Ford, Kansas Weather
Ford, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ford, Ford County.
Full aviation weather for Ford is published on the Dodge City Regional Airport (KDDC) page, 23 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 Ford 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 Ford: Jetmore Municipal Airport (KK79) 41 km · Harold Krier Field (K58) 52 km · Comanche County Airport (K3K8) 59 km
Conditions reported at KDDC describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ford.
About Ford, Kansas
Ford rests in a wide expanse of Kansas prairie, where the horizon seems to stretch into an infinite, pale blue canvas. It lies 16.5 miles east-south-east of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 119°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-west of Bucklin. The land here is a study in subtle gradients, a vast, rolling plain that catches the sun in broad, golden washes, especially in the late afternoon when the shadows lengthen, painting the fields in hues of amber and rose. The air carries a dry, clean scent, hinting at the sun-baked earth and the hardy grasses that define the region. Scattered farmsteads, small clusters of buildings against the immensity, punctuate the landscape, their silos like stoic sentinels against the ceaseless wind. The quietude is profound, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the mournful cry of a hawk circling overhead. Ford's character is deeply intertwined with the agricultural heart of western Kansas, a place where the bounty of the earth has shaped its history and economy. For generations, wheat has been king, its golden stalks a familiar sight across the fields, forming the backbone of local livelihoods and feeding far beyond these borders. The town itself, though modest, carries the resilience of a community built on hard work and an intimate understanding of the land's cycles. Its story is one of perseverance, of adapting to the challenges of weather and market, and of a deep-seated connection to the soil that has sustained it. The simple, honest architecture of its buildings reflects this practicality, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of Ford.
Live animated radar for Ford 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 | Ford, Ford County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.636132°N, 99.754016°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67842 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ford, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ford, 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 Ford includes coordinates 37.636132°N, 99.754016°W, situated in Ford County. ZIP code 67842. 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.
