Kansas (KS) Road Conditions

35 current reports along the route, including 3 full closures. The 8 most serious are listed below. Always check with the responsible state DOT before setting off.

• Road closed

  US 69: Closed, Bridge Construction

  US 69 • southbound • KS • Ongoing

• Road closed

  I-70: Closed, Construction Work

  I-70 • eastbound • KS • Until Dec 25, 5:59 AM

• Lanes blocked

  I-70: Bridge Construction, Automated Traffic Signals, Reduced To One Lane

  I-70 • eastbound • KS • Until Oct 31, 4:59 AM

• Lanes blocked

  I-70: Road Construction, Paving Operations, Reduced To One Lane

  I-70 • eastbound • KS • Until Oct 29, 4:59 AM

• Lanes blocked

  KS 32: Left Lane Closed, Bridge Maintenance Operations

  KS 32 • eastbound • KS • Ongoing

• Lanes blocked

  KS 96: Lane Is Closed, Width Restriction

  KS 96 • westbound • KS • Ongoing

• Lanes blocked

  US 54: Long Term Road Construction, Reduced To One Lane, Traffic Congestion, Width Restriction

  US 54 • westbound • KS • Ongoing

• Lanes blocked

  KS 15: Construction Work, Left Lane Closed

  KS 15 • northbound • KS • Ongoing

Winter reporting is off for the season. Iowa DOT's Winter Road Conditions – Midwest Region feed, which carries Kansas DOT's segment-by-segment snow and ice conditions, runs from October 15 to April 15; outside that window it changes only as needed. Our own forecast below runs year-round.

Kansas Winter Road Reporting

Kansas DOT's winter road conditions reach this page through Iowa DOT's Winter Road Conditions – Midwest Region feed, which runs from October 15 to April 15 and refreshes every 10 minutes. That feed is published for reference; the authoritative report is KanDrive. Conditions are entered by maintenance staff and describe what is on the pavement, not the forecast. This page shows those reports next to our own road-surface forecast. Always check with KanDrive before setting off.

Source: Kansas DOT, via Iowa DOT's Midwest Region layer, CC BY 4.0.

Interstates Through Kansas, Road by Road

Each stretch has its own live conditions, closures and cameras for the Kansas miles only — the weather 500 miles away on the same interstate says nothing about this drive.

• I-35 Kansas Road Conditions 235 mi
• I-70 Kansas Road Conditions 423 mi

NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, from 4 weather stations in Kansas. A dash is a figure that station does not report, not a zero.

Snowfall across Kansas is not one number: Wichita averages 14.9" a year and Garden City averages 24.1".

Driving in Kansas Month by Month

What the road normally throws at you, month by month, from NOAA's 1991–2020 normals for Kansas's own stations. Each month names its dominant hazard and the place that measured it — this is what the month is usually like, not a forecast and not a restriction.

• January Snow 5.6 in of snow at Garden City, 8.9 days that never thaw at Overland Park
• February Snow 4.5 in of snow at Topeka, 5 days that never thaw at Topeka
• March Snow 5.9 in of snow at Garden City, 1.5 days that never thaw at Garden City
• April Snow 1.7 in of snow at Garden City
• May Quiet 8 wet days at Topeka is the most the normals report
• June Heat 10.8 days above 90°F at Garden City
• July Heat 20 days above 90°F at Wichita
• August Heat 17.8 days above 90°F at Wichita
• September Quiet 5.4 wet days at Topeka is the most the normals report
• October Quiet 5 wet days at Topeka is the most the normals report
• November Freeze–thaw 19.7 nights that freeze and days that thaw at Garden City
• December Snow 5.2 in of snow at Topeka, 7.2 days that never thaw at Overland Park

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Kansas Road Weather FAQ

Are any roads closed in Kansas right now?

Yes — 3 full closures are reported on the interstates in Kansas as of Oct 9, 2026 3:17 AM UTC. 32 lane closures, roadworks or restrictions are in force. They are listed under closures and road blocks on this page.

What are Kansas road conditions today?

The map on this page colors the interstates across Kansas by what is on the pavement right now — dry, wet, slush, snow or ice — from radar and surface data, last updated Oct 9, 2026 1:32 AM UTC. Right now temperatures run from 77°F to 82°F and the strongest wind is 12 mph.

Which interstates run through Kansas?

Kansas has 2 through interstates on this site: I-35 and I-70 — about 658 miles of interstate across the state. Each has its own page for the Kansas stretch.

Where are Kansas road closures reported officially?

Kansas's official traveler information service is KanDrive, at kandrive.gov, and it is where closures and restrictions are reported.

How often does Kansas DOT update winter road conditions?

Kansas DOT reports the winter condition of each stretch of state highway through Iowa DOT's Winter Road Conditions – Midwest Region feed, which runs from October 15 to April 15 and refreshes every 10 minutes. The conditions are entered by maintenance staff and describe what is on the pavement, not a forecast; this page shows the current report for Kansas beside our own road-surface forecast.

How often are Kansas road conditions updated?

The road surface and weather layers are rebuilt whenever this page is opened with data more than ten minutes old, and refreshed on a schedule in between, so nothing here is more than about two hours old even on a road nobody has looked at. Closures and road blocks are re-imported from the state 511 feeds every fifteen minutes, and the written state-by-state summaries are refreshed daily. Every section on this page carries the time its data was fetched.