Chase, Kansas Weather
Chase, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Chase, Rice County.
Full aviation weather for Chase is published on the Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport (KLYO) page, 11 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 Chase 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 Chase: Great Bend Municipal Airport (KGBD) 44 km · Ellsworth Municipal Airport (K9K7) 45 km · Hutchinson Municipal Airport (KHUT) 54 km · Mc Pherson Airport (KMPR) 57 km
Conditions reported at KLYO describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chase specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chase.
About Chase, Kansas
Chase stretches across a landscape where the Kansas prairie, a vast canvas of tawny grasses and wildflowers, meets the gentle sweep of the land. It lies 30.5 miles north-west of Hutchinson, KS (from Hutchinson, KS: bearing 312°T), and is situated 8.0 miles west of Lyons. Here, the sky is an immense, ever-present presence, a boundless dome that shifts through a spectrum of blues and grays, often streaked with the fiery hues of dawn and the soft, bruised purples of twilight. The terrain itself, a subtle undulation rather than dramatic peaks, offers a sense of enduring openness, punctuated by the occasional cluster of cottonwoods or a meandering, silver ribbon of a creek. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a dry, sun-warmed scent, a subtle perfume of dust and distant hay, and the quiet hum of insects provides a constant, unobtrusive soundtrack to the day. This is a place where the horizon feels perpetually within reach, a promise of more sky, more land, stretching out in every direction. The story of Chase is deeply entwined with the rich soil that has sustained it for generations, a testament to the agricultural heart of central Kansas. Originally a stop along the Santa Fe Trail, its founding was a practical matter of providing respite and supplies to travelers traversing the expansive plains, a heritage that whispers in the very grain of its enduring spirit. Today, the local economy continues to be anchored by farming and ranching, with wheat fields rippling like golden seas in the summer breeze and cattle grazing on pastures that seem to absorb the very essence of the sun. While not a hub of major industry, Chase possesses a quiet industriousness, a reliance on hard work and community support that has seen it weather the ebbs and flows of agricultural fortunes. The distinctive character of Chase lies in this deep connection to the land, a grounded resilience forged by the elements and a shared understanding of the cycles of planting and harvest, a rhythm that dictates the pulse of life here.
Live animated radar for Chase 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 | Chase, Rice County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.355011°N, 98.349511°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67524 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chase, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chase, 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 Chase includes coordinates 38.355011°N, 98.349511°W, situated in Rice County. ZIP code 67524. 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.
