Lorraine, Kansas Weather
Lorraine, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lorraine, Ellsworth County.
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About Lorraine, Kansas
Lorraine is a quiet testament to the Kansas prairie, where the land stretches out in a vast, unbroken expanse under a sky that seems impossibly large. It lies 40.9 miles north-north-west of Hutchinson, KS (from Hutchinson, KS: bearing 329°T), and is situated 16.7 miles north-north-west of Lyons. The terrain here is gently rolling, a landscape sculpted by wind and rain into subtle dips and rises that cradle scattered farmsteads and fields of wheat that shimmer like liquid gold under the sun. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the dust of cultivation and the faint perfume of wild grasses. Even the scattered trees, often cottonwoods or cedars standing sentinel near homesteads, seem to lean into the prevailing wind, their branches reaching out like patient hands toward the horizon. The history of Lorraine is written in the hardy spirit of those who first broke this sod, their lives interwoven with the cycles of agriculture that still define the local economy. Generations have worked the soil, raising crops and livestock, their resilience a quiet echo of the land itself. While large-scale industry is absent, the lifeblood of Lorraine flows through its agricultural roots, the land yielding its bounty through the hard work of its inhabitants. The very character of the place is one of understated perseverance, a community where life unfolds at a pace dictated by the seasons and the steady, dependable rhythm of the prairie.
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| Location | Lorraine, Ellsworth County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.568899°N, 98.316729°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67459 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lorraine, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lorraine, 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 Lorraine includes coordinates 38.568899°N, 98.316729°W, situated in Ellsworth County. ZIP code 67459. 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. 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.
