Menlo, Kansas Weather
Menlo, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Menlo, Thomas County.
Full aviation weather for Menlo is published on the Oakley Municipal Airport (KOEL) page, 29 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. 3 airfields within reach of Menlo 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 Menlo: Shalz Field (KCBK) 29 km · Oberlin Municipal Airport (KOIN) 55 km
Conditions reported at KOEL describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Menlo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Menlo.
About Menlo, Kansas
Menlo, Kansas, unfolds across a broad, sun-drenched expanse where the prairie’s gentle swells meet the immense Kansas sky. It lies 96.1 miles north of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 5°T), and is situated 17.8 miles east of Colby. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a vast canvas painted in shades of wheat-gold and prairie grass green, stretching to horizons that promise an endless, unblemished blue. Distant farmsteads, mere smudges against the immensity, punctuate the landscape, their silos like solitary sentinels. In the late afternoon, the light softens, casting long, languid shadows that deepen the earth's rich ochre tones and lend an almost ethereal glow to the hardy, wind-bent grasses that define Menlo's character. The lifeblood of Menlo has long been tied to the fertile soil, an agricultural heartland where wheat and sorghum are king. Decades ago, the arrival of the railroad, a ribbon of steel that cut across the open plains, brought settlers and sustenance, fostering a spirit of self-reliance and quiet resilience. Though the tracks may carry fewer trains now, their ghost still whispers of the journeys and the dreams that shaped this corner of Thomas County. The local economy, still anchored by farming and ranching, hums with a steady, unhurried cadence, a testament to generations who have coaxed prosperity from this seemingly stark, yet profoundly generous, land.
Live animated radar for Menlo 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 | Menlo, Thomas County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.35695°N, 100.722647°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67753 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Menlo, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Menlo, 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 Menlo includes coordinates 39.356950°N, 100.722647°W, situated in Thomas County. ZIP code 67753. 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. 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.
