Athol, Kansas Weather
Athol, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Athol, Smith County.
Full aviation weather for Athol is published on the Smith Center Municipal Airport (KK82) page, 11 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. 6 airfields within reach of Athol 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 Athol: Phillipsburg Municipal Airport (KPHG) 34 km · Osborne Municipal Airport (K75) 42 km · Red Cloud Municipal Airport (K7V7) 48 km · Rooks County Regional Airport (KRCP) 57 km · Mankato Airport (KTKO) 60 km
Conditions reported at KK82 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Athol specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Athol.
About Athol, Kansas
Athol lies under a vast Kansas sky, a scattering of buildings on the high plains where the land rolls out in broad, sun-baked sweeps. It lies 63.3 miles south-south-west of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 206°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west of Smith Center. The earth here is a rich, deep brown, often cracked by the summer heat, stretching to horizons that seem to recede with every step. Fields of wheat and corn paint the landscape in shifting shades of gold and green, their stalks rustling with a dry whisper in the persistent breeze. The air, particularly at dusk, can carry a peculiar stillness, a quietude that allows the distant rumble of a passing train or the lonely cry of a hawk to echo with startling clarity. The character of Athol is one of quiet endurance, a place where life unfolds at a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons. This corner of Smith County whispers of a history rooted in the soil, a testament to the hardy settlers who coaxed life from this prairie. The local economy, like that of so many communities in this region, is inextricably tied to agriculture, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the bounty of the land. Generations have worked these fields, their lives interwoven with the cycles of planting and harvest. While Athol may not boast grand monuments, its distinctive character lies in its very ordinariness, in the enduring spirit of its people and the raw, unvarnished beauty of the Kansas prairie that surrounds it.
Live animated radar for Athol 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 | Athol, Smith County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.765012°N, 98.919524°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66932 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Athol, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Athol, 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 Athol includes coordinates 39.765012°N, 98.919524°W, situated in Smith County. ZIP code 66932. Telephone area code: 913. 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.
