Princeton, Kansas Weather
Princeton, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Princeton, Franklin County.
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About Princeton, Kansas
Princeton sits in a gentle embrace of rolling prairie, where the sky stretches wide and seems to hold its breath over the cultivated fields. It lies 33.4 miles south of Lawrence, KS (from Lawrence, KS: bearing 184°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south of Ottawa. The land here, a rich loam the color of dried blood, breaks into shallow ravines where the trees cling close, their leaves whispering secrets to the wind that sweeps unimpeded across the open country. In the late afternoon, the sun, a molten orb, casts long, painterly shadows that bleed across the pastures, giving the quiet landscape a profound, almost tangible depth. The air itself carries the scent of damp earth and sun-baked grasses, a simple, honest perfume that speaks of seasons turning and the enduring pulse of rural life. Princeton’s story is tied to the soil and the railroad that once brought its lifeblood. Founded in the late 19th century, it grew from a collection of farmsteads and a general store, serving the agricultural heartland of Franklin County. The economy, then as now, was rooted in the bounty of the land, with wheat and cattle forming the backbone of its prosperity. Though the steam whistles have long since fallen silent, the legacy of those early days lingers in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of its buildings and the enduring spirit of its residents. The occasional grain elevator, a sentinel against the horizon, remains a quiet monument to a time when the rhythm of Princeton was dictated by the harvest and the distant clatter of the train.
Live animated radar for Princeton and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Princeton, Franklin County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.488904°N, 95.275252°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66078 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Princeton, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Princeton, 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 Princeton includes coordinates 38.488904°N, 95.275252°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 66078. 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.
