Effingham, Kansas Weather
Effingham, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Effingham, Atchison County.
Full aviation weather for Effingham is published on the Horton Municipal Airport (K91) page, 21 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 Effingham 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 Effingham: Hiawatha Municipal Airport (K87) 41 km · Sherman Army Air Field (KFLV) 45 km · Rosecrans Memorial Airport (KSTJ) 50 km · Triple R Airport (K0C1) 53 km · Sabetha Municipal Airport (K83) 53 km
Conditions reported at K91 describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Effingham specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Effingham.
About Effingham, Kansas
Effingham rests in a landscape where the earth gently rolls, a subtle undulation that speaks of ancient seas now long receded. It lies 29.4 miles west-north-west of Leavenworth, KS (from Leavenworth, KS: bearing 300°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north-north-west of Nortonville. Here, the sky feels vast, a boundless canvas stretching from horizon to horizon, often painted with the bruised purples and molten golds of an impending sunset. The air, especially in the hush of early morning or the quiet of late afternoon, carries the clean scent of freshly turned soil and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening corn. Scattered farmsteads, their white silos like sentinels against the verdant fields, punctuate the sweep of grassland and cultivated acres, each a small world unto itself. The story of Effingham is one of agricultural tenacity, a legacy forged from the rich, dark soil that has sustained generations. It’s a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of life, where the bounty of wheat and soybeans forms the bedrock of the local economy. While the railroad once brought vital connections, its diminished hum now underscores the quiet persistence of a community built on the land’s enduring generosity. The collective memory here is less about grand monuments and more about the quiet triumphs of harvest and the shared resilience that defines life in this corner of the prairie.
Live animated radar for Effingham 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 | Effingham, Atchison County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.522221°N, 95.400808°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66023 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Effingham, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Effingham, 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 Effingham includes coordinates 39.522221°N, 95.400808°W, situated in Atchison County. ZIP code 66023. 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.
