Oketo, Kansas Weather
Oketo, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oketo, Marshall County.
Full aviation weather for Oketo is published on the Marysville Municipal Airport (KMYZ) page, 12 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 Oketo 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 Oketo: Beatrice Municipal Airport (KBIE) 40 km · Washington County Memorial Airport (K38) 46 km · Fairbury Municipal Airport (KFBY) 54 km
Conditions reported at KMYZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oketo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oketo.
About Oketo, Kansas
Oketo lies in a broad, sweeping landscape of Kansas prairie, where the land rolls with a quiet, persistent grace under an immense sky. It lies 53.9 miles north of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 358°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north-north-east of Marysville. The fields, stitched together in a patchwork of greens and golds depending on the season, stretch to horizons that seem to hold the very breath of the world. Here, the air often carries the faint, dry scent of sun-baked earth and ripening grain, a fragrance that clings to the senses long after you’ve left its open embrace. The character of Oketo is one of patient endurance, a quiet strength born from the wind and the sun, where the subtle shifts in light at dusk paint the land in hues of rose and lavender, lending a temporary, ethereal beauty to the stoic, enduring terrain. The history of Oketo is deeply intertwined with the agricultural heart of Marshall County, a legacy etched not in stone monuments but in the fertile soil that has sustained generations. This land was long home to Indigenous peoples before settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile ground, began to cultivate its expanse. The local economy, like so much of this region, has always been tethered to the bounty of the earth, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the cyclical rhythm of planting and harvest. While there are no grand universities or bustling industries that draw widespread fame, Oketo possesses a distinctive character, a quiet resilience that speaks of a community deeply connected to its roots and the enduring spirit of the prairie.
Live animated radar for Oketo 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 | Oketo, Marshall County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.963613°N, 96.599743°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66518 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oketo, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oketo, 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 Oketo includes coordinates 39.963613°N, 96.599743°W, situated in Marshall County. ZIP code 66518. 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.
