Herndon, Kansas Weather
Herndon, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Herndon, Rawlins County.
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About Herndon, Kansas
Herndon rests on a wide, sun-bleached expanse where the sky feels impossibly vast. It lies 105.1 miles west-south-west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 239°T), and is situated 15.0 miles west-north-west of Oberlin. The land here, a quilt of ochre and pale green, rolls out in gentle swells toward horizons that promise nothing but more of the same, an unbroken stretch of prairie. Dust devils sometimes ghost across the fields, ephemeral dancers in the heat, and the air, when it’s still, carries the dry, clean scent of cut grass and distant cattle. The few buildings of Herndon huddle together as if for warmth against the immense openness, their facades weathered by wind and sun, their windows reflecting the unblinking blue of the Kansas sky. The history of Herndon is written in the soil and the grain elevators that punctuate the landscape like silent sentinels. This is a place born of the plow and the railroad, a testament to the resilience of those who settled the Great Plains. Wheat has long been the lifeblood of Rawlins County, and Herndon, though small, plays its part in that enduring agricultural rhythm, its economy tied to the cycles of planting and harvest. The quiet hum of a combine in the distance, or the low rumble of a freight train passing through, are the hallmarks of its daily life, a steady pulse against the immense silence of the surrounding country.
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| Location | Herndon, Rawlins County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.909726°N, 100.785152°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67739 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Herndon, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Herndon, 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 Herndon includes coordinates 39.909726°N, 100.785152°W, situated in Rawlins County. ZIP code 67739. 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.
