Coldwater, Kansas Weather
Coldwater, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Coldwater, Comanche County.
Full aviation weather for Coldwater is published on the Comanche County Airport (K3K8) page, 5 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. 3 airfields within reach of Coldwater 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 Coldwater: Harold Krier Field (K58) 41 km · Buffalo Municipal Airport (KBFK) 52 km
Conditions reported at K3K8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Coldwater specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Coldwater.
About Coldwater, Kansas
Coldwater lies under a vast Kansas sky, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with a quiet, enduring patience. It lies 50.5 miles south-east of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 131°T), and is situated 24.8 miles east-north-east of Ashland. Rolling prairie, a sea of subtle greens and golds under the immense dome of the heavens, stretches in every direction, broken only by the gentle creases of the terrain. The air here carries the clean scent of sun-baked earth and distant, wild grasses, a perfume that shifts subtly with the passing hours, deepening with the approach of dusk into something richer, more resonant. The very light seems to possess a unique character, a luminous quality that softens the edges of the world and paints the horizon in hues of rose and lavender as the day surrenders to night. The story of Coldwater is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent spirit of its people and the fertile ground that has sustained them. Founded on the promise of agriculture, its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the soil, wheat fields rippling like golden waves under the summer sun and cattle grazing on pastures that seem to stretch into infinity. The legacy of homesteaders, their resilience a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life, can still be felt in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture and the enduring sense of community. While modern life brings its conveniences, there remains a profound connection to the land, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the enduring cycle of growth and harvest that defines Coldwater.
Live animated radar for Coldwater 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 | Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.268913°N, 99.326781°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67029 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Coldwater, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coldwater, 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 Coldwater includes coordinates 37.268913°N, 99.326781°W, situated in Comanche County. ZIP code 67029. 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.
