Johnson City, Kansas Weather
Johnson City, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Johnson City, Stanton County.
Full aviation weather for Johnson City is published on the Stanton County Municipal Airport (KJHN) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Johnson City 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 Johnson City: Ulysses Airport (KULS) 33 km · Syracuse Hamilton County Municipal Airport (K3K3) 48 km · Hugoton Municipal Airport (KHQG) 56 km
Conditions reported at KJHN describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Johnson City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Johnson City.
About Johnson City, Kansas
Johnson City exhales a quiet resignation to the vastness that surrounds it, a few sturdy buildings hunkering low against the immense sweep of the Kansas sky. It lies 55.1 miles west-south-west of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 240°T), and is situated 0.3 miles east of Johnson. The land here is a study in subtle shifts, a pale canvas of prairie grass that rolls and dips with a patient, geologic grace, broken only by the occasional windbreak of cottonwoods or the stark geometry of a distant grain elevator. Dust motes dance in the afternoon sun, catching the light in tiny, ephemeral constellations, and the air itself carries a dry, clean scent of baked earth and ripening wheat, a perfume that clings to everything. The horizon is a clean, unbroken line, a constant reminder of the immense, unpeopled distances that define this place, and the silence here is not empty, but full, layered with the hum of insects and the whisper of wind through the dry stalks. This corner of Stanton County, though seemingly still, has a deep well of history, its foundations laid by the hardy souls who first tamed this wild expanse. The local economy, much like the land itself, is rooted in agriculture, with wheat and cattle forming the backbone of its enduring prosperity, their harvests dictated by the generous, and sometimes capricious, hand of the weather. Johnson City bears the quiet marks of its past, the weathered storefronts and the sturdy, unpretentious homes speaking of generations who have weathered droughts and celebrated bountiful years. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling promenades, but a profound sense of place, a quiet dignity that comes from living in harmony with the rhythms of the seasons and the enduring spirit of the plains.
Live animated radar for Johnson City 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 | Johnson City, Stanton County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.5703°N, 101.7447°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67855 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Johnson City, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Johnson City, 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 Johnson City includes coordinates 37.570300°N, 101.744700°W, situated in Stanton County. ZIP code 67855. 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.
