McCracken, Kansas Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
McCracken weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast——94°65°—
- MondayJul 6Clear——95°69°+1°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast——99°73°+4°
- WednesdayJul 8Heavy Drizzle31%0.01″106°77°+7°
- ThursdayJul 9Showers38%0.11″97°72°-9°
- FridayJul 10Showers38%0.18″93°68°-4°
- SaturdayJul 11Light Drizzle10%—98°70°+5°
AQI 41 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 16 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 5.7 µg/m³ (AQI 32) with a 0.84 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 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.
What's driving it
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 5.7 µg/m³ (AQI 32) with a 0.84 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.84
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:55 PM
- Moonset
- 11:53 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
McCracken at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 67556
15-Day Forecast — McCracken
- Sun94°65°3%
- Mon95°69°2%
- Tue99°73°7%
- Wed106°77°31%
- Thu97°72°38%
- Fri93°68°38%
- Sat98°70°10%
- Sun94°71°2%
- Mon101°72°2%
- Tue109°75°3%
- Wed112°79°6%
- Thu103°75°14%
- Fri95°74°19%
- Sat98°74°10%
- Sun103°78°18%
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.
ZIP codes in McCracken
- 67556