Roxbury, Kansas Weather
Roxbury, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Roxbury, McPherson County.
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About Roxbury, Kansas
Roxbury rests on a Kansas prairie that stretches out like an unwrinkled, sun-baked quilt. It lies 22.3 miles south-south-east of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 154°T), and is situated 17.7 miles north-east of McPherson. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a gentle swell and fall of earth that catches the wide prairie light in ways that can make the horizon shimmer with an almost liquid quality. Fences, stark and straight, divide fields of wheat and corn, their golden and green hues shifting with the passing clouds, and the air itself carries the dry, clean scent of sun-warmed grass and distant soil. The sky overhead feels immense, a vast blue dome that seems to press down on the landscape, and in the late afternoon, the shadows lengthen dramatically, etching stark contrasts across the open ground. The history of Roxbury is tied to the very soil it inhabits, a story of settlement and sustenance rooted in the rich, dark earth of McPherson County. Originally a stop along a railroad line, its economy was for decades shaped by the agricultural rhythms of the surrounding farms, with grain elevators standing as quiet sentinels to the bounty of the harvests. While the railroad's prominence has waned, the connection to the land persists, with farming and ranching still forming the backbone of Roxbury's quiet existence. There’s a sense of permanence here, a feeling that the structures and the lives lived within them are as deeply rooted as the native prairie grasses that still hold sway in the less-tilled corners of the landscape.
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| Location | Roxbury, McPherson County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.55084°N, 97.430309°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67476, 67448 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Roxbury, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roxbury, 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 Roxbury includes coordinates 38.550840°N, 97.430309°W, situated in McPherson County. ZIP code 67476, 67448. 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. 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.
