Esbon, Kansas Weather
Esbon, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Esbon, Jewell County.
Full aviation weather for Esbon is published on the Mankato Airport (KTKO) 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 Esbon 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 Esbon: Red Cloud Municipal Airport (K7V7) 30 km · Smith Center Municipal Airport (KK82) 31 km · Superior Municipal Airport (K12K) 41 km · Moritz Memorial Airport (KK61) 47 km · Osborne Municipal Airport (K75) 48 km
Conditions reported at KTKO describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Esbon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Esbon.
About Esbon, Kansas
Esbon rests in the broad embrace of Jewell County, Kansas, a place where the sky seems to stretch further than anywhere else on earth. It lies 52.8 miles south of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 183°T), and is situated 18.8 miles east of Smith Center. The land here is a patient expanse of rolling prairie, a tapestry of grasses that whisper secrets to the wind, their golden heads bowing in unison under the immense, ever-changing canvas above. The horizon, an unbroken line, promises endless possibility, and the air itself carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the faintest memory of sun-baked earth and distant wildflowers. This is a landscape that demands a certain stillness, a quiet contemplation of the vastness that surrounds and defines it. The history of Esbon is as deeply rooted in the soil as the native grasses, a testament to the resilience and tenacity of those who first sought to tame this wild beauty. Founded by settlers drawn to the fertile plains, the town’s lifeblood has long been the land itself, with agriculture shaping its fortunes and its character. Wheat and corn fields, stretching to the edges of perception, still dominate the local economy, their yields a direct reflection of the capricious generosity of the Kansas weather. While the outward signs of bustling industry are few, a quiet industriousness hums beneath the surface, a steady, unpretentious dedication to the earth’s bounty. The occasional grain elevator, a stoic sentinel against the open sky, stands as a solitary monument to the generations who have worked this ground, each harvest a continuation of a long and enduring narrative.
Live animated radar for Esbon 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 | Esbon, Jewell County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.822234°N, 98.435892°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66941 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Esbon, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Esbon, 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 Esbon includes coordinates 39.822234°N, 98.435892°W, situated in Jewell County. ZIP code 66941. 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.
