Goodland, Kansas Weather
Goodland, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Goodland, Sherman County.
Full aviation weather for Goodland is published on the Goodland Municipal Airport (KGLD) page, 2 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 Goodland 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 Goodland: Cheyenne County Municipal Airport (KSYF) 46 km · Kit Carson County Airport (KITR) 51 km · Shalz Field (KCBK) 58 km
Conditions reported at KGLD describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Goodland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Goodland.
About Goodland, Kansas
Goodland, Kansas, unfolds across the vast, undulating prairie under a sky that seems impossibly wide. It lies 105.5 miles north-north-west of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 335°T), and is situated 29.5 miles south of St. Francis. The land here is a study in subtle gradients, a gentle swell and fall of earth that stretches to horizons marked only by the occasional windbreak of cottonwoods or the distant glint of farm machinery. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a blend of sun-baked soil and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening wheat, a fragrance that deepens as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western sky in hues of apricot and rose. Buildings, often low-slung and practical, seem to hunker down against the immensity, their colors muted against the golden fields. The roots of Goodland run deep into the rich soil, a testament to the agricultural spirit that has sustained this place for generations. Wheat fields, gold as ancient coins, dominate the economic landscape, their bounty a promise carried on the prairie winds. The town's history is woven into the very fabric of these fields, a story of pioneers who coaxed sustenance from this challenging, yet generous, earth. It is a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, where the quiet hum of tractors is a more common sound than the roar of traffic, and where the handshake of a neighbor still holds a weight of trust.
Live animated radar for Goodland 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 | Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.350833°N, 101.710172°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67735 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Goodland, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Goodland, 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 Goodland includes coordinates 39.350833°N, 101.710172°W, situated in Sherman County. ZIP code 67735. Telephone area code: 785. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
