Lost Springs, Kansas Weather
Lost Springs, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lost Springs, Marion County.
Full aviation weather for Lost Springs is published on the Herington Regional Airport (KHRU) page, 20 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 Lost Springs 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 Lost Springs: Council Grove Municipal Airport (K63) 36 km · Cottonwood Falls Airport (K9K0) 43 km · Hiebert Airfield (K17Q) 52 km · Freeman Field (K3JC) 54 km · Marshall Army Air Field (KFRI) 57 km
Conditions reported at KHRU describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lost Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lost Springs.
About Lost Springs, Kansas
Lost Springs unfolds across a landscape shaped by the gentle, rolling prairie, where the horizon seems to stretch into infinity under a vast, ever-changing sky. It lies 39.6 miles east-south-east of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 118°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south of Herington. The land here is a study in subtle hues: the deep, fertile browns of cultivated fields giving way to the muted greens and golds of native grasses, punctuated by the stark, elegant silhouettes of wind-swept trees along the infrequent creek beds. In the hushed quiet of a summer evening, the air itself seems to hum with the low thrum of cicadas, a sound as old as the earth, and the light, when it catches the dust motes dancing in the breeze, takes on a soft, almost buttery glow. The very character of Lost Springs is etched in this openness, a place where one can feel the immense breadth of the sky and the quiet strength of the land beneath their feet. The history of Lost Springs is as unassuming as its name suggests, a quiet testament to the resilience of those who settled this part of Marion County. The local economy has long been tied to the bounty of the soil, with agriculture forming the backbone of life, cultivating wheat and corn under the same wide skies that have witnessed generations come and go. Though the original springs that gave Lost Springs its name may have faded into legend or been absorbed by the land, the spirit of resourceful independence remains. This is a place where the pace of life allows for neighborly conversations on front porches and the simple satisfaction of a day’s honest work, a distinct charm that resists the hurried currents of the modern world.
Live animated radar for Lost Springs 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 | Lost Springs, Marion County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.566122°N, 96.966404°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66859 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lost Springs, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lost Springs, 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 Lost Springs includes coordinates 38.566122°N, 96.966404°W, situated in Marion County. ZIP code 66859. 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.
