Almena, Kansas Weather
Almena, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Almena, Norton County.
Full aviation weather for Almena is published on the Norton Municipal Airport (KNRN) page, 17 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. 3 airfields within reach of Almena 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 Almena: Phillipsburg Municipal Airport (KPHG) 38 km · Hill City Municipal Airport (KHLC) 58 km
Conditions reported at KNRN describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Almena specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Almena.
About Almena, Kansas
Almena sits where the land begins to soften its Kansas intensity, the rolling plains giving way to a subtler topography, a landscape where the sky feels both vast and intimately present. It lies 64.8 miles south-south-west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 211°T), and is situated 10.6 miles east-north-east of Norton. The horizon here is a generous arc, often painted with the pale gold of ripening wheat or the deep indigo of an approaching storm, and the air itself carries the clean, dry scent of sun-baked earth and distant hay. Fields stretch out like rumpled blankets, their textures shifting with the seasons – emerald in spring, a rich ochre in late summer, and a muted, comforting brown under winter's quiet blanket. The occasional cluster of cottonwoods or a solitary windbreak of cedars breaks the expanse, offering a fleeting shadow, a momentary counterpoint to the overarching openness. The story of Almena is one of quiet persistence, its roots sunk deep into the fertile soil that sustained its early settlers, primarily German and Scandinavian farmers who saw potential in this stretch of Norton County. The local economy has long been tied to the land, agriculture remaining its steadfast heartbeat, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels against the endless sky, a testament to the region's enduring connection to the harvest. While not a place of grand monuments, Almena possesses a character forged in the steady rhythm of rural life, where community bonds are as strong as the prairie grass, and the simple act of a shared sunrise over the fields can feel like a profound event. The gentle hum of tractors in the distance and the predictable cycle of planting and reaping have shaped a distinctive, unhurried pace, a way of being that honors the land and the enduring spirit of those who call Almena home.
Live animated radar for Almena 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.
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| Location | Almena, Norton County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.892229°N, 99.707058°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67622 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Almena, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Almena, Kansas, 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 Almena includes coordinates 39.892229°N, 99.707058°W, situated in Norton County. ZIP code 67622. Telephone area code: 785. 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.
