ManhattanMHK
At an airfield/14.0 mi away/1,056 ft/229 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Riley, Kansas
City in Riley County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and northeast Kansas. * WHEN...From late tonight through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Tender plants should be brought inside or covered to protect them from the cold.
45°
54°/40°
Clear·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Riley until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Riley is 45° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:46 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 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
64%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
45feels41
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5440
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5931
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6636
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
7145
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7647
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8054
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8058
15%
45°
54°40°
59°31°
66°36°
71°45°
76°47°
80°54°
80°58°
As of 2:00 AM in Riley, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Riley
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 63 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone16Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Riley
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Last 3 days
- 0.19in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 37%
Visibility
How far you can see at Riley, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Riley, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Riley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank317of 1,079
Citizen station GW2223GW2223
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.3 mi away/1,139 ft/146 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
K-177 @ Kansas R. ManhattanK5MAN
Beside a road/17.2 mi away/1,014 ft/271 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.0 mi away/1,135 ft/150 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Manhattan 6 SSW53974
At a climate reference station/18.5 mi away/1,137 ft/148 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Riley 0.0 WNWKS-RL-80
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,277 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RandolphRDHK1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/1,175 ft/110 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Manhattan, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Riley, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:52 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 35.0 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.
The wind
From the west (270 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Manhattan, 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 Riley
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Leonardvillecity, 5 mi
- Balacommunity, 6 mi
- Keatscommunity, 8 mi
- Milfordcity, 10 mi
- Randolphcity, 10 mi
- Wakefieldcity, 12 mi
- Greencity, 13 mi
- Fort Rileycommunity, 14 mi
- Ogdencity, 14 mi
- Olsburgcity, 15 mi
- Manhattancity, 16 mi
- Clay Centercity, 17 mi