Kipp, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kipp, Saline County.
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Kipp lies under the immense Kansas sky, a place where the land stretches out in broad, sweeping gestures. It lies 9.3 miles east-south-east of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 115°T), and is situated 15.9 miles south-west of Abilene. The terrain is a study in subtle contours, a vast, rolling prairie that seems to breathe with the wind. Tall grasses, golden and tawny, sway in a ceaseless dance, their movement a silent testament to the open expanse. In the distance, the horizon is a clean, sharp line, unbroken save for the occasional cluster of trees that mark a farmstead or a watercourse. The air here carries a clean, dry scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and distant, cultivated fields, and the sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, possesses a luminous quality, bathing the landscape in a warm, honeyed glow that softens the edges of the world. The history of Kipp is as deeply rooted as the prairie grasses that define its character. This stretch of Saline County was once the domain of the Kansa people, their presence echoed in the very names of the land. Settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and the vast, untamed beauty, arrived in waves, establishing farms and a small, resilient community. The local economy, in essence, is the heartbeat of the earth itself, primarily agricultural, with fields of wheat and corn stretching across the landscape like a patchwork quilt. Life here moves at a pace dictated by the seasons, a quiet diligence that finds its expression in the turning of the soil and the harvest. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the enduring spirit of Kipp is evident in the sturdy farmhouses and the steadfast nature of its inhabitants, a people who understand the profound generosity and quiet power of the land.
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| Location | Kipp, Saline County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.783891°N, 97.454475°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67401 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kipp, 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 Kipp includes coordinates 38.783891°N, 97.454475°W, situated in Saline County. ZIP code 67401. 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. 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.