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Clifton, Kansas Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Clifton weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Clifton, KS
Saturday, July 4 at 11:43 PM
71
°
Clear
Feels like
76°
Humidity
87%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
1:07 AM
Sunset
4:00 PM
Clifton, KS
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastClifton, KS: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 66 to 89 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 66°H 89°
Clifton, KS
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Drizzle
    58%
    0.01″
    83°68°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    89°66°+6°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    93°70°+4°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    96°70°+3°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    46%
    104°72°+8°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    46%
    99°73°-5°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    31%
    99°73°
Clifton, KS
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
304° · veering 166°
Direction
NW
304°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
4
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 7
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 7 · pk 20 @ 8:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 145SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Clifton, KS
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
968.9
+0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 28.61 inHg
Now
968.9
mb
3h
+0.1
mb
12h
+0.6
mb
24h
+0.8
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 967971
960965970975980-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW971.1966.6968.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Clifton, KS
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
+6 in 6h

AQI 44 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 6 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM2.5 at 10.8 µg/m³ (AQI 54) with a 0.71 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
10.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
15μg/m³
NO₂Good
11μg/m³
OzoneModerate
64μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 7 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.8 µg/m³ (AQI 54) with a 0.71 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.71
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Clifton, KS
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
30.8mi
UNLIMITED
61 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
04:43 UTC · Clifton, KS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
04:43 UTC · Clifton, KS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Clifton, KS
Satellite · infrared · animated
Clifton, KS
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Clifton, KS
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:35 AM
Sunrise
1:07 AM
Daylight
14h 53m
Sunset
4:00 PM
Civil dusk
9:33 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Clifton, KS
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:47 PM
Moonset
11:43 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Clifton, KS
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Clifton at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 71°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 13 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 66937

16-Day Forecast — Clifton

  1. Sat83°68°58%
  2. Sun89°66°2%
  3. Mon93°70°3%
  4. Tue96°70°1%
  5. Wed104°72°46%
  6. Thu99°73°46%
  7. Fri99°73°31%
  8. Sat80°67°5%
  9. Sun87°66°3%
  10. Mon92°66°2%
  11. Tue100°69°3%
  12. Wed104°71°5%
  13. Thu111°76°7%
  14. Fri114°82°15%
  15. Sat112°76°16%
  16. Sun100°79°10%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Clifton

SPC has placed Clifton in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Clifton

  • 66937

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.