Elk Falls, Kansas Weather
Elk Falls, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elk Falls, Elk County.
Full aviation weather for Elk Falls is published on the Fredonia Airport (K1K7) page, 39 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. 4 airfields within reach of Elk Falls 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 Elk Falls: Independence Municipal Airport (KIDP) 43 km · Neodesha Municipal Airport (K2K7) 48 km · Eureka Municipal Airport (K13K) 55 km
Conditions reported at K1K7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 39 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elk Falls specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Elk Falls.
About Elk Falls, Kansas
Elk Falls lies in a gentle cradle of rolling prairie, where the land breathes a quiet expanse under a sky that seems to stretch further than the eye can hold. It lies 44.3 miles north-north-west of Bartlesville, OK (from Bartlesville, OK: bearing 345°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south-south-east of Howard. The terrain here is a soft descent towards the meandering Elk River, its banks fringed with cottonwoods and willows that rustle secrets in the Kansas breeze. Sunlight, when it arrives, spills across the fields in broad, golden sheets, illuminating the rich, dark earth and the sturdy farmsteads that dot the horizon. The air itself carries a certain stillness, broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the sudden, sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead, a palpable sense of ancient patience in the very texture of the place. The spirit of Elk Falls is intertwined with the enduring legacy of agriculture, a testament to generations who have coaxed life from this fertile soil. The Elk River, a silver thread through the landscape, has long been the lifeblood, sustaining not only the crops but also the hardy souls who settled here, drawn by the promise of open land and a simpler existence. While the echoes of early homesteaders and the dreams they carried still linger, the present-day economy of Elk Falls continues to honor its agricultural roots, with farming and ranching remaining central to its character. The occasional hum of a tractor working the fields or the familiar sight of grain elevators standing sentinel against the sky are constant reminders of the deep connection between the people and the land they inhabit.
Live animated radar for Elk Falls 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 | Elk Falls, Elk County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.367264°N, 96.188604°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67345 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elk Falls, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elk Falls, 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 Elk Falls includes coordinates 37.367264°N, 96.188604°W, situated in Elk County. ZIP code 67345. 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.
