Sawyer, Kansas Weather
Sawyer, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sawyer, Pratt County.
Full aviation weather for Sawyer is published on the Pratt Regional Airport (KPTT) page, 23 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. 3 airfields within reach of Sawyer 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 Sawyer: Medicine Lodge Airport (KK51) 28 km · Kingman Airport Clyde Cessna Field (K9K8) 53 km
Conditions reported at KPTT describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sawyer specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sawyer.
About Sawyer, Kansas
Sawyer rests on the Kansas plains, a place where the sky feels vast enough to swallow clouds whole. It lies 56.6 miles south-west of Hutchinson, KS (from Hutchinson, KS: bearing 227°T), and is situated 10.6 miles south-south-east of Pratt. The land here is a study in subtle gradients, vast expanses of cultivated fields that ripple like a muted green and gold sea under the ceaseless sun. A quiet dignity pervades the air, a sense of enduring patience born from the deep, rich soil and the predictable, yet always surprising, turning of the seasons. The horizon is a clean, sharp line, broken only by the occasional distant silhouette of a grain elevator, a sentinel against the immense, cerulean canvas. The history of Sawyer is a narrative woven into the very fabric of its agricultural roots, a legacy of prairie settlers who coaxed life from this sometimes unforgiving land. For generations, the economy has been tethered to the bounty of wheat and corn, the amber waves of grain a constant, reassuring presence. While not a hub of industry, Sawyer possesses a distinctive character, a quiet resilience that speaks of generations who understood the value of hard work and community. The faint scent of freshly turned earth often lingers in the air, a testament to the enduring connection between the people and the soil that sustains them.
Live animated radar for Sawyer 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.
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| Location | Sawyer, Pratt County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.497242°N, 98.682311°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67134 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sawyer, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sawyer, 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 Sawyer includes coordinates 37.497242°N, 98.682311°W, situated in Pratt County. ZIP code 67134. 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.
