74°
  12. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 76°
  13. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 76°
  14. 4 PM Partly Sunny 75°
  15. 5 PM Partly Sunny 74°
  16. 6 PM Mostly Cloudy 72°
  17. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 70°
  18. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 67°
  19. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 65°
  20. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 63°
  21. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 62°
  22. Sun12 AM Mostly Cloudy 60°
  23. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  24. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 58°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy56°
  2. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny58°77°
  3. TodayOct 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 7:51 AM
Sunset 6:44 PM
Daylight 10 h 53 min (−2 min 18 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 96% lit
Moonrise 5:37 PM Moonset 6:09 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low66° / 40°
Month to date3.27 in (normal 2.05 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 1 day ago

Key Messages

- Above normal temperatures through the weekend with near-normal temperatures next week

- Mostly dry conditions through the weekend; rain chances return early next week

Discussion

Issued at 245 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

As of 230AM Friday morning, an omega blocking pattern was present across the CONUS with trough axis' across the coasts and ridging across the central US. A weak perturbation was lifting across the Four Corners region with scattered showers and thunderstorms across NM/CO. The overall pattern is not progged to shift much over the next few days. With the forecast area remaining under the influence of the midlevel ridge, temperatures will remain above normal through the weekend with highs in the upper 70s to near 80. In addition, this will keep the best rain chances well-west of the forecast area and across far western KS and CO. By late Saturday night into Sunday, a strong northern stream midlevel trough will slide across the southern Canadian provinces, deamplifying the ridge axis across the MS Valley. As the ridge deamplifies, the western CONUS trough will eventually eject into the Plains early next week. It's arrival will bring rain chances back to the area and temperatures near- normal. A secondary shortwave trough across the Pacific NW may emerge across the central Plains towards the middle of next week, bringing additional rain chances to the forecast area Wednesday. Northwest midlevel looks to build in for the second half of next week yielding dry and seasonable temperatures in the upper 60s and lower 70s.

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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