Kiowa, Kansas Weather
Kiowa, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kiowa, Barber County.
Full aviation weather for Kiowa is published on the Medicine Lodge Airport (KK51) page, 28 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 Kiowa 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 Kiowa: Alva Regional Airport (KAVK) 32 km · Anthony Municipal Airport (KANY) 39 km · Kegelman AF Aux Field (KCKA) 45 km · Harper Municipal Airport (K8K2) 49 km
Conditions reported at KK51 describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kiowa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kiowa.
About Kiowa, Kansas
Kiowa rests on the broad, unfurling canvas of the Kansas prairie, where the sky seems to hold its breath. It lies 54.5 miles north-west of Enid, OK (from Enid, OK: bearing 322°T), and is situated 17.8 miles north-east of Alva. The land here is a study in subtle contours, rolling gently under an immense, ever-changing dome of blue, interrupted only by the straight, determined lines of agricultural fields and the occasional cluster of trees marking a homestead or a windbreak. In the quiet mornings, before the sun fully asserts its dominion, a pale, pearly light spills across the stubble of harvested wheat, lending a hushed reverence to the vastness, and the air itself carries a clean, dry scent of earth and distant, sun-baked grasses. The character of Kiowa is etched in this openness, a quiet resilience born of long horizons and the steady work of cultivating the soil. The history of Kiowa is a story of grit and perseverance, deeply entwined with the agricultural heart of Barber County. Settled by those drawn to the fertile plains, its economy has long been anchored in the bounty of the land, with wheat and cattle forming the backbone of its livelihood, their cycles dictating the rhythm of life. Though modest in scale, Kiowa has witnessed generations of families tending the same fields, their stories a quiet undercurrent to the present day, where the local diner still serves as a hub of conversation and the grain elevator stands as a silent sentinel against the western sky. There's a distinctive stillness to Kiowa, a sense of rootedness that speaks of enduring connection to the prairie and the enduring spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for Kiowa 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 | Kiowa, Barber County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.017249°N, 98.485354°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67070 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kiowa, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kiowa, 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 Kiowa includes coordinates 37.017249°N, 98.485354°W, situated in Barber County. ZIP code 67070. 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.
