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Wallace, Kansas Weather

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

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

Wallace, KS
Saturday, July 4 at 10:37 PM
76
°
Overcast
Feels like
77°
Humidity
53%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
11:26 PM
Sunset
2:15 PM
Wallace, KS
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWallace, KS: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 94 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 94°
Wallace, KS
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Drizzle
    19%
    88°62°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    13%
    94°65°+6°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Partly Cloudy
    95°66°+1°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    12%
    100°72°+5°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    17%
    99°73°-1°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    37%
    100°71°+1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Showers
    37%
    0.10″
    96°68°-4°
Wallace, KS
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
108° · veering 87°
Direction
ESE
108°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
33
avg 9
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 9 · pk 33 @ 5:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 219SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 87° from the ese.
Wallace, KS
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
904.9
+3.9 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 26.72 inHg
Now
904.9
mb
3h
+3.9
mb
12h
+2.4
mb
24h
+5.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 901906
895900905910915-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW906.4900.5906.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Wallace, KS
Air quality
61
AQI
Moderate
-7 in 6h

AQI 61 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 7 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 10.7 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
10.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
15μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneModerate
79μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 37 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 37
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.7 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
Wallace, KS
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
88%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
74.4mi
UNLIMITED
129 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
04:37 UTC · Wallace, 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
04:37 UTC · Wallace, KS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Wallace, KS
Satellite · infrared · animated
Wallace, KS
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Wallace, KS
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:55 AM
Sunrise
11:26 PM
Daylight
14h 49m
Sunset
2:15 PM
Civil dusk
8:48 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Wallace, KS
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:04 PM
Moonset
11:02 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Wallace, KS
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Wallace at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 9 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 67761

16-Day Forecast — Wallace

  1. Sat88°62°19%
  2. Sun94°65°13%
  3. Mon95°66°4%
  4. Tue100°72°12%
  5. Wed99°73°17%
  6. Thu100°71°37%
  7. Fri96°68°37%
  8. Sat86°65°10%
  9. Sun88°67°1%
  10. Mon95°66°1%
  11. Tue101°70°6%
  12. Wed108°74°15%
  13. Thu111°80°16%
  14. Fri107°79°21%
  15. Sat107°80°25%
  16. Sun99°79°28%

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 — Wallace

SPC has placed Wallace 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 Wallace

  • 67761

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.