Buffalo, Kansas Weather
Buffalo, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Buffalo, Wilson County.
Full aviation weather for Buffalo is published on the Yates Center Municipal Airport (K3JA) page, 17 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo: Fredonia Airport (K1K7) 19 km · Chanute Martin Johnson Airport (KCNU) 19 km · Neodesha Municipal Airport (K2K7) 31 km · Allen County Airport (KK88) 33 km · Tri-City Airport (KPPF) 46 km
Conditions reported at K3JA describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Buffalo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Buffalo.
About Buffalo, Kansas
Buffalo, Kansas, breathes the wide, patient sky of the prairie. It lies 68.3 miles north-north-east of Bartlesville, OK (from Bartlesville, OK: bearing 13°T), and is situated 13.3 miles west of Chanute. The land here is a study in gentle slopes, the terrain unfolding in a soft, undulating manner that seems to cradle the scattered farmsteads and the quiet streets of Buffalo itself. Tall grasses, when left to their own devices, ripple like a sea under the persistent Kansas wind, their tawny heads catching the late afternoon sun in a way that transforms the ordinary into something akin to liquid gold. The air, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening corn, a constant reminder of the rich, dark soil that underpins everything. The history of Buffalo is one of agrarian resilience, its economy deeply rooted in the fertile plains that surround it. For generations, the cultivation of wheat and soybeans has shaped the rhythm of life, each season dictating the labor and the bounty. While not a bustling metropolis, Buffalo has always possessed a sturdy character, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who chose to make their lives here. The local grain elevator, a sentinel against the horizon, remains a central feature, a silent monument to the ongoing harvest and the community's reliance on the land. You can still feel the echoes of the past in the weathered clapboard of older buildings and the quiet hum of tractors on a distant road, a subtle melody of lives lived in harmony with the earth.
Live animated radar for Buffalo 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 | Buffalo, Wilson County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.709767°N, 95.697482°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66717 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Buffalo, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buffalo, 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 Buffalo includes coordinates 37.709767°N, 95.697482°W, situated in Wilson County. ZIP code 66717. 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.
