Kansas, Alabama Weather
Kansas, Alabama — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Kansas, Walker County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Kansas. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Kansas is published on the Walker County Airport Bevill Field (KJFX) page, 22 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Kansas have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Kansas: Richard Arthur Field (KM95) 32 km · Posey Field (K1M4) 42 km · Marion County Rankin Fite Airport (KHAB) 48 km · Lamar County Airport (KM55) 52 km
Conditions reported at KJFX describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kansas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kansas.
About Kansas, Alabama
Kansas, a small cluster of buildings and roads in Walker County, Alabama, unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rounded hills cloaked in the dense green of pine and oak. It lies 46.5 miles north of Northport, AL (from Northport, AL: bearing 2°T), and is situated 1.6 miles west-north-west of Carbon Hill. The air here carries a faint, earthy scent, a mix of damp soil and the resinous tang of the surrounding woods, especially potent after a summer rain. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in shifting patterns, dappling the undergrowth and lending a quiet, almost cathedral-like stillness to the shaded lanes. The terrain slopes and dips, not dramatically, but with a subtle, persistent undulation that suggests the slow, patient work of water over eons. Dusk settles here not with a sudden plunge, but with a gradual softening of edges, the vibrant greens deepening into shades of moss and charcoal, and the distant calls of unseen birds becoming more distinct. The history of Kansas is a story whispered by the very land itself, tied to the earth's buried riches. For generations, coal mining sustained this corner of Walker County, the industry leaving its indelible mark in the very contours of the land and the character of its people. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, the echoes of that labor remain, a quiet resilience in the faces of those who still call Kansas home. The local economy now leans more on the surrounding agricultural lands and the steady, unhurried flow of life that defines rural Alabama. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling town squares, but rather a quiet dignity in the weathered barns and the well-tended gardens, a sense that life is lived in close communion with the seasons and the enduring presence of the natural world.
Live animated radar for Kansas and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Kansas, Walker County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.901774°N, 87.551958°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35549, 35573 |
| Area Code | 205 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kansas, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kansas, Alabama, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Kansas includes coordinates 33.901774°N, 87.551958°W, situated in Walker County. ZIP code 35549, 35573. Telephone area code: 205. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
