Milton, Kansas Weather
Milton, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Milton, Sumner County.
Full aviation weather for Milton is published on the Argonia Municipal Airport (K2K8) page, 17 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 Milton 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 Milton: Wellington Municipal Airport (KEGT) 36 km · Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (KICT) 39 km · Caldwell Municipal Airport (K01K) 47 km · Riverside Airport (KK32) 48 km · McConnell Air Force Base (KIAB) 49 km
Conditions reported at K2K8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Milton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Milton.
About Milton, Kansas
Milton rests on a broad, fertile plain where the Kansas wind sweeps unimpeded, carrying the scent of freshly turned earth and distant hay. It lies 28.7 miles west-south-west of Derby, KS (from Derby, KS: bearing 254°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west-north-west of Conway Springs. The landscape here is one of expansive horizons, a gentle swell of prairie meeting a sky that seems to stretch forever, often painted in hues of pale gold and bruised lavender as the sun dips low. Fields of ripening wheat, shimmering like a sea of spun gold, stretch out towards a distant, hazy line of cottonwood trees that mark the course of a shy, infrequent creek. The air, especially in the late afternoon, hums with the quiet industry of unseen insects and the murmur of a land content in its own vastness, a subtle stillness that settles deep into the bones. The history of Milton is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its agricultural roots, a legacy tied to the rich, dark soil that has sustained generations of Kansans. This is a place where the local economy has long been shaped by the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as stoic sentinels against the sky, testament to the ceaseless cycle of planting and harvest. While the broader currents of national history have certainly flowed through this corner of Sumner County, the heart of Milton beats with a more intimate rhythm, a quiet pride in the resilience and resourcefulness of its people, who have always understood the profound connection between the earth beneath their feet and the lives they build upon it.
Live animated radar for Milton 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 | Milton, Sumner County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.431686°N, 97.771441°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67106 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Milton, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Milton, 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 Milton includes coordinates 37.431686°N, 97.771441°W, situated in Sumner County. ZIP code 67106. 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.
