Prairie View, Kansas Weather
Prairie View, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Prairie View, Phillips County.
Full aviation weather for Prairie View is published on the Phillipsburg Municipal Airport (KPHG) page, 24 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 Prairie View 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 Prairie View: Norton Municipal Airport (KNRN) 28 km · Hill City Municipal Airport (KHLC) 55 km · Rooks County Regional Airport (KRCP) 59 km
Conditions reported at KPHG describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Prairie View specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Prairie View.
About Prairie View, Kansas
Prairie View unfurls across a broad expanse of Kansas land, a place where the sky seems to hold dominion over all it surveys. It lies 65.3 miles south-south-west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 204°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-south-east of Almena. The terrain here is not dramatic, but possesses a quiet strength; rolling hills, softened by generations of cultivation, give way to wide, open fields that stretch towards horizons often blurred by the heat haze of late summer. The air, particularly in the early morning or as evening descends, carries a clean, dry scent of sun-baked earth and ripening grain, a fragrance that clings to the skin and settles deep in the lungs. Here, the wind is a constant companion, whispering through the stalks of wheat and corn, a low murmur that is the land's own voice, a sound that has shaped the very character of Prairie View, imbuing it with a patient resilience. The history of Prairie View is written in the soil and the stoic faces of its people, a narrative of homesteaders who wrestled a living from this often unforgiving landscape. The local economy remains tethered to the land, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its existence, a cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the rhythm of life. Generations have worked these fields, their labor a silent testament to a deep connection with the earth. While not a place of grand monuments, the weathered barns and the sturdy, unpretentious homes of Prairie View speak volumes of the determination and resourcefulness that have defined this corner of Kansas, a place where the simple act of survival has always been an art form.
Live animated radar for Prairie View 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 | Prairie View, Phillips County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.832508°N, 99.572607°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67664 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Prairie View, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prairie View, 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 Prairie View includes coordinates 39.832508°N, 99.572607°W, situated in Phillips County. ZIP code 67664. 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.
