Syracuse, Kansas Weather
Syracuse, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Syracuse, Hamilton County.
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About Syracuse, Kansas
Syracuse broods under a vast Kansas sky, a low-slung settlement on the western edge of Hamilton County. It lies 47.9 miles west of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 271°T), and is situated 27.3 miles west of Lakin. The land rolls out in broad, sun-bleached plains, the tawny grasses whispering secrets to the wind that sweeps unimpeded across the horizon. The Arkansas River, a serpentine ribbon of muted silver, threads its way through this dry expanse, its banks a fragile green against the prevailing ochre. Even in the midday heat, there’s a stillness here, a profound quietude that settles into the bones, broken only by the distant rumble of a passing truck or the insistent chirp of unseen insects. The light, when it catches the dust kicked up by the breeze, takes on a hazy, golden quality, as if the very air itself is woven from spun sunlight. This is a place shaped by the enduring spirit of those who sought opportunity on the open prairie, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet perseverance of its people. Syracuse found its footing as a railroad town, a vital stop along the lines that carried grain and cattle eastward, and the echoes of that bustling past still linger in the weathered facades of older buildings. The local economy remains tethered to the land, with agriculture—primarily wheat and corn—forming the backbone of its sustenance, the vast fields stretching out like an endless, cultivated sea. In the evenings, as the sun dips below the treeless horizon, painting the sky in hues of bruised plum and fiery orange, the town exhales, a slow, steady rhythm that speaks of a life lived in harmony with the vast, unfurling landscape.
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| Location | Syracuse, Hamilton County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.980569°N, 101.752672°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67878 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Syracuse, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Syracuse, 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 Syracuse includes coordinates 37.980569°N, 101.752672°W, situated in Hamilton County. ZIP code 67878. Telephone area code: 785. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
