Cherokee, Kansas Weather
Cherokee, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cherokee, Crawford County.
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About Cherokee, Kansas
Cherokee rests on a gentle swell of land, a place where the sky seems to stretch wider than usual, a pale blue canvas brushed with wisps of cloud. It lies 24.3 miles north-west of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 318°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-west of Pittsburg. The terrain here is mostly flat, broken only by the subtle contours of fields that unfurl in muted greens and golds under the wide Kansas sun. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry, sweet scent of drying grasses and the faint, earthy perfume of turned soil, a scent that clings to everything like a second skin. Beyond the scattered homes and the quiet streets, the landscape opens into a patchwork of agriculture, the land breathing slow and steady, a patient witness to the turning seasons. This corner of Crawford County, Kansas, carries the deep imprint of its coal mining past, a history etched into the very character of Cherokee. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy remains, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. The local economy, now more diversified, still draws strength from the fertile land, with agriculture forming a significant part of its pulse. The rhythm of Cherokee is one of quiet persistence, a place where the past informs the present without overwhelming it, a community that knows the value of hard work and the enduring beauty of a horizon that seems to promise more than it reveals.
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| Location | Cherokee, Crawford County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.345887°N, 94.80885°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66724 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cherokee, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cherokee, 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 Cherokee includes coordinates 37.345887°N, 94.808850°W, situated in Crawford County. ZIP code 66724. 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. 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.
