Horton, Kansas Weather
Horton, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Horton, Brown County.
Full aviation weather for Horton is published on the Horton Municipal Airport (K91) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Horton 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 Horton: Hiawatha Municipal Airport (K87) 24 km · Sabetha Municipal Airport (K83) 35 km · Brenner Field (KFNB) 47 km · Rosecrans Memorial Airport (KSTJ) 54 km
Conditions reported at K91 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Horton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Horton.
About Horton, Kansas
Horton rests upon a broad, gently rolling canvas of northeastern Kansas, where the sky feels vast and the land stretches out in generous, sun-drenched sweeps. It lies 36.9 miles west-south-west of St. Joseph, MO (from St. Joseph, MO: bearing 259°T), and is situated 17.5 miles north-east of Holton. Fields of grain, golden or emerald depending on the season, ripple like a living sea under the wide prairie sky, punctuated by the dark, sturdy silhouettes of scattered farmsteads and the distant, hazy shimmer of heat rising from the pavement. The air here carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and ripening corn, a fragrance that deepens as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western horizon in hues of rose and lavender. The character of Horton is etched in this open expanse, a quiet resilience born from a landscape that demands both hard work and a deep appreciation for the subtle beauty of the changing seasons. This corner of Brown County has long been shaped by the iron horse and the fertile earth, its early prosperity tied to the railroad lines that converged here, a hub for agriculture and commerce in its heyday. Though the clang of steam engines has largely faded, a legacy of connection and trade persists, evident in the steady flow of trucks carrying grain and the quiet hum of local businesses. The economy, though modest, is rooted in the bounty of the surrounding farmland, a testament to generations who understood the rhythm of planting and harvest. While no grand monuments dominate the skyline, the enduring spirit of Horton is found in the solid, unpretentious buildings that line its main street, and in the weathered barns standing sentinel over fields that have nourished this land for over a century, each one whispering stories of resilience and continuity.
Live animated radar for Horton 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Horton, Brown County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.660557°N, 95.526369°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66439 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Horton, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horton, 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 Horton includes coordinates 39.660557°N, 95.526369°W, situated in Brown County. ZIP code 66439. 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. 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.
