Kipp, Kansas Weather
Kipp, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kipp, Saline County.
Full aviation weather for Kipp is published on the Salina Municipal Airport (KSLN) page, 17 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 Kipp 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 Kipp: Minneapolis City County Airport (K45K) 42 km · Mc Pherson Airport (KMPR) 52 km · Herington Regional Airport (KHRU) 57 km
Conditions reported at KSLN describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kipp specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kipp.
About Kipp, Kansas
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.
Live animated radar for Kipp 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 | 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 | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kipp, Kansas Weather Page
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, 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 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. 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.
