Auburn, Kansas Weather
Auburn, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Auburn, Shawnee County.
Full aviation weather for Auburn is published on the Topeka Regional Airport (KFOE) page, 14 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 Auburn 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 Auburn: Philip Billard Municipal Airport (KTOP) 25 km · Pomona Lake Airport (K39K) 26 km · Osage City Municipal Airport (K53K) 30 km · Wamego Municipal Airport (K69K) 50 km · Lawrence Municipal Airport (KLWC) 53 km
Conditions reported at KFOE describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Auburn specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Auburn, Kansas
Auburn lies in a landscape where the Kansas prairie begins to gently roll, a fertile expanse under a sky that often stretches wide and blue. It lies 12.3 miles south-west of Topeka, KS (from Topeka, KS: bearing 217°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north-west of Carbondale. The terrain here is characterized by broad, shallow valleys carved by ephemeral creeks and tributaries, their banks often softened by stands of cottonwood and elm trees that catch the wind like sails. The soil, a rich, dark loam, speaks of generations of cultivation, and in the quiet hours of late afternoon, the sunlight slants low, casting long, golden shadows that lend a painterly quality to the fields of wheat and corn. Life in Auburn moves with a deliberate, grounded pace, a steady hum beneath the vast prairie sky. This corner of Shawnee County carries the quiet weight of its agricultural heritage, a story woven from the efforts of farmers who have worked this land since the late 19th century. The local economy remains tethered to the bounty of the surrounding fields, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels on the horizon, a testament to the enduring connection between the people and the earth. While progress has brought modern conveniences, the spirit of community in Auburn is palpable, a shared understanding forged in the common pursuit of a good harvest and the simple pleasures of small-town life. The air itself seems to carry the scent of sun-baked soil and distant rain, a constant reminder of nature’s influence on this enduring place.
Live animated radar for Auburn 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 | Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.906114°N, 95.816097°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66402 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Auburn, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Auburn, 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 Auburn includes coordinates 38.906114°N, 95.816097°W, situated in Shawnee County. ZIP code 66402. 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.
