A friend of mine asked me to blog about weather conditions for the upcoming Bike Across Kansas that takes place in the second full week of June. Traditionally, one might expect intense heat, humidity, wind, and storms. After all, it's a full week and this is one of the wettest months out of the year, so it wouldn't be a surprise to deal with a stormy forecast.
I think the week overall will be about as nice as you could ask for in June if you're going to spend hours just feet off the pavement peddling many, many miles taking in the Kansas weather. Maybe some would prefer cooler temperatures, but in June that can be asking too much.
Here's what we come up with for Sunday/Monday for cyclists in western Kansas:
Monday and Tuesday (June 10/11) will have bicycles traveling across central Kansas. There is a chance for rain on Tuesday, but it looks like scattered showers and a few thunderstorms. Severe weather threats are very, very low, so I wouldn't worry about that. However, it will likely get in the way of wheat harvest and could be a nuisance for cyclists:
Wednesday/Thursday moves to north central Kansas - the weather is heating up and the wind is picking up:
As the journey wraps up near Kansas City, it will be hotter with more wind out of the south.
Wheat harvesters will have a pretty good stretch ahead as threats of rain begin to shut down for awhile. The outlook for moisture for the second week of June and into the third week favors mainly dry conditions for the central US. Better storm chances will focus over the northern Plains.
I don't think the rain is gone for good throughout the rest of June. Several models bring a large upper low pressure system into the region, but we will have to wait and see exactly what the timing of that will be prior to advertising too many details.
Have a great day and thanks for reading!
