Schoenchen, Kansas Weather
Schoenchen, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Schoenchen, Ellis County.
Full aviation weather for Schoenchen is published on the Hays Regional Airport (KHYS) page, 16 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 Schoenchen 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 Schoenchen: Rush County Airport (K94) 19 km · Russell Municipal Airport (KRSL) 48 km · Great Bend Municipal Airport (KGBD) 58 km · Trego WaKeeney Airport (K0H1) 58 km
Conditions reported at KHYS describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Schoenchen specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Schoenchen.
About Schoenchen, Kansas
Schoenchen rests on a landscape of broad, sweeping horizons, where the sky feels vast and the earth rolls gently under its immensity. It lies 76.1 miles north-north-east of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 29°T), and is situated 11.5 miles south of Hays. The terrain here is characteristically prairie, a tapestry of sun-bleached grasses and cultivated fields that stretch to meet the distant, hazy line of the sky. In the late afternoon, the light softens, bathing the land in a warm, golden hue that seems to deepen the quietude of the place. The air, when it carries a breeze, whispers of dry earth and the faint, sweet scent of ripening grain, a constant reminder of the land's enduring bounty. The story of Schoenchen is deeply rooted in the agricultural spirit of western Kansas, a legacy born from the hard work of settlers who tamed this open country. The local economy still hinges on the rhythms of farming, with wheat and other grains forming the backbone of its sustenance, their golden heads bowing in unison under the prairie sun. While no grand monuments mark its history, the enduring spirit of Schoenchen lies in its resilience and the quiet pride of its people, who continue to cultivate this land, their lives bound to its fertile, sun-drenched soil.
Live animated radar for Schoenchen 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 | Schoenchen, Ellis County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.713346°N, 99.332326°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67667 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Schoenchen, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Schoenchen, 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 Schoenchen includes coordinates 38.713346°N, 99.332326°W, situated in Ellis County. ZIP code 67667. 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.
