Rolla, Kansas Weather
Rolla, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rolla, Morton County.
Full aviation weather for Rolla is published on the Hugoton Municipal Airport (KHQG) page, 24 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. 5 airfields within reach of Rolla 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 Rolla: Elkhart Morton County Airport (KEHA) 26 km · Guymon Municipal Airport (KGUY) 50 km · Stanton County Municipal Airport (KJHN) 52 km · Ulysses Airport (KULS) 58 km
Conditions reported at KHQG describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rolla specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rolla.
About Rolla, Kansas
Rolla breathes the wide, open air of southwestern Kansas, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath under an immense sky. It lies 72.1 miles south-west of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 215°T), and is situated 16.0 miles west-south-west of Hugoton. The terrain here is a study in subtle shifts, a canvas of rolling prairie that dips and swells with an ancient, unhurried grace. Fields of wheat, golden in the summer sun, stretch to horizons that feel impossibly distant, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of windbreaks planted against the persistent wind. The very air carries a dry, clean scent, a mix of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wild grasses that cling tenaciously to the less cultivated patches. Evenings here can descend with a startling clarity, the sky bleeding from a pale, washed-out blue into hues of rose and deep amethyst, with stars that prick the velvet darkness with an almost aggressive brilliance. The story of Rolla is one of resilience, etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet persistence of its people and the land they cultivate. This is a place deeply rooted in agriculture, where the rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pulse of life, and the economy is intimately tied to the bounty of the soil. For generations, families have worked this ground, their livelihoods dependent on the capricious generosity of the weather and the steady demand for grain that feeds a nation. There are whispers of earlier settlers, of homesteaders who wrestled a living from this seemingly austere landscape, their spirit a quiet undercurrent in the present-day character of Rolla. While grand attractions are few, the true distinction of Rolla lies in its unadorned authenticity, the palpable sense of community that forms a sturdy bulwark against the vastness of the prairie.
Live animated radar for Rolla 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 | Rolla, Morton County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.120025°N, 101.632106°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67954 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rolla, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rolla, 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 Rolla includes coordinates 37.120025°N, 101.632106°W, situated in Morton County. ZIP code 67954. 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.
