Radium, Kansas Weather
Radium, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Radium, Stafford County.
Full aviation weather for Radium is published on the Larned Pawnee County Airport (KLQR) page, 17 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 Radium 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 Radium: Great Bend Municipal Airport (KGBD) 19 km · Rush County Airport (K94) 54 km · Pratt Regional Airport (KPTT) 54 km
Conditions reported at KLQR describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Radium specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Radium.
About Radium, Kansas
Radium rests in a quiet corner of Stafford County, Kansas, where the land unfurls in wide, generous plains under an immense sky. It lies 53.0 miles west of Hutchinson, KS (from Hutchinson, KS: bearing 279°T), and is situated 14.9 miles south-south-west of Great Bend. The horizon here is a clean, unbroken line, a subtle curve that speaks of vastness rather than flatness, punctuated only by the occasional stand of cottonwoods or a distant grain elevator, a stoic sentinel against the endless blue. The soil, a rich, dark loam, holds the memory of ancient seas and breathes a faint, earthy scent, especially after a sun-shower, when the air itself seems to shimmer with a cool, clean light. Fields of wheat, a golden sea in summer, stretch to the edges of perception, their stalks whispering secrets to the passing breeze, a gentle undulation that is the very pulse of this place. This is a landscape shaped by agriculture, where the rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pulse of life, and the local economy is deeply rooted in the bounty of the earth. For generations, families have worked this land, their stories intertwined with the cycles of the seasons and the enduring spirit of resilience. Radium, though small, carries the quiet pride of a community that understands the value of hard work and neighborly connection, a place where the legacy of pioneers and the steady hum of tractors form the soundtrack to everyday existence. The grain elevators, reaching toward the heavens, are not just storage facilities but monuments to the labor that sustains this fertile ground, their silos a familiar, comforting silhouette against the twilight sky.
Live animated radar for Radium 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 | Radium, Stafford County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.17418°N, 98.893426°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67550 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Radium, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Radium, 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 Radium includes coordinates 38.174180°N, 98.893426°W, situated in Stafford County. ZIP code 67550. 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.
