Frankfort, Kansas Weather
Frankfort, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Frankfort, Marshall County.
Full aviation weather for Frankfort is published on the Marysville Municipal Airport (KMYZ) page, 25 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 Frankfort 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 Frankfort: Washington County Memorial Airport (K38) 54 km · Wamego Municipal Airport (K69K) 58 km · Sabetha Municipal Airport (K83) 59 km
Conditions reported at KMYZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Frankfort specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Frankfort.
About Frankfort, Kansas
Frankfort rests on the high prairie, where the sky feels immense and the wind, a constant whisper, carries the scent of turned earth and distant rain. It lies 37.0 miles north-north-east of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 13°T), and is situated 15.4 miles south-east of Marysville. The land rolls gently, not with the dramatic swells of true hills, but with a patient, sweeping contour that hints at ancient waterways and the slow work of glaciers. Farmsteads, like scattered seeds, punctuate the green expanse, their silos standing as stoic sentinels against the horizon. The air here, especially in the late afternoon when the sun slants low, possesses a remarkable clarity, rendering the distant trees with sharp, defined edges. A quietude pervades, broken only by the murmur of traffic on the highway or the lowing of cattle from a nearby pasture, a sound that seems to blend seamlessly with the very texture of the landscape. The history of Frankfort is tied to the rich agricultural heartland of this region, a place built on the bounty of the soil and the grit of its early settlers. For generations, the local economy has been sustained by farming, with wheat and corn standing as the dominant crops, their golden stalks bowing in unison under the prairie breeze. This enduring connection to the land shapes the character of Frankfort, fostering a sense of resilience and a deep appreciation for the cycles of nature. While modernization has brought its conveniences, the fundamental rhythm of life here remains tied to the seasons, a steady beat that has echoed through the lives of its inhabitants for more than a century.
Live animated radar for Frankfort 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 | Frankfort, Marshall County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.705555°N, 96.416956°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66427 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Frankfort, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Frankfort, 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 Frankfort includes coordinates 39.705555°N, 96.416956°W, situated in Marshall County. ZIP code 66427. 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.
