Louisville, Kansas Weather
Louisville, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Louisville, Pottawatomie County.
Full aviation weather for Louisville is published on the Wamego Municipal Airport (K69K) page, 8 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. 4 airfields within reach of Louisville 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 Louisville: Manhattan Regional Airport (KMHK) 33 km · Marshall Army Air Field (KFRI) 44 km · Freeman Field (K3JC) 51 km
Conditions reported at K69K describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Louisville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Louisville.
About Louisville, Kansas
Louisville rests in the gentle embrace of Kansas's Flint Hills, a place where the land rolls with a quiet dignity. It lies 14.5 miles east-north-east of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 71°T), and is situated 3.4 miles north of Wamego. The sky here feels vast, an expansive canvas that shifts from the pale blue of morning to the fiery oranges and purples of dusk, casting long shadows across the fields of wheat and corn that define the horizon. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry, earthy scent of summer soil, mingled with the fainter, sweeter perfume of wildflowers that dot the roadside ditches. Streets are wide, lined with modest homes and older businesses, their facades bearing the patina of years, suggesting a settled, unhurried existence. The local post office, a sturdy brick building, stands as a quiet anchor, a place where the day's news is exchanged alongside the mail, a small but significant hub in the life of Louisville. The history of Louisville is tied to the rich agricultural heritage of Pottawatomie County, a legacy still very much alive in the surrounding landscape. For generations, these fertile lands have yielded crops, with farming forming the backbone of the local economy. While the days of booming industries may have passed, a resilient spirit endures, seen in the independent businesses that continue to serve the community and the families who have called Louisville home for decades. The town’s character is one of quiet persistence, a reflection of the land itself and the people who have worked it. There's a sense of continuity here, a feeling that the present is built upon the steady foundation of the past, each weathered barn and well-tended garden telling its own silent story.
Live animated radar for Louisville 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 | Louisville, Pottawatomie County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.250274°N, 96.31472°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66547 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Louisville, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Louisville, 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 Louisville includes coordinates 39.250274°N, 96.314720°W, situated in Pottawatomie County. ZIP code 66547. 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.
