Natoma, Kansas Weather
Natoma, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Natoma, Osborne County.
Full aviation weather for Natoma is published on the Rooks County Regional Airport (KRCP) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Natoma 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 Natoma: Russell Municipal Airport (KRSL) 40 km · Osborne Municipal Airport (K75) 40 km · Hays Regional Airport (KHYS) 44 km
Conditions reported at KRCP describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Natoma specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Natoma.
About Natoma, Kansas
Natoma lies spread beneath a vast Kansas sky, a quiet settlement where the land rolls in gentle swells towards the horizon. It lies 79.8 miles west-north-west of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 288°T), and is situated 14.7 miles east-south-east of Plainville. The air here carries the scent of sun-baked earth and ripening grain, a dry, clean fragrance that permeates everything. Fields of amber wheat, rippling like a golden sea under the breeze, stretch to meet the pale blue expanse, broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant green against the muted tones of the prairie. The roads, ribbons of pale gravel, wind between these agricultural carpets, leading the eye towards distant farmsteads whose white silos gleam like beacons in the afternoon sun. The character of Natoma is one of quiet endurance, a patient unfolding under the unyielding, yet often beautiful, dominion of the elements. The history of Natoma is a story of the land, its founding inextricably linked to the expansion of agriculture and the promise of fertile ground. Early settlers, drawn by the allure of homesteading, established roots here, their lives shaped by the seasons and the demanding, yet rewarding, work of cultivation. The local economy remains deeply tethered to the bounty of the fields, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels of the harvest, processing the wheat and corn that define the region's productivity. While the grand pronouncements of history may not echo loudly in its quiet streets, there's a distinct character to Natoma, a sense of continuity that whispers from the weathered fences and the stoic simplicity of its architecture, a place where the rhythm of the day is set by the sun’s arc and the turning of the earth.
Live animated radar for Natoma 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Natoma, Osborne County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.190844°N, 99.028701°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67651 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Natoma, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Natoma, 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 Natoma includes coordinates 39.190844°N, 99.028701°W, situated in Osborne County. ZIP code 67651. 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.
