Cheyenne Wells and Cheyenne County face a wet weekend. The National Weather Service in Goodland, Kan., calls for showers Saturday and Sunday, with a 20 percent chance of showers Monday morning. A strong cold front will pull temperatures down through the day Saturday. The office expects the rain across its area to last into Monday night.

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm are expected Saturday, with a 90 percent chance of precipitation. The forecast lists a high of 60, with the temperature falling to around 50 by 5 p.m. It calls for a breezy day. A west wind of 5 to 10 mph becomes northeast at 15 to 20 mph in the morning, and gusts could reach 30 mph.

Showers continue Saturday night, again with a 90 percent chance of precipitation and a low around 41. The northeast wind blows 5 to 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph. The forecast does not mention thunderstorms overnight.

"Strong cold front Saturday brings in prolonged precipitation potential through Monday. Low chance of flooding from this system," a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Goodland, Kan., wrote in the Area Forecast Discussion issued at 5:34 a.m. MDT Saturday. The office said it expects "notable rainfall" from the long stretch of showers.

Rain into Monday, and a low flood chance

The Goodland office forecasts for northwest Kansas, extreme southwest Nebraska and east central Colorado, including Cheyenne County. In the hydrology section of Saturday's discussion, issued at 3:31 a.m. MDT, forecasters said ensemble models point to most of that area getting a quarter inch to 1 inch of rain, with a band of up to 2 inches and isolated pockets up to 3 inches. The Cheyenne Wells forecast itself does not list a rainfall amount.

In its hazardous weather outlook issued at 3:46 a.m. MDT Saturday, the office put the chance of areal and river flooding from the long rain event at 30 percent. It said the areas most likely to be affected are south of Interstate 70. Cheyenne Wells sits south of that highway, though the outlook does not name towns. The hydrology discussion added: "Low water crossings will likely be the first areas impacted from any flooding that does occur." That 30 percent is Goodland's figure for its own area. Kiowa and Prowers counties, to the south, are covered by the Pueblo office, which calls this weekend's plains rain "more of a beneficial rain."

Friday's flooding was in western Colorado, far from the plains. All nine weather alerts active in the state Saturday morning were flood warnings or a flood watch. Most covered the southwest and south-central mountains and valleys, including Durango and La Plata County, Pagosa Springs, and the Upper Rio Grande around South Fork, Del Norte and Monte Vista. One covered the Dolores River in Mesa and Montrose counties, in west-central Colorado. Three of the nine also reached into southeastern Utah. The San Juan River at Pagosa Springs peaked at 15 feet in the 24 hours ending at 11 p.m. MDT Friday, well above its 10.5-foot flood stage. It is the same slow-moving storm, now pushing its rain east onto the plains.

No watches, warnings or advisories were in effect for Cheyenne County as of 8 a.m. MDT Saturday, October 24, the time stamp on the weather service's active alert feed.

Cheyenne Wells, Colo. — Five-day forecast (October 24-28)

Source: National Weather Service, Goodland, Kan. — Issued 7:01 a.m. MDT October 24, 2026

(Kiowa County Press)

Sunday brings fog and more showers

Showers are expected before 3 p.m. Sunday, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3 and 5 p.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5 p.m. Patchy fog is in the forecast between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The high is near 58, the east wind blows 5 to 10 mph and the chance of precipitation is 90 percent. Showers and possibly a thunderstorm continue Sunday night, with a low around 44 and a south wind around 10 mph.

Goodland forecasters said northeasterly winds behind the front will likely promote fog Sunday morning. They put confidence at 20 to 30 percent that patches of dense fog, with visibility down to a quarter mile, will form across parts of their forecast area. They added that most of the area could see the fog, "but it will be more likely in areas east of KS 27." That highway runs through western Kansas, east of Cheyenne Wells.

Extended outlook

Monday carries a 20 percent chance of showers before noon, then turns mostly sunny with a high near 59. The south wind of 5 to 10 mph becomes north in the afternoon. Monday night is partly cloudy with a low around 37.

Tuesday is mostly sunny with a high near 63, followed by a mostly clear night and a low around 40. Wednesday is sunny with a high near 62. The Cheyenne Wells forecast does not give wind speeds for Monday night through Wednesday.

The weather service said freezing temperatures should return to parts of its area Tuesday morning. Minimum wind chills Tuesday morning are forecast to be below 30 degrees along and northwest of a line from McCook, Neb., to Cheyenne Wells, and as low as 23 near the Tri-State border, where Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska meet. The Cheyenne Wells forecast itself shows a low around 37 Monday night. Forecasters also noted that the growing season has ended, so the office will not issue frost or freeze products for the rest of the year.