Paradise, Kansas Weather
Paradise, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Paradise, Russell County.
Full aviation weather for Paradise is published on the Russell Municipal Airport (KRSL) page, 28 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 Paradise 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 Paradise: Osborne Municipal Airport (K75) 41 km · Rooks County Regional Airport (KRCP) 42 km · Hays Regional Airport (KHYS) 43 km
Conditions reported at KRSL describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Paradise specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Paradise.
About Paradise, Kansas
Paradise, Kansas, breathes the wide-open sky of the prairie, a gentle swell of land stretching towards horizons that seem to hold the very breath of the continent. It lies 72.7 miles west-north-west of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 285°T), and is situated 15.4 miles north-north-west of Russell. The earth here is a rich, dark loam, thirsty for the rain that can fall as suddenly as a summer storm, and the wind, a constant companion, combs through the tall grasses and whispers secrets across the vast, unadorned canvas of the plains. Sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, casts long, luminous shadows that stretch and contract with the passing hours, painting the landscape in hues of gold and amber, a quiet beauty that speaks of endurance. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wild grasses, a fragrance that settles deep in the lungs. The story of Paradise is etched not in grand monuments, but in the patient cultivation of the land, a testament to the resilience of those who first broke this soil. Agriculture has long been the lifeblood of this place, with wheat fields rippling like golden seas under the summer sun, a familiar sight that defines the local economy. The rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pulse of life in Paradise, a steady, dependable beat that has carried through generations. While not a bustling metropolis, Paradise offers a quiet sense of place, a community where lives are built on hard work and the shared understanding of the land's bounty, a quiet dignity found in the simple act of tending to one's own.
Live animated radar for Paradise 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 | Paradise, Russell County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.113622°N, 98.918419°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67658 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Paradise, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Paradise, 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 Paradise includes coordinates 39.113622°N, 98.918419°W, situated in Russell County. ZIP code 67658. 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.
