Elk City, Kansas Weather
Elk City, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elk City, Montgomery County.
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About Elk City, Kansas
Elk City rests in a land where the prairie begins to roll and dip, a gentle undulation of green fields and scattered woodlands that speaks of fertile ground and a sky that stretches on forever. It lies 37.6 miles north of Bartlesville, OK (from Bartlesville, OK: bearing 6°T), and is situated 12.1 miles west-north-west of Independence. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the clean scent of mown hay and the distant hum of cicadas, a pervasive quietude broken only by the occasional rumble of a truck on a far-off highway. The landscape is a generous expanse, with wide horizons that invite the eye to wander, taking in the patchwork quilt of farms, the darker, deeper green of forested draws where small creeks thread their way through the terrain, and the pale shimmer of heat rising from the sun-baked earth. This is a place where the light, as it begins to slant towards evening, paints the fields in broad strokes of gold and rose, deepening the shadows and giving the scattered trees a stark, almost elemental beauty. The history of Elk City is tied to the land's bounty, a narrative of sustenance and hard work that has shaped its character. For generations, this corner of Montgomery County has been defined by agriculture, with cattle grazing on the rolling pastures and crops reaching towards the sun, their growth a testament to the region's enduring connection to the soil. The economy, though it has seen its shifts, remains rooted in the land, with local businesses serving the farming community and the steady flow of goods that sustain daily life. Elk City itself, a quiet hub in this rural expanse, offers a glimpse into a slower pace, a place where community ties are strong and the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of its days, a distinct echo of the pioneer spirit that first settled these wide-open spaces.
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| Location | Elk City, Montgomery County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.289227°N, 95.911652°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67344 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elk City, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elk City, Kansas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Elk City includes coordinates 37.289227°N, 95.911652°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 67344. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
