Pomona, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pomona, Franklin County.
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Pomona rests in a broad, gentle basin, where the land, a rich, dark loam, slopes with a languid grace towards the meandering Marais des Cygnes River. It lies 27.7 miles south-south-west of Lawrence, KS (from Lawrence, KS: bearing 205°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west of Ottawa. The sky here is a vast, almost audacious canvas, stretching from horizon to horizon, often painted with clouds that drift like slow galleons. Oak and hickory trees, their branches gnarled and spreading, punctuate the fields of alfalfa and corn, their leaves rustling with a sound like whispered secrets on the breeze. In the quietude of late afternoon, the sun spills a molten gold across the cultivated plains, and the air hangs thick with the scent of drying grass and the faint, sweet perfume of wild phlox blooming along the roadside ditches. This is a place where the past is not so much buried as it is a familiar presence, woven into the very grain of Pomona. The land was settled by folk seeking fertile ground, and for generations, agriculture has been the steady pulse of its economy, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the seasons of life. The Marais des Cygnes, a waterway that has witnessed the passage of countless lives and stories, still offers its quiet counsel, its waters reflecting the same sky that greeted the first homesteaders. While modernity has touched Pomona, it has done so with a gentle hand, preserving a sense of continuity; the grain elevator, a sentinel against the prairie sky, still stands as a testament to the enduring spirit of this agricultural heartland.
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| Location | Pomona, Franklin County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.608344°N, 95.451646°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66076 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pomona, 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 Pomona includes coordinates 38.608344°N, 95.451646°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 66076. 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.