Caldwell, Kansas Weather
Caldwell, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Caldwell, Sumner County.
Full aviation weather for Caldwell is published on the Caldwell Municipal Airport (K01K) page, 2 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. 4 airfields within reach of Caldwell 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 Caldwell: Argonia Municipal Airport (K2K8) 30 km · Wellington Municipal Airport (KEGT) 38 km · Strother Field (KWLD) 53 km
Conditions reported at K01K describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Caldwell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Caldwell.
About Caldwell, Kansas
Caldwell rests on a broad, benevolent prairie, where the earth unfolds in subtle, sweeping curves towards a horizon that seems to stretch into infinity, a canvas painted with the muted greens and golds of Kansas farmland. It lies 40.0 miles south-south-west of Derby, KS (from Derby, KS: bearing 208°T), and is situated 17.1 miles north-north-east of Medford. The air here possesses a peculiar stillness, broken only by the whisper of wind through the tall grasses that fringe the fields and the distant, rhythmic drone of agricultural machinery. Rows of wheat, a shimmering sea of amber under the high, unwavering sun, march with disciplined regularity across the landscape, punctuated by the darker, richer soil of freshly turned earth. The sky above Caldwell is a vast, ever-changing dome, its blues deepening into an astonishing indigo as dusk approaches, a spectacle that draws the eye upward and invites a profound sense of open space. The history of Caldwell is deeply entwined with the legacy of the cattle drives that once thundered through this region, its very foundation laid on the dusty trails of cowboys and the burgeoning economy of the late 19th century. It was a vital hub for the Chisholm Trail, a gateway for vast herds moving north, and the echoes of that era still seem to resonate in the quiet resilience of its present-day character. Today, agriculture remains the lifeblood of Caldwell, with grain elevators standing sentinel against the sky, testament to the enduring bounty of the land. The town itself unfolds with a gentle, unhurried pace, its main street lined with buildings that hold stories within their weathered brick, a quiet testament to generations who have cultivated this corner of Kansas.
Live animated radar for Caldwell 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 | Caldwell, Sumner County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.032247°N, 97.606995°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67022 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Caldwell, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Caldwell, 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 Caldwell includes coordinates 37.032247°N, 97.606995°W, situated in Sumner County. ZIP code 67022. 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.
