La Cygne, Kansas Weather
La Cygne, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for La Cygne, Linn County.
Full aviation weather for La Cygne is published on the Miami County Airport (KK81) page, 25 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. 6 airfields within reach of La Cygne 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 La Cygne: Butler Memorial Airport (KBUM) 37 km · Garnett Municipal Airport (KK68) 40 km · Lawrence Smith Memorial Airport (KLRY) 46 km · Ottawa Municipal Airport (KOWI) 48 km · Gardner Municipal Airport (K34) 54 km
Conditions reported at KK81 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at La Cygne specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for La Cygne.
About La Cygne, Kansas
La Cygne unfolds across a landscape of rolling prairie, where the sky seems to press down with an immense, benevolent weight. It lies 34.2 miles south-south-west of Belton, MO (from Belton, MO: bearing 201°T), and is situated 3.4 miles south-west of Linn Valley. The land here is a study in subtle greens and golds, punctuated by the deeper hues of scattered woodlands that hug the gentle slopes. Creeks, slender silver threads in the summer sun, wind their way through fields of ripening corn and soybeans, their banks softened by wild grasses and the occasional sentinel of a cottonwood tree. The air itself carries a particular clarity, especially in the late afternoon, when the light softens, casting long, languid shadows that stretch across the fields like spilled ink. There's a quiet persistence to this place, a sense of being deeply rooted in the earth, where the very soil seems to exhale a slow, steady breath. The history of La Cygne is inextricably linked to the rich mineral veins that lie beneath its surface. Coal mining once hummed with a vigorous, grimy energy, shaping the lives and livelihoods of generations who toiled in the earth's dark embrace. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, the echoes of that industrial past remain, a quiet testament to the town's resilience. Today, the local economy is more attuned to the rhythms of agriculture, the vast expanses of farmland supporting a steady, dependable harvest. The Marais des Cygnes River, a namesake of the town and a vital artery of the region, offers a different kind of beauty, its waters reflecting the ever-changing canvas of the prairie sky, a constant, murmuring presence in the life of La Cygne.
Live animated radar for La Cygne 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 | La Cygne, Linn County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.350021°N, 94.761348°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66040 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This La Cygne, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Cygne, 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 La Cygne includes coordinates 38.350021°N, 94.761348°W, situated in Linn County. ZIP code 66040. 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.
