Stockton, Kansas Weather
Stockton, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Stockton, Rooks County.
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About Stockton, Kansas
Stockton rests in a wide, sun-washed basin, where the earth exhales a dry, sweet scent of prairie grass and distant wheat fields. It lies 87.7 miles south of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 186°T), and is situated 14.2 miles north of Plainville. The land here is not dramatic, but possesses a quiet strength, a vastness that stretches to horizons that seem to curve with the very breath of the sky. Rolling plains, softened by the passage of seasons, give way to a gentle topography, punctuated by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees that stand like sentinels along unseen watercourses. The light, especially in the late afternoon, spills across the landscape in sheets of liquid gold, revealing the subtle textures of the soil and the faint, dusty trails that crisscross the fields. This is a place that remembers its roots, a testament to the hardy souls who first broke this ground, their stories etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet hum of its agricultural heart. Stockton has always been tied to the earth, its economy a steady pulse of farming and ranching, the grain elevators standing as silent cathedrals to the harvest. While the world outside rushes on, life in Stockton moves to a different cadence, dictated by the slow turning of the sun and the turning of the seasons. The occasional rumble of a passing train is a reminder of connections to elsewhere, but the true essence of Stockton lies in its rootedness, its deep connection to the prairie and the enduring legacy of those who have called it home.
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| Location | Stockton, Rooks County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.438066°N, 99.265097°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67669 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stockton, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stockton, 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 Stockton includes coordinates 39.438066°N, 99.265097°W, situated in Rooks County. ZIP code 67669. 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.
