Gaylord, Kansas Weather
Gaylord, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gaylord, Smith County.
Full aviation weather for Gaylord is published on the Smith Center Municipal Airport (KK82) page, 14 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 Gaylord 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 Gaylord: Osborne Municipal Airport (K75) 28 km · Phillipsburg Municipal Airport (KPHG) 42 km · Rooks County Regional Airport (KRCP) 51 km · Red Cloud Municipal Airport (K7V7) 55 km · Mankato Airport (KTKO) 56 km
Conditions reported at KK82 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gaylord specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gaylord.
About Gaylord, Kansas
Gaylord unfolds across a landscape of subtle, rolling plains, where the earth itself seems to hold its breath under the vast Kansas sky. It lies 69.5 miles south-south-west of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 201°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-south-west of Smith Center. The cultivated fields, a patchwork of greens and golds depending on the season, stretch out towards horizons that blur into the pale blue. Farmsteads, modest and weathered, dot the terrain like stoic sentinels, their silos reaching skyward, silent witnesses to the ceaseless turning of the agricultural year. Evenings here often bring a particular quality of light, a soft, diffused glow that softens the edges of the world and imbues the air with a quiet, contemplative stillness, as if the very land is exhaling the day's labor. The story of Gaylord is one of hardy pioneers drawn to the fertile soil, establishing a community built on the back of agriculture, primarily wheat and corn, that still forms its economic backbone. Generations have worked this land, their lives intertwined with the predictable rhythms of planting and harvest, a testament to a persistent spirit. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring presence of the grain elevators, the quiet hum of machinery during harvest, and the friendly nods exchanged on the infrequent paved roads speak of a place that has weathered economic shifts and demographic changes with a quiet, unyielding resilience. The local schoolhouse, a modest building, stands as a symbol of enduring community values, a place where the future of Gaylord is still being nurtured.
Live animated radar for Gaylord 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 | Gaylord, Smith County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.6439°N, 98.847578°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67638 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gaylord, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gaylord, 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 Gaylord includes coordinates 39.643900°N, 98.847578°W, situated in Smith County. ZIP code 67638. 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.
