Atlanta, Kansas Weather
Atlanta, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Atlanta, Cowley County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Atlanta.
About Atlanta, Kansas
Atlanta, Kansas, unfolds across a rolling prairie landscape, a place where the sky seems to stretch on forever, an immense, cerulean dome that presses down on the gently sloped terrain. It lies 28.7 miles east-south-east of Derby, KS (from Derby, KS: bearing 105°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north of Burden. The earth here is a rich, ochre-tinted soil, giving way to fields of ripening wheat that shimmer like a golden sea under the Kansas sun. Cottonwood trees, their branches reaching skyward with a gnarled resilience, mark the occasional creek beds, their leaves rustling with a dry, papery whisper in the persistent breeze. The air itself carries the scent of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wild prairie grasses, a fragrance that clings to everything, from the weathered clapboard of the houses to the faded paint of the pickup trucks parked along the quiet main street. Evenings bring a particular hush, a softening of the light that paints the western horizon in hues of rose and lavender, a spectacle that can make even the most mundane farmstead seem imbued with a quiet, profound beauty. Atlanta's origins are tied to the westward expansion, a small settlement that grew alongside the railroads and the promise of fertile land. Its economy, like much of Cowley County, has long been rooted in agriculture, with wheat and cattle forming the backbone of local livelihoods. The grain elevators, tall sentinels against the horizon, stand as enduring symbols of this agricultural heritage, their silos holding the bounty of the seasons. While the population is modest, a strong sense of community persists, a quiet interconnectedness born from shared experience and the challenges of prairie life. The few businesses that line the main thoroughfare—a general store, a diner, a post office—serve as focal points, places where news is exchanged and the rhythm of daily life, steady and unhurried, is felt in the easy conversations and the nods of recognition.
Live animated radar for Atlanta and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Atlanta, Cowley County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.43641°N, 96.764752°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67008 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Atlanta, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Atlanta, Kansas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Atlanta includes coordinates 37.436410°N, 96.764752°W, situated in Cowley County. ZIP code 67008. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
