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Pretty Prairie, Kansas Weather

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

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

Pretty Prairie, KS
Monday, July 6 at 2:28 AM
72
°
Clear
Feels like
76°
Humidity
80%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
1:16 AM
Sunset
3:57 PM
Pretty Prairie, KS
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPretty Prairie, KS: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 69 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 69°H 90°
Pretty Prairie, KS
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 6
    Mostly Clear
    90°69°
  2. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    92°70°+2°
  3. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Partly Cloudy
    97°70°+5°
  4. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    32%
    101°77°+4°
  5. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    40%
    101°76°
  6. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Showers
    13%
    0.19″
    100°75°-1°
  7. Sunday
    Jul 12
    Overcast
    97°74°-3°
Pretty Prairie, KS
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
109° · veering 115°
Direction
ESE
109°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
13
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 13 mph @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 166SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 115° from the ese.
Pretty Prairie, KS
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
960.1
-0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 28.35 inHg
Now
960.1
mb
3h
-0.2
mb
12h
-1.6
mb
24h
+0.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 958962
950955960965970-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW961.9958.3960.1
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Pretty Prairie, KS
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
-20 in 6h

AQI 38 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 20 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 9.5 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.84 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 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
9.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
12μg/m³
OzoneGood
49μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.5 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.84 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in stagnant air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.84
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Pretty Prairie, KS
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
40.6mi
UNLIMITED
76 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
07:28 UTC · Pretty Prairie, 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
07:28 UTC · Pretty Prairie, KS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Pretty Prairie, KS
Satellite · infrared · animated
Pretty Prairie, KS
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Pretty Prairie, KS
Almanac · Monday, July 6
When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
Civil dawn
5:46 AM
Sunrise
1:16 AM
Daylight
14h 41m
Sunset
3:57 PM
Civil dusk
9:29 PM
Planting note
Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.
Pretty Prairie, KS
The moon
Last Quarter
65% illuminated
Moonrise
12:13 AM
Moonset
12:53 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Pretty Prairie, 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 →

Pretty Prairie at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 72°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 3 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 6–10
  • Planting window: Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.

ZIP code: 67570

15-Day Forecast — Pretty Prairie

  1. Mon90°70°0%
  2. Tue92°70°0%
  3. Wed97°70°4%
  4. Thu101°77°32%
  5. Fri101°76°40%
  6. Sat100°75°13%
  7. Sun97°74°3%
  8. Mon98°77°2%
  9. Tue102°78°2%
  10. Wed106°79°2%
  11. Thu106°80°8%
  12. Fri104°75°29%
  13. Sat90°72°14%
  14. Sun88°68°23%
  15. Mon84°66°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 Pretty Prairie

  • 67570

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.