Olivet, Kansas Weather
Olivet, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Olivet, Osage County.
Full aviation weather for Olivet is published on the Osage City Municipal Airport (K53K) page, 18 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 Olivet 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 Olivet: Coffey County Airport (KUKL) 20 km · Pomona Lake Airport (K39K) 24 km · Emporia Municipal Airport (KEMP) 42 km · Ottawa Municipal Airport (KOWI) 44 km · Garnett Municipal Airport (KK68) 52 km
Conditions reported at K53K describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Olivet specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Olivet.
About Olivet, Kansas
Olivet sits at the confluence of gentle prairie swells, where the Kansas wind, a constant sculptor, sculpts the tall grasses into rippling seas of green and gold. It lies 39.4 miles south of Topeka, KS (from Topeka, KS: bearing 186°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-south-west of Lyndon. The sky above Olivet is a vast, ever-changing canvas, stretching from horizon to horizon with an intensity that can feel both humbling and exhilarating, especially as the sun dips low, painting the clouds in shades of bruised plum and fiery apricot. Here, the land itself seems to breathe, the soil a deep, rich loam that cradles the roots of tenacious wildflowers and the sturdy frames of weathered barns. The air carries the scent of turned earth after a rain, a clean, elemental perfume that speaks of cycles and resilience. The history of Olivet is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its people and the enduring rhythms of agriculture. This is land that has been worked for generations, its economy tied to the bountiful, and sometimes capricious, yields of wheat and corn. The local grain elevator, a silent sentinel against the expansive sky, stands as a testament to the enduring spirit of this farming community, a place where the pace of life is dictated by the seasons rather than the clock. While Olivet may not boast famous landmarks, its distinctiveness lies in the unvarnished authenticity of its rural existence, a place where the simple act of watching the dust devils dance across a sun-baked field can feel like an event in itself.
Live animated radar for Olivet 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 | Olivet, Osage County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.480569°N, 95.751654°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66856 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Olivet, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Olivet, 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 Olivet includes coordinates 38.480569°N, 95.751654°W, situated in Osage County. ZIP code 66856. 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.
