Baxter Springs, Kansas Weather
Baxter Springs, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Baxter Springs, Cherokee County.
Full aviation weather for Baxter Springs is published on the Miami Municipal Airport (KMIO) page, 19 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 Baxter Springs 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 Baxter Springs: Joplin Regional Airport (KJLN) 25 km · Oswego Municipal Airport (K67) 31 km · Neosho Hugh Robinson Airport (KEOS) 39 km · Grove Municipal Airport (KGMJ) 46 km · Atkinson Municipal Airport (KPTS) 47 km
Conditions reported at KMIO describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Baxter Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Baxter Springs.
About Baxter Springs, Kansas
Baxter Springs rests at the confluence of two significant rivers, the Spring River and the Neosho River, its landscape a gentle meeting of fertile bottomlands and rolling prairie. It lies 12.9 miles west-south-west of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 251°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south-west of Galena. The sky here is a vast, ever-present canvas, often a pale, luminous blue that deepens to bruised purples and fiery oranges at dusk, the air carrying the humid scent of sun-baked earth and distant thunderstorms. Ancient oak and elm trees, their limbs gnarled like old storytellers, line the waterways, their leaves rustling with a sound that seems to whisper secrets of generations. The terrain, softened by millennia of water and wind, offers a quiet resilience, a subtle yielding that has shaped the character of Baxter Springs and its people. This corner of Cherokee County carries the indelible marks of its past, a history deeply intertwined with the discovery of valuable mineral resources. The legacy of lead and zinc mining echoes in the very bones of the land, a reminder of the boom-and-bust cycles that once defined the local economy, drawing prospectors and laborers from far and wide. Remnants of this industrial heritage can still be glimpsed, adding a layer of rugged authenticity to the otherwise pastoral scenes. Today, the economy of Baxter Springs is more diversified, drawing strength from agriculture, manufacturing, and a growing appreciation for its historical significance, particularly its role along historic Route 66, a ribbon of asphalt that still beckons travelers with promises of simpler times and roadside Americana.
Live animated radar for Baxter Springs 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 | Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.023676°N, 94.735504°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66713 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Baxter Springs, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Baxter Springs, 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 Baxter Springs includes coordinates 37.023676°N, 94.735504°W, situated in Cherokee County. ZIP code 66713. 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.
