Ringo, Kansas Weather
Ringo, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ringo, Crawford County.
Full aviation weather for Ringo is published on the Atkinson Municipal Airport (KPTS) page, 7 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. 6 airfields within reach of Ringo 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 Ringo: Fort Scott Municipal Airport (KFSK) 32 km · Lamar Municipal Airport (KLLU) 40 km · Joplin Regional Airport (KJLN) 46 km · Oswego Municipal Airport (K67) 46 km · Nevada Municipal Airport (KNVD) 55 km
Conditions reported at KPTS describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ringo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ringo.
About Ringo, Kansas
Ringo sits on the gently rolling plains of southeastern Kansas, a place where the horizon stretches wide and the sky feels impossibly vast. It lies 32.4 miles north-north-west of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 335°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-north-west of Pittsburg. The landscape is a mosaic of cultivated fields, primarily milo and soybeans, their greens and golds shifting with the seasons under a sun that can be both fiercely bright and softly diffused. Sparse stands of oak and elm, remnants of a once more extensive woodland, punctuate the flat expanse, offering brief pockets of shade and a subtle variation in the terrain. Drainage ditches, their grassy banks a vibrant green after a rain, trace silver lines across the land, hinting at the unseen network of creeks and streams that feed the larger waterways. The air here carries the clean scent of turned earth and the distant murmur of agricultural machinery, a constant, low hum that is the pulse of Ringo. The history of Ringo is largely one of agricultural resilience and quiet endurance, a story written in the rich, dark soil that has sustained generations. The local economy remains deeply rooted in farming, with the harvest dictating the tempo of life from late summer through autumn. Evidence of earlier eras can be glimpsed in the weathered barns and sturdy farmhouses that dot the countryside, each holding its own silent chronicle of hard work and changing times. While there are no grand monuments, the enduring spirit of the people, their pragmatic approach to life, and their deep connection to the land are Ringo's most distinctive features. The quiet evenings, when the setting sun paints the sky in hues of orange and purple, offer a profound beauty that speaks to the enduring appeal of this enduring prairie settlement.
Live animated radar for Ringo 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 | Ringo, Crawford County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.509492°N, 94.761353°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66743 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ringo, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ringo, 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 Ringo includes coordinates 37.509492°N, 94.761353°W, situated in Crawford County. ZIP code 66743. 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. 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.
