Lone Elm, Kansas Weather
Lone Elm, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lone Elm, Anderson County.
Full aviation weather for Lone Elm is published on the Garnett Municipal Airport (KK68) page, 22 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 Lone Elm 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 Lone Elm: Allen County Airport (KK88) 26 km · Coffey County Airport (KUKL) 49 km · Chanute Martin Johnson Airport (KCNU) 50 km · Yates Center Municipal Airport (K3JA) 51 km · Ottawa Municipal Airport (KOWI) 51 km
Conditions reported at KK68 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lone Elm specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lone Elm.
About Lone Elm, Kansas
Lone Elm, Kansas, unfolds across a landscape shaped by the prairie’s wide embrace, where the land rolls with a subtle, patient grace. It lies 59.9 miles south-south-west of Olathe, KS (from Olathe, KS: bearing 203°T), and is situated 13.7 miles north-east of Iola. Here, the sky feels vast, a canvas for clouds that drift like forgotten thoughts across the horizon, and the air carries the scent of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wild grasses. The terrain itself, a gentle swell and dip, speaks of ancient forces that smoothed the land long before human memory, creating a quiet beauty that hums beneath the surface of everyday life. Even the light seems to possess a unique quality, particularly as the day wanes, bathing the fields in a warm, honeyed glow that softens every edge. The story of Lone Elm is one of resilience and adaptation, a testament to the pioneers who recognized the fertile promise held within these Kansas plains. Historically, this region has been deeply tied to the land, its economy built on the steady rhythm of agriculture, with fields of golden wheat and verdant corn stretching as far as the eye can see, their growth a direct answer to the sun and rain. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of the farming communities that have sustained Lone Elm for generations is its most significant landmark. The quiet hum of tractors in the distance and the friendly waves exchanged between passing cars are the pulse of a place where life moves at a pace dictated by the seasons, a distinct characteristic that defines Lone Elm.
Live animated radar for Lone Elm 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 | Lone Elm, Anderson County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.080029°N, 95.24331°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66518, 66039 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lone Elm, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lone Elm, 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 Lone Elm includes coordinates 38.080029°N, 95.243310°W, situated in Anderson County. ZIP code 66518, 66039. 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.
