Kelly, Kansas Weather
Kelly, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kelly, Nemaha County.
Full aviation weather for Kelly is published on the Sabetha Municipal Airport (K83) page, 27 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 Kelly 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 Kelly: Horton Municipal Airport (K91) 41 km · Hiawatha Municipal Airport (K87) 44 km · Brenner Field (KFNB) 52 km · Marysville Municipal Airport (KMYZ) 55 km
Conditions reported at K83 describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kelly specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kelly.
About Kelly, Kansas
Kelly exhales a quiet breath of prairie air, a place where the horizon stretches wide and the sky feels like an enormous, luminous dome. It lies 48.8 miles north-east of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 38°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-south-east of Seneca. The land around Kelly is a gently rolling canvas of agricultural bounty, fields of wheat and corn rippling in the breeze like a sea of green and gold. Here, the sun paints the landscape with an almost painterly hand, casting long shadows in the late afternoon and igniting the western sky with fiery oranges and soft purples as dusk descends. The air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, a blend of sun-baked soil and distant hayfields, a testament to the enduring connection between the people and the land. The story of Kelly is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of farming and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants. Settled by those who sought to tame this fertile earth, Kelly's economy has long been tied to the rhythm of the seasons and the yields of its fields. While the larger towns might boast bustling commerce, Kelly offers a different kind of richness, a deep-rooted agricultural heritage that continues to define its character. The small businesses that serve the community, from the local general store to the grain elevator standing sentinel against the sky, are more than just places of commerce; they are the quiet hubs where neighbors gather, sharing news and the simple, profound understanding of life on the Kansas plains.
Live animated radar for Kelly 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.
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| Location | Kelly, Nemaha County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.737775°N, 96.003331°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66538 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kelly, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kelly, 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 Kelly includes coordinates 39.737775°N, 96.003331°W, situated in Nemaha County. ZIP code 66538. 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.
