Dexter, Kansas Weather
Dexter, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dexter, Cowley County.
Full aviation weather for Dexter is published on the Strother Field (KWLD) page, 29 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 Dexter 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 Dexter: Butler Airpark (K6KS) 53 km · Cook Airfield (KK50) 59 km
Conditions reported at KWLD describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dexter specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dexter.
About Dexter, Kansas
Dexter rests on land that remembers the vast, unbroken prairie, a place where the horizon stretches out like an unwritten page under a sky that can shift from the palest morning blue to the bruised, dramatic purples of an approaching storm. It lies 39.7 miles south-east of Derby, KS (from Derby, KS: bearing 130°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-south-east of Burden. The terrain here, in southern Cowley County, is a gentle sweep of rolling fields, punctuated by farmsteads and the occasional cluster of trees that offer a brief respite from the wide-open spaces. The air itself seems to carry the scent of sun-baked earth and ripening grain, a subtle sweetness that clings to everything, especially in the hushed moments of late afternoon when the sun begins its descent, casting long, languid shadows across the landscape. It’s a quiet kind of beauty, one that doesn’t shout but rather whispers its presence, inviting observation rather than demanding attention. The history of Dexter is bound to the agricultural heartland it inhabits, a testament to the grit and determination of those who first settled this corner of Kansas, coaxing a living from the rich, dark soil. The local economy, once driven by the cycles of wheat and cattle, still carries that deep connection to the land, though the faces of industry may have changed. Old grain elevators, silent sentinels against the sky, hint at a past bustling with commerce, while the present hums with the quiet efficiency of modern farming and the steady pulse of everyday life. There’s a palpable sense of continuity here, a feeling that the generations have walked these same paths, their stories woven into the very fabric of Dexter’s enduring character.
Live animated radar for Dexter 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 | Dexter, Cowley County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.177251°N, 96.714472°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67038 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dexter, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dexter, 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 Dexter includes coordinates 37.177251°N, 96.714472°W, situated in Cowley County. ZIP code 67038. 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.
