Pratt, Kansas Weather
Pratt, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pratt, Pratt County.
Full aviation weather for Pratt is published on the Pratt Regional Airport (KPTT) page, 6 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. 3 airfields within reach of Pratt 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 Pratt: Medicine Lodge Airport (KK51) 45 km · Kingman Airport Clyde Cessna Field (K9K8) 54 km
Conditions reported at KPTT describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pratt specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pratt.
About Pratt, Kansas
Pratt, Kansas, unfolds under a vast, cerulean dome, where the land stretches in an unbroken expanse of wheat fields, rippling like a golden sea under the prairie winds. It lies 52.7 miles west-south-west of Hutchinson, KS (from Hutchinson, KS: bearing 237°T), and is situated 26.5 miles north-north-west of Medicine Lodge. The horizon, a clean, sharp line, promises an endless sky, and the air itself carries a dry, sun-baked scent, punctuated by the occasional sweetness of alfalfa blooming in distant pastures. Here, the terrain is a subtle tapestry of gentle swells and shallow draws, a landscape that feels both ancient and eternally reborn with each sunrise. The town's edges blur into this immensity, a scattering of sturdy buildings that seem to have grown organically from the earth, their rooftops catching the light in a way that suggests resilience. This is a place where the past whispers in the rustle of corn stalks and the slow, deliberate pace of life. Pratt's story is etched into the very soil, a testament to the hardiness of those who first broke the prairie sod, driven by the promise of fertile land and a chance to build a future. Its economy, once deeply rooted in agriculture, now also thrives on a diversified base that includes manufacturing and service industries, a quiet evolution that mirrors the shifting winds of the plains. The nearby Ninnescah River, though not a dramatic waterway, offers a verdant ribbon through the landscape, providing a vital source of life and a gentle counterpoint to the open plains, its banks often graced by the silent flight of egrets.
Live animated radar for Pratt 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 | Pratt, Pratt County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.643907°N, 98.737591°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67124 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pratt, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pratt, 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 Pratt includes coordinates 37.643907°N, 98.737591°W, situated in Pratt County. ZIP code 67124. 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.
