Hugoton, Kansas Weather
Hugoton, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Hugoton, Stevens County.
Full aviation weather for Hugoton is published on the Hugoton Municipal Airport (KHQG) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Hugoton 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 Hugoton: Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (KLBL) 38 km · Satanta Municipal Airport (K1K9) 45 km · Ulysses Airport (KULS) 48 km · Elkhart Morton County Airport (KEHA) 51 km · Guymon Municipal Airport (KGUY) 56 km
Conditions reported at KHQG describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hugoton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Hugoton, Kansas
Hugoton lies under a sky so vast it feels like a tangible presence, a dome of cerulean stretching from horizon to horizon over a landscape of subtle, sweeping contours. It lies 60.9 miles south-south-west of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 206°T), and is situated 16.0 miles east-north-east of Rolla. The earth here is a study in muted tones: ochre dust, pale straw, and the deep, rich brown of tilled soil, all softened by an almost perpetual haze that lends the distant wind turbines a spectral quality. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint, sweet perfume of prairie grasses and the distant promise of rain. Even the silence here possesses a character, a profound stillness punctuated only by the whisper of wind through sparse cottonwoods and the occasional, lonely cry of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Hugoton is deeply intertwined with the earth beneath its feet, a story etched in the discovery of the Hugoton Gas Field, one of the largest natural gas fields in North America. This immense subterranean reservoir has shaped the very rhythm of life in Hugoton, fueling its economy and drawing a steady stream of workers and their families to this corner of the prairie. The town’s character reflects this industrial backbone, a practical, no-nonsense spirit tempered by the resilience required to thrive in this wide-open country. Though the land offers little in the way of dramatic geological features, its quiet endurance, its vastness under the sun and stars, and the deep, unseen energy it holds, imbue Hugoton with a unique and understated grandeur.
Live animated radar for Hugoton 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 | Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.175302°N, 101.349602°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67951 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hugoton, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hugoton, 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 Hugoton includes coordinates 37.175302°N, 101.349602°W, situated in Stevens County. ZIP code 67951. 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. 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.
