Lone Elm, Kansas Weather
Lone Elm, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lone Elm, Marshall County.
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About Lone Elm, Kansas
Lone Elm lies like a quiet sigh on the Kansas prairie, where the land itself seems to breathe with a slow, patient rhythm. It lies 53.7 miles north of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 355°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north of Marysville. The horizon here is a vast, unbroken canvas, painted with the subtle hues of ripening wheat and the deep, bruised purples of approaching twilight. Rolling fields, delineated by the faint, dark lines of fencerows, stretch to meet the immense sky, a dome that shifts from pale cerulean to fiery orange as the day yields to night. The air carries the dry, sweet scent of sun-baked earth and the distant, almost mournful lowing of cattle, a sound that seems to be absorbed by the boundless expanse. Even the lone elm, for which the place is named, stands not as a sentinel, but as a quiet observer, its branches etched against the immensity, a solitary testament to enduring presence. The story of Lone Elm is written in the very soil that sustains it, a history rooted in the westward expansion and the enduring spirit of those who sought a life on the fertile plains. For generations, the local economy has been intrinsically tied to the land, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its existence, the golden waves of grain a constant reminder of the bounty and the toil. This is a place where the past is not a relic, but a palpable presence, whispering through the clapboard houses and the sturdy, unpretentious buildings that line the main thoroughfare. The pace of life in Lone Elm is dictated by the seasons and the steady hum of tractors, a rhythm that fosters a deep sense of community, where neighbors know each other by name and the shared experience of the prairie binds them together.
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| Location | Lone Elm, Marshall County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.958336°N, 96.655855°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66518, 66039 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | July 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, 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 Lone Elm includes coordinates 39.958336°N, 96.655855°W, situated in Marshall 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. 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.
