Burden, Kansas Weather
Burden, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Burden, Cowley County.
Full aviation weather for Burden is published on the Strother Field (KWLD) page, 30 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 Burden 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 Burden: Butler Airpark (K6KS) 39 km · Cook Airfield (KK50) 46 km · Augusta Municipal Airport (K3AU) 49 km · Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport (KEQA) 52 km · Wellington Municipal Airport (KEGT) 56 km
Conditions reported at KWLD describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Burden specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Burden.
About Burden, Kansas
Burden rests on a Kansas prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky seems to hold an almost tangible presence. It lies 32.5 miles east-south-east of Derby, KS (from Derby, KS: bearing 120°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-north-west of Dexter. The land here is a study in subtle curves and broad, open fields, a gentle undulation of earth that catches the sun in shifting patterns. Tall grasses, often golden or a deep, weathered green depending on the season, whisper secrets to the wind, and the air itself carries a clean, dry scent, hinting at distant rain and tilled soil. The houses of Burden huddle close, their roofs a patchwork against the vast expanse, and the quiet roads seem to lead equally to the next farmstead or to the boundless sky. Though small, Burden carries the quiet resilience of a place that has weathered its share of seasons and challenges. Its history is tied to the fertile earth, the economy once driven by the bounty of wheat and corn, the land itself the primary employer. You can still see the echoes of that agricultural past in the sturdy grain elevators that punctuate the skyline, silent sentinels of a bygone era. The railroad, too, played its part, a lifeline for this prairie settlement, and the faint hum of distant traffic on the highway now carries the modern pulse of commerce, connecting Burden to the wider world while the fields continue their patient, enduring work.
Live animated radar for Burden 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 | Burden, Cowley County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.312802°N, 96.754197°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67019 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Burden, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burden, 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 Burden includes coordinates 37.312802°N, 96.754197°W, situated in Cowley County. ZIP code 67019. 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.
