Mound City, Kansas Weather
Mound City, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mound City, Linn County.
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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.
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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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
