Blue Mound, Kansas Weather
Blue Mound, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Blue Mound, Linn County.
Full aviation weather for Blue Mound is published on the Garnett Municipal Airport (KK68) page, 28 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. 5 airfields within reach of Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound: Fort Scott Municipal Airport (KFSK) 38 km · Allen County Airport (KK88) 41 km · Miami County Airport (KK81) 51 km · Ottawa Municipal Airport (KOWI) 54 km
Conditions reported at KK68 describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Blue Mound specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Blue Mound.
About Blue Mound, Kansas
Blue Mound rises from the Kansas prairie like a gentle sigh of earth, a solitary swell against the vast, unbroken horizon. It lies 55.6 miles south of Olathe, KS (from Olathe, KS: bearing 191°T), and is situated 18.4 miles south-east of Garnett. Here, the land exhales a quiet breath, a subtle undulation that hints at the deep, dark soil beneath, a rich loam that has been the lifeblood of generations. The sky, an immense canvas of ever-shifting blues and greys, presses down with a benevolent weight, and the wind, a constant companion, whispers through tall grasses and rustles the leaves of scattered oaks, carrying the scent of sun-baked earth and distant rain. This is a place where the world feels both immense and intimately close, where the vastness of the open prairie is punctuated by the small, enduring beauty of wild sunflowers turning their faces to the sun. The history of Blue Mound is etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet persistence of its people and the fertile land they have coaxed into yielding. Once a vital stop for those traversing the frontier, it now thrives on the enduring strength of agriculture, its economy deeply rooted in the golden waves of wheat and corn that stretch to the horizon. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons, by the planting and the harvest, a slow, deliberate pulse that resonates with the timeless cycle of growth and renewal. Though small, Blue Mound carries a distinct character, a blend of hardy resilience and a deep appreciation for the simple, profound beauty of its surroundings, a testament to the enduring spirit of the prairie.
Live animated radar for Blue Mound 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 | Blue Mound, Linn County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.09003°N, 95.006359°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66010 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Blue Mound, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blue Mound, 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 Blue Mound includes coordinates 38.090030°N, 95.006359°W, situated in Linn County. ZIP code 66010. 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.
