Stark, Kansas Weather
Stark, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Stark, Neosho County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stark.
About Stark, Kansas
Stark unfolds across a gentle sweep of southeastern Kansas prairie, where the land rolls with a quiet confidence, hinting at the subtle dips and rises that define its character. It lies 54.3 miles north-west of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 321°T), and is situated 17.2 miles east of Chanute. The sky here feels impossibly vast, a boundless canvas that shifts from the pale, washed-out blues of midday to the deep, bruised purples and fiery oranges of an approaching dusk, painting the horizon with a raw, untamed beauty. Fields of wheat and soybeans stretch out like a rumpled blanket, their greens and golds catching the light, punctuated by the darker, more rugged patches of native grasses and scattered woodlands that hug the low-lying draws and creek beds, remnants of a wilder past. The air, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and sun-baked vegetation, a perfume unique to this particular stretch of the plains. The history of Stark is tied to the fertile earth and the quiet tenacity of those who have worked it, a story etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its people and the subtle shifts of its economy. Once, the whisper of the railroad likely brought a different kind of hum to this place, a promise of connection and commerce that has since softened into the steady, predictable rhythm of agricultural life. Today, the land remains the primary employer, a silent partner in the cultivation of crops that feed and sustain, while the scattered homes and modest businesses speak of a community that values practicality and neighborly connection. There are no grand avenues or bustling marketplaces in Stark, but rather the quiet satisfaction of a day's work done, the slow unfolding of seasons, and the enduring, almost imperceptible, pulse of life on the prairie.
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| Location | Stark, Neosho County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.690046°N, 95.143033°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66775 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stark, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stark, 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 Stark includes coordinates 37.690046°N, 95.143033°W, situated in Neosho County. ZIP code 66775. 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.
