Grenola, Kansas Weather
Grenola, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Grenola, Elk County.
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About Grenola, Kansas
Grenola rests in a wide, shallow valley where the Flint Hills begin to soften their rugged edges. It lies 46.9 miles east-south-east of Derby, KS (from Derby, KS: bearing 107°T), and is situated 16.9 miles east of Burden. The land here is a mosaic of gently rolling pastures, stitched with the darker green of tree lines that follow the intermittent creeks. In the late afternoon, the sun casts long, golden shadows across the fields, illuminating the tawny grasses and the occasional flash of a red-tailed hawk circling overhead. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and sun-warmed hay, a perfume unique to this stretch of prairie country. The sky above Grenola is an immense canvas, often painted with dramatic cloud formations that build and dissipate with a silent, ceaseless energy. The history of Grenola is tied to the hardy souls who first broke this prairie soil, establishing farms and ranches that still define the landscape. The local economy, then and now, draws its sustenance from the land – cattle grazing on the abundant bluestem, and fields yielding crops that thrive under the Kansas sun. A sense of quiet perseverance permeates the place, a legacy of generations who learned to read the weather and respect the earth’s cycles. Though the railroad that once spurred its growth has long since faded, Grenola retains a certain stoic charm, a community that has weathered changes with a steady, unpretentious grace, its character as enduring as the weathered barn wood on its older structures.
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| Location | Grenola, Elk County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.348643°N, 96.450564°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67346 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Grenola, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Grenola, Kansas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Grenola includes coordinates 37.348643°N, 96.450564°W, situated in Elk County. ZIP code 67346. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
