WICHITA, Kan. – A thick gray blanket of fog hangs low across the Flint Hills and the I-135 corridor this morning, muting streetlights and slowing early traffic. Damp air and limited visibility will linger through late morning before sunshine slowly filters in from the east. It’s a calm start to what will become a much more unsettled stretch across south-central Kansas.
According to the National Weather Service in Wichita, areas of dense fog are possible through midmorning, especially near El Dorado, Hutchinson, and Newton. Drivers are urged to slow down, use headlights, and allow extra braking distance on wet pavement. By afternoon, skies brighten briefly with highs reaching the upper 50s.
Monday brings a notable warm-up into the low 60s before clouds thicken again. Scattered showers are expected to develop late Monday into early Tuesday, with a 30–40 percent chance of light rain around Wichita and McPherson. The system should move quickly, but cooler air follows — dropping highs into the 50s Tuesday and upper 40s Wednesday. North winds gusting near 20 mph may make those midweek days feel brisk.
The pattern stabilizes by Thursday with bright sun and seasonable highs near 56°F. For Halloween, early indications suggest calm winds and dry skies — a treat for trick-or-treaters after a cool week.
Looking beyond, long-range models hint that the first real November chill could arrive soon after, with colder mornings and perhaps the earliest frost of the season across central Kansas.
Five-Day Forecast for Wichita, KS:
Sun: 57/52 – Patchy fog early; mostly cloudy afternoon.
Mon: 60/49 – Increasing clouds; late-day rain chance.
Tue: 57/40 – Showers early; cooler north breeze.
Wed: 53/37 – Mostly sunny; brisk feel.
Thu: 56/39 – Bright skies; calm and dry.
