Susank, Kansas Weather
Susank, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Susank, Barton County.
Full aviation weather for Susank is published on the Russell Municipal Airport (KRSL) page, 26 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. 6 airfields within reach of Susank 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 Susank: Great Bend Municipal Airport (KGBD) 34 km · Rush County Airport (K94) 46 km · Hays Regional Airport (KHYS) 49 km · Ellsworth Municipal Airport (K9K7) 49 km · Larned Pawnee County Airport (KLQR) 55 km
Conditions reported at KRSL describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Susank specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Susank.
About Susank, Kansas
Susank exists as a collection of structures against the vast, unbroken canvas of the Kansas prairie. It lies 60.8 miles north-west of Hutchinson, KS (from Hutchinson, KS: bearing 311°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north of Hoisington. Here, the land stretches out, a sea of wheat and sorghum that ripets under an enormous sky, its colors shifting with the sun’s slow arc. Horizons are clean, sharp lines, broken only by the occasional windbreak of cottonwoods or the distant, low hum of a tractor. The air, when it’s not carrying the scent of turned earth, is a dry, clean wind that whispers secrets across the plains, a constant, gentle pressure against the skin. Evenings bring a particular kind of stillness, a deepening blue as the sun dips, painting the clouds in strokes of apricot and rose. The history of Susank is tied to the railroad, a faint echo of its past importance as a shipping point for the agricultural bounty of Barton County. While the tracks may no longer carry the same volume of grain, the spirit of that industry persists in the hardworking hands that tend the fields, a lineage of farmers who have coaxed sustenance from this rich soil for generations. The local economy remains rooted in the land, a testament to resilience and an understanding of the cycles of nature. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling tourist attractions, but rather a quiet dignity in the enduring presence of the people and the enduring fertility of the earth.
Live animated radar for Susank 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Susank, Barton County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.640845°N, 98.773971°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67544 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Susank, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Susank, 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 Susank includes coordinates 38.640845°N, 98.773971°W, situated in Barton County. ZIP code 67544. 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.
