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Colony, Kansas Weather

Thunderheads boil and break at dusk. Day 16 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Colony, KS
Sunday, July 5 at 10:45 PM
77
°
Clear
Feels like
83°
Humidity
81%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
1:04 AM
Sunset
3:47 PM
Colony, KS
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastColony, KS: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 70 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 70°H 90°
Colony, KS
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    28%
    0.91″
    86°66°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    90°70°+4°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    92°70°+2°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    89°68°-3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    33%
    91°74°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    38%
    90°74°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    21%
    90°69°
Colony, KS
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
018° · veering 105°
Direction
NNE
018°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 5 mph
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
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 5 mph · pk 23 mph @ 11:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 135SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Colony, KS
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
975.5
+1.1 mb in 3h · rising · 28.81 inHg
Now
975.5
mb
3h
+1.1
mb
12h
-1.5
mb
24h
+0.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 974977
970975980985-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW977.3974.3975.5
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Colony, KS
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
+2 in 6h

AQI 47 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.3 µg/m³ (AQI 46) with a 0.89 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in stagnant air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
8μg/m³
OzoneGood
58μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.3 µg/m³ (AQI 46) with a 0.89 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in stagnant air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.89
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Colony, KS
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
36.3mi
UNLIMITED
66 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
03:45 UTC · Colony, 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
03:45 UTC · Colony, KS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Colony, KS
Satellite · infrared · animated
Colony, KS
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Colony, KS
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
Civil dawn
5:34 AM
Sunrise
1:04 AM
Daylight
14h 43m
Sunset
3:47 PM
Civil dusk
9:20 PM
Planting note
Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.
Colony, KS
The moon
Waning Gibbous
66% illuminated
Moonrise
12:02 AM
Moonset
12:41 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Colony, KS
Microseason
Jul 6–10

Thunderheads boil and break at dusk

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Colony at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 4 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 6–10
  • Planting window: Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.

ZIP code: 66015

16-Day Forecast — Colony

  1. Sun86°66°28%
  2. Mon90°70°3%
  3. Tue92°70°0%
  4. Wed89°68°4%
  5. Thu91°74°33%
  6. Fri90°74°38%
  7. Sat90°69°21%
  8. Sun93°72°9%
  9. Mon96°75°4%
  10. Tue95°76°4%
  11. Wed89°75°5%
  12. Thu94°71°16%
  13. Fri90°74°16%
  14. Sat88°66°10%
  15. Sun87°68°10%
  16. Mon93°69°16%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 6, 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.

ZIP codes in Colony

  • 66015

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.