Shawnee, KS Weather Forecast
Johnson County, Kansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Shawnee, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
A dry evening, clear
It is 49°, but the wind is taking it down to 46° on exposed skin. The sky is clear.
Nothing in the next day and a half is wet enough to move plans for.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Quiet through the next day and a half
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 43°. Tomorrow tops out near 51°.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
26–63°F across the weekThe week runs between 26° and 54°, with Tuesday the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Monday is the wettest day, peaking near 27%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
Free alerts for Shawnee
Every NWS warning, pushed to your phone, inbox or webhook the moment it is issued.
Shawnee, KS at a glance
Shawnee is home to about 69,417 people in Johnson County, across 42 square miles. It ranks 7th by population of 99 places in Kansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lenexa, 4 miles away.
- County
- Johnson County
- Population
- 69,417 2023 est.
- Land area
- 42 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,654
- Forecast point
- 39.0175°N, 94.8058°W
How well can the network see Shawnee?
The nearest Doppler radar is KEAX (Kansas City, MO), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,000 ft above Shawnee. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Shawnee is closer to its radar than 67% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KOJC (Olathe/Johnson Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Shawnee
- Lenexa, KS4 mi
- Edwardsville, KS4 mi
- Bonner Springs, KS5 mi
- Merriam, KS6 mi
- Mission, KS8 mi
- Kansas City, KS8 mi
- De Soto, KS8 mi
- Roeland Park, KS9 mi
Elsewhere in Kansas
WichitaOverland ParkKansas CityOlatheTopekaLawrenceAll Kansas forecasts →