Brownell, Kansas Weather
Brownell, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Brownell, Ness County.
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About Brownell, Kansas
Brownell sits quiet on the Kansas prairie, a scattering of buildings against a horizon that stretches out like an endless, pale blue cloth. It lies 63.1 miles north-north-east of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 13°T), and is situated 15.6 miles north-north-east of Ness City. The land here is not dramatic, but it has a deep, settled character, a vastness that can feel both liberating and a little lonesome. Fields of wheat and corn, turning from emerald green to a rich gold as the sun climbs, roll out in broad, unbroken swathes, broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees or a weathered barn. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry, sweet scent of cut grass and the faint, mineral tang of the earth, a smell that promises fair weather and long, slow days. Even the wind, when it blows across these open spaces, seems to move with a certain deliberation, rustling through the tall grasses with a sound like hushed whispers. The history of Brownell is tied to the land and the railroads that once crisscrossed this part of Kansas. It was a place where settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and a new start, staked their claims and began the slow work of building a life. The local economy, like many places in this region, has long been anchored by agriculture, the fortunes of Brownell rising and falling with the harvest. You can still see the echoes of that past in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture, the grain elevators standing sentinel over the fields, and the quiet diligence of the people who call Brownell home. There's a palpable sense of continuity here, a feeling that the land itself remembers the footsteps of generations.
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| Location | Brownell, Ness County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.640292°N, 99.746229°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67521 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brownell, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brownell, 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 Brownell includes coordinates 38.640292°N, 99.746229°W, situated in Ness County. ZIP code 67521. 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.
