Beaver, Kansas Weather
Beaver, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Beaver, Barton County.
Full aviation weather for Beaver is published on the Russell Municipal Airport (KRSL) page, 29 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 Beaver 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 Beaver: Great Bend Municipal Airport (KGBD) 37 km · Ellsworth Municipal Airport (K9K7) 40 km · Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport (KLYO) 51 km · Rush County Airport (K94) 55 km · Hays Regional Airport (KHYS) 57 km
Conditions reported at KRSL describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Beaver specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Beaver.
About Beaver, Kansas
Beaver unfolds across the Kansas prairie, a quiet expanse where the sky seems to stretch forever, a vast, pale blue canvas brushed with the ephemeral strokes of passing clouds. It lies 56.6 miles north-west of Hutchinson, KS (from Hutchinson, KS: bearing 315°T), and is situated 19.8 miles north-north-east of Great Bend. The land here is a study in subtle contours, rolling gently, not with dramatic hills, but with a patient, sweeping grace that invites the eye to follow the distant horizon. Fields of wheat, when ripe, transform the landscape into a sea of rippling gold, a living, breathing entity that shifts and sighs with the prairie wind. In the stillness of late afternoon, the light takes on a honeyed quality, softening the edges of barns and farmhouses and casting long, attenuated shadows that stretch like weary travelers across the sun-baked earth. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, a blend of sun-warmed dust and the faint, sweet perfume of wild grasses, a constant reminder of the elemental forces at play. The history of Beaver is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its people and the fertile soil that has sustained them. Settled by homesteaders drawn to the promise of open land and the chance to build a life from the ground up, Beaver’s economy has long been tied to the bounty of agriculture. Wheat and cattle remain the backbone of its livelihood, the cycles of planting and harvest dictating the rhythm of life, a rhythm that hums with a quiet, persistent energy. The grain elevators, tall sentinels against the immense sky, stand as silent testaments to this agricultural heritage, their silos holding not just grain but generations of hard work and resilience. Though smaller than many of its neighbors, Beaver possesses a distinctive character, a groundedness that comes from a deep connection to the land and a shared understanding of the challenges and rewards of rural life.
Live animated radar for Beaver 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 | Beaver, Barton County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.640289°N, 98.667022°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67525, 67544 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Beaver, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beaver, 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 Beaver includes coordinates 38.640289°N, 98.667022°W, situated in Barton County. ZIP code 67525, 67544. 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.
