Keats, Kansas Weather
Keats, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Keats, Riley County.
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About Keats, Kansas
Keats rests in a landscape shaped by the patient hand of water and wind, where the Flint Hills begin their gentle rise. It lies 7.8 miles west-north-west of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 291°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north-east of Fort Riley. Rolling prairies, a sea of grasses that shift in hue from sun-bleached gold to deep, shadowed emerald, stretch towards horizons that promise endless sky. The air here, especially as evening approaches, carries the clean, earthy scent of mown hay and the faint, sweet perfume of wildflowers that speckle the verges of quiet country roads. A profound stillness often settles, broken only by the rustle of wind through the tall stalks or the distant, plaintive call of a meadowlark. This corner of Riley County, though small, holds echoes of a history deeply rooted in the land and its cultivation. The economy of Keats has long been tied to the fertile soil, with farms and ranches dotting the surrounding countryside, their livelihoods dictated by the seasons and the dependable, if sometimes severe, Kansas weather. While no grand monuments define its skyline, the enduring spirit of its people, their quiet resilience and connection to the agricultural heritage, form the true character of Keats. The rhythm of life here is measured by the turning of the earth, a steady, unhurried pulse that resonates with the very essence of the prairie.
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| Location | Keats, Riley County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.223607°N, 96.708617°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66503 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Keats, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Keats, 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 Keats includes coordinates 39.223607°N, 96.708617°W, situated in Riley County. ZIP code 66503. 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.
