I-35 bridge over Ninnescah RiverK5001
Beside a road/2.6 mi away/1,182 ft/41 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Belle Plaine, Kansas
City in Sumner County, Kansas* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, and southeast Kansas. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
46°
57°/43°
Clear·
Feels like 40°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NNW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Belle Plaine until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Belle Plaine is 46° and clear at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:55 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
67%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
46feels40
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5743
25mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5934
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6536
16mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7245
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7550
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8055
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8259
overcast
46°
57°43°
59°34°
65°36°
72°45°
75°50°
80°55°
82°59°
As of 5:00 AM in Belle Plaine, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Belle Plaine
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 21 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
- Ozone20Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Belle Plaine
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 4.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 4.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 1%
Visibility
How far you can see at Belle Plaine, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Belle Plaine, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Belle Plaine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank-
Citizen station DW2640DW2640
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/1,282 ft/59 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
WellingtonEGT
At an airfield/7.7 mi away/1,270 ft/47 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cowskin Creek AT Wichita at KelloggKEGK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.1 mi away/1,325 ft/102 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
AbramsS2092
At a soil climate station/21.1 mi away/1,194 ft/29 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Belle Plaine 2.8 WKS-SU-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/1,214 ft/9 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Belle Plaine 4 WBLLK1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/1,234 ft/11 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Wellington, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.7 mi from Belle Plaine, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
46.0 F with a dew point of 36.5 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,200 ft up.
The wind
From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.
The full report of Wellington, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Belle Plaine
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mulvanecity, 7 mi
- Peckcommunity, 8 mi
- Udallcity, 9 mi
- Oxfordcity, 10 mi
- Wellingtoncity, 11 mi
- Derbycity, 11 mi
- Haysvillecity, 12 mi
- Clearwatercity, 14 mi
- Rose Hillcity, 14 mi
- Oaklawn-Sunviewcommunity, 15 mi
- Rockcommunity, 15 mi
- McConnell AFBcommunity, 17 mi