Herkimer, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Herkimer, Marshall County.
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Herkimer, Kansas, unfolds across a gentle swell of the Kansas prairie, where the sky presses down with an immense, quiet authority. It lies 49.4 miles north of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 351°T), and is situated 4.8 miles north-west of Marysville. The landscape here is a study in subtle gradients, a vast, sun-drenched canvas etched with the patient work of wind and water. Fields of wheat, their stalks a shimmering gold in the late afternoon light, stretch to horizons that blur into the hazy blue. Farmsteads, stoic sentinels against the expanse, punctuate the scene with their weathered silos and red-roofed barns, each a small testament to human persistence against the immensity of the land. The air, when it carries the scent of freshly turned earth or the distant perfume of blooming wildflowers, feels clean and boundless, an invitation to breathe deeply. The history of Herkimer is one of hardy settlers drawn to this fertile, if sometimes unforgiving, soil. Early pioneers, their dreams as vast as the prairie itself, established a community that learned to thrive on the rhythm of the seasons and the bounty of the land. The local economy, still deeply rooted in agriculture, sees grain elevators stand as proud markers of its enduring connection to the earth. While grand monuments are absent, the stories are etched in the weathered wood of old buildings and the quiet conversations of its residents, a lineage of farmers and ranchers who understood the language of the wind and the rain. Herkimer carries a quiet dignity, a place where the past is not a relic but a living presence, felt in the very texture of the ground beneath one’s feet.
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| Location | Herkimer, Marshall County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.891114°N, 96.711133°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66508 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Herkimer, 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 Herkimer includes coordinates 39.891114°N, 96.711133°W, situated in Marshall County. ZIP code 66508. 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. 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.