Columbus, Kansas Weather
Columbus, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Columbus, Cherokee County.
Full aviation weather for Columbus is published on the Oswego Municipal Airport (K67) page, 18 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. 6 airfields within reach of Columbus 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 Columbus: Miami Municipal Airport (KMIO) 29 km · Joplin Regional Airport (KJLN) 31 km · Atkinson Municipal Airport (KPTS) 33 km · Neosho Hugh Robinson Airport (KEOS) 57 km · Lamar Municipal Airport (KLLU) 59 km
Conditions reported at K67 describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Columbus specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Columbus.
About Columbus, Kansas
Columbus rests in the southeastern corner of Kansas, where the rolling landscape begins its gentle descent towards the Missouri border. It lies 19.1 miles west-north-west of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 288°T), and is situated 18.4 miles south-south-west of Pittsburg. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries a clean, earthy scent, a prelude to the deep greens of cultivated fields and the darker, more mysterious shadows of the wooded ravines that scar the terrain. The sky seems impossibly vast, an endless canvas of blue that can quickly shift to bruised purples and grays before a storm, and the light at dusk often paints the western horizon in strokes of fiery orange and soft rose, lending a transient, almost spiritual quality to the closing day. The land itself, a mosaic of prairie grasses and sturdy trees, feels ancient, worn smooth by the passage of seasons and the persistent breath of the wind. This is a place shaped by the earth's hidden wealth and the hard work of those who sought it. For decades, the coal mines that once honeycombed the surrounding hills were the lifeblood of Columbus, their shafts and tunnels a subterranean testament to human endeavor. Though the great veins have long since been tapped, the echoes of that industrial past still resonate, evident in the resilient character of its people and the enduring spirit of self-reliance. The local economy, now more diversified, still draws strength from agriculture, with fields of grain stretching to the horizon, and the rhythm of life in Columbus moves at a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons, a quiet counterpoint to the clamor of larger cities. The town retains a sense of community, a shared history that binds its residents, a quiet pride in their enduring corner of the prairie.
Live animated radar for Columbus 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 | Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.169228°N, 94.844124°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66725 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Columbus, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Columbus, 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 Columbus includes coordinates 37.169228°N, 94.844124°W, situated in Cherokee County. ZIP code 66725. 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.
