Clifton, Kansas Weather
Clifton, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clifton, Washington County.
Full aviation weather for Clifton is published on the Clay Center Municipal Airport (KCYW) page, 23 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 Clifton 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 Clifton: Washington County Memorial Airport (K38) 27 km · Blosser Municipal Airport (KCNK) 32 km · Belleville Municipal Airport (KRPB) 43 km
Conditions reported at KCYW describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Clifton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clifton.
About Clifton, Kansas
Clifton rests upon a rolling expanse where the Flint Hills begin their graceful transition into the Smoky Hills, a landscape painted in broad strokes of prairie grasses that shimmer with a thousand shades of green and gold under the Kansas sun. It lies 46.1 miles north-west of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 305°T), and is situated 6.6 miles east-south-east of Clyde. The land here is a study in gentle swells and shallow valleys, the kind that invite long, unhurried gazes and the quiet contemplation of the horizon. Trees, mostly cottonwoods and elms, cluster along the intermittent creeks and draws, their leaves rustling with a sound like whispered secrets, offering dappled shade that contrasts with the boundless sky. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent of sun-baked earth and wild sage, a perfume that speaks of wide-open spaces and the slow, steady breath of the prairie. This is a place where the echoes of homesteaders and the enduring spirit of agriculture still resonate, a testament to the resilience of those who first carved a life from this fertile soil. Clifton's economy, like much of the surrounding region, is deeply rooted in the land, with grain farming and cattle ranching forming the backbone of its livelihood. The quiet hum of tractors on distant fields and the occasional lowing of cattle are the prevailing sounds, a subtle soundtrack to the unhurried pace of daily life. Though not a place of grand monuments, Clifton holds its own quiet distinctions, a community that values its history and the simple, enduring beauty of its prairie home.
Live animated radar for Clifton 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 | Clifton, Washington County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.567221°N, 97.278642°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66937 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clifton, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clifton, 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 Clifton includes coordinates 39.567221°N, 97.278642°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 66937. 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.
