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Lone Elm, Kansas Weather

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

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

Lone Elm, KS
Saturday, July 4 at 9:22 PM
72
°
Overcast
Feels like
77°
Humidity
85%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
1:03 AM
Sunset
3:47 PM
Lone Elm, KS
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLone Elm, KS: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 67 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 67°H 87°
Lone Elm, KS
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Heavy Rain
    31%
    0.61″
    79°71°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Heavy Drizzle
    19%
    0.04″
    87°67°+8°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Partly Cloudy
    90°70°+3°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Mostly Clear
    87°68°-3°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    90°71°+3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Drizzle
    36%
    0.05″
    91°73°+1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    36%
    0.02″
    87°71°-4°
Lone Elm, KS
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
069° · backing 111°
Direction
ENE
069°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
26
avg 6
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 6 · pk 26 @ 12:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 162SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 111° from the ene.
Lone Elm, KS
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
975.5
-0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 28.81 inHg
Now
975.5
mb
3h
-0.1
mb
12h
-2.6
mb
24h
-0.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 973980
965970975980985-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW979.7972.8975.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Lone Elm, KS
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
+1 in 6h

AQI 40 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 6.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
6.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneModerate
65μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 31 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 7 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 31
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.83
Wind
light
Recent rain
1h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Lone Elm, KS
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
95%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
32.0mi
UNLIMITED
39 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
02:22 UTC · Lone Elm, 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
02:22 UTC · Lone Elm, KS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Lone Elm, KS
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lone Elm, KS
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lone Elm, KS
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:33 AM
Sunrise
1:03 AM
Daylight
14h 44m
Sunset
3:47 PM
Civil dusk
9:19 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Lone Elm, KS
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:38 PM
Moonset
11:35 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Lone Elm, KS
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Lone Elm at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 72°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 4 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Lone Elm

  1. Sat79°71°31%
  2. Sun87°67°19%
  3. Mon90°70°2%
  4. Tue87°68°1%
  5. Wed90°71°3%
  6. Thu91°73°36%
  7. Fri87°71°36%
  8. Sat77°67°19%
  9. Sun81°64°6%
  10. Mon83°65°7%
  11. Tue86°65°4%
  12. Wed90°68°2%
  13. Thu93°74°4%
  14. Fri93°77°10%
  15. Sat86°77°10%
  16. Sun95°76°13%

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 — Lone Elm

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

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

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 Lone Elm

  • 66039

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.