Mound City, Kansas Weather
Mound City, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mound City, Linn County.
Full aviation weather for Mound City is published on the Garnett Municipal Airport (KK68) page, 38 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 Mound City 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 Mound City: Fort Scott Municipal Airport (KFSK) 38 km · Butler Memorial Airport (KBUM) 44 km · Miami County Airport (KK81) 45 km · Nevada Municipal Airport (KNVD) 55 km · Ottawa Municipal Airport (KOWI) 58 km
Conditions reported at KK68 describe the airfield itself. Weather 38 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mound City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mound City.
About Mound City, Kansas
Mound City rests in a landscape carved by wind and water, where rolling prairie gives way to the gentle slopes that define Linn County’s western edge. It lies 48.7 miles south-south-west of Belton, MO (from Belton, MO: bearing 198°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west-south-west of Pleasanton. The land here breathes with an openness that suggests vast horizons, the sky a constant, shifting canvas. Fields of grain, gold or green depending on the season, stretch out like rumpled blankets, broken only by the darker, richer lines of trees that follow the meandering courses of hidden creeks. The air, especially in the quiet hours of late afternoon, carries a scent of sun-baked earth and distant hay, a subtle perfume of the rural heartland. Even the shadows seem to possess a certain density, pooling in the hollows and along the edges of the weathered barns that dot the countryside. The history of Mound City is as deeply rooted as the prairie grasses, its economy tied to the fertile soil that has sustained generations of farmers. Originally platted in the mid-19th century, it grew slowly, a steady beacon for those who worked the land. The local economy, though modest, remains anchored in agriculture – cattle graze on pastureland, and crops are harvested with a diligence born of tradition. There are no grand monuments, no bustling universities, but a quiet dignity pervades the place. The few businesses that line the main street serve the needs of the residents, their doors opening to a steady, unhurried flow of daily life. It is a place where the past is not a distant echo but a living presence, felt in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet strength of the land itself.
Live animated radar for Mound City 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 | Mound City, Linn County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.142807°N, 94.813573°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66056 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mound City, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mound City, 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 Mound City includes coordinates 38.142807°N, 94.813573°W, situated in Linn County. ZIP code 66056. 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.
