Rantoul, Kansas Weather
Rantoul, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rantoul, Franklin County.
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About Rantoul, Kansas
Rantoul sits like a quiet thought on the Kansas prairie, a place where the sky feels vast enough to hold all your worries and then some. It lies 27.5 miles south-south-west of Olathe, KS (from Olathe, KS: bearing 213°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-north-west of Osawatomie. The land here rolls gently, a soft, green quilt stitched with fields of ripening corn and soybeans, broken by the darker, richer hues of wooded draws where the creeks meander. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the scent of sun-baked earth and the sweet, clean fragrance of growing things, a perfume unique to this part of the country. Sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the open spaces and casting long, stretching shadows from the sturdy, low-slung farmhouses that dot the landscape. There’s a stillness here, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the call of a meadowlark, a peacefulness that seeps into your bones. The roots of Rantoul run deep into the agricultural heart of Franklin County, a legacy that still defines its character and its economy. Farming has always been the backbone, with generations of families working this fertile ground, nurturing the crops that feed the nation. While the whispers of history are subtle, they are present in the weathered barns and the sturdy grain elevators that stand as silent sentinels to days gone by. The local economy, like the land itself, is grounded in the practicalities of planting and harvest, a steady rhythm dictated by the seasons. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist traps in Rantoul; its distinction lies in its unpretentious authenticity, the quiet pride of a community that understands the value of hard work and the enduring beauty of the open prairie.
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| Location | Rantoul, Franklin County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.548625°N, 95.100247°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66079 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rantoul, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rantoul, 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 Rantoul includes coordinates 38.548625°N, 95.100247°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 66079. 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.
