Leoti, Kansas Weather
Leoti, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Leoti, Wichita County.
Full aviation weather for Leoti is published on the Scott City Municipal Airport (KTQK) page, 41 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KTQK describe the airfield itself. Weather 41 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Leoti specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Leoti.
About Leoti, Kansas
Leoti sprawls under a vast Kansas sky, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath. It lies 43.9 miles north-west of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 323°T), and is situated 24.4 miles west of Scott City. The terrain is a study in subtle, sweeping horizons, a sea of tawny grasses that whisper secrets on the wind, broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwoods or the low-slung silhouettes of farmsteads. Here, the light possesses a particular clarity, especially in the late afternoon, when the sun, a molten coin, casts long, attenuated shadows that stretch across the flat expanse, imbuing the ordinary with an almost ethereal glow. The air, even on the warmest days, carries a dry, clean scent, a distillation of sun-baked earth and distant fields. The story of Leoti is etched into the very bones of this prairie landscape, a narrative woven from the hardy spirit of its settlers and the persistent bounty of the soil. Wheat fields, shimmering like gold in the summer heat, form the backbone of its economy, a testament to the enduring power of agriculture in this corner of Wichita County. For generations, this has been a place where livelihoods are tied to the predictable, yet often challenging, cycles of planting and harvest. The town itself, a compact arrangement of buildings, serves as the quiet nexus for these rural endeavors, its main street a measured artery where the pace of life unfolds with a deliberate, unhurried grace, a stark contrast to the frenetic energy of more populous centers.
Live animated radar for Leoti 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 | Leoti, Wichita County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.479741°N, 101.358771°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67861 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Leoti, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leoti, 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 Leoti includes coordinates 38.479741°N, 101.358771°W, situated in Wichita County. ZIP code 67861. 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.
