Timken, Kansas Weather
Timken, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Timken, Rush County.
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About Timken, Kansas
Timken breathes under a vast Kansas sky, a whisper of human presence against the boundless prairie. It lies 67.5 miles north-east of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 42°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east-south-east of La Crosse. Here, the land rolls in gentle swells, the earth a rich, unbroken palette of ochre and gold, especially in the late afternoon when the sun bleeds across the horizon. Fields of wheat, a shimmering, nascent green or a mature, straw-like gold depending on the season, stretch to meet the sky’s indifferent blue, punctuated only by the occasional, stoic silhouette of a grain elevator. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a promise of distant rain and the quiet industry of the soil, and the wind, an unseen sculptor, combs through the tall grasses with a sound like hushed secrets. Timken’s story is etched into the very grain of the earth it cultivates, a testament to the hardy souls who claimed this wide-open space. The local economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, thrives on the bounty of this fertile ground, where wheat and other grains are king, their golden harvest feeding more than just the immediate community. This is a place where history is not a distant echo but a living presence, felt in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet dignity of its modest structures, each one a small monument to perseverance. The rhythm of life in Timken is measured by the turning of the seasons and the unwavering cycle of planting and reaping, a steady, unhurried pulse against the grand, wild canvas of the prairie.
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| Location | Timken, Rush County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.473624°N, 99.178156°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67575 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Timken, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Timken, 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 Timken includes coordinates 38.473624°N, 99.178156°W, situated in Rush County. ZIP code 67575. 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.
