Riverton, Kansas Weather
Riverton, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Riverton, Cherokee County.
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About Riverton, Kansas
Riverton unfolds across a landscape shaped by the gentle undulations of the southeastern Kansas terrain, a place where broad, open skies meet the earth in a soft embrace. It lies 10.6 miles west of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 267°T), and is situated 3.9 miles north-north-east of Baxter Springs. The land here, a tapestry of cultivated fields and scattered woodlands, rolls with a subtle grace, its contours softened by the passage of seasons. Ditches, lined with tenacious Queen Anne's Lace and prickly pear cactus, trace the edges of roads, their dry, dusty scent a constant companion. In the humid stillness of summer afternoons, the air itself seems to thicken, carrying the low hum of insects and the distant drone of farm machinery, a sound that punctuates the quietude of this corner of Cherokee County. The spirit of Riverton is deeply entwined with its past, a legacy carried in the very bones of the land. Once a vital hub for coal mining, the town's economy has since shifted, finding new life in agriculture and the quiet hum of small businesses that serve the surrounding farms. Remnants of its industrial heritage can still be glimpsed, silent witnesses to a time of grit and labor, now softened by the persistent green of nature reclaiming its own. The nearby Spring River, a ribbon of cool water, offers a place of respite, its banks a haven for local wildlife and a quiet invitation for reflection, a subtle counterpoint to the steady, unhurried rhythm of life in Riverton.
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| Location | Riverton, Cherokee County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.075063°N, 94.704672°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66770 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverton, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverton, 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 Riverton includes coordinates 37.075063°N, 94.704672°W, situated in Cherokee County. ZIP code 66770. 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.
