Towanda, Kansas Weather
Towanda, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Towanda, Butler County.
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About Towanda, Kansas
Towanda lies cradled by the gentle, sweeping contours of the Kansas prairie, a place where the sky seems to stretch infinitely in all directions. It lies 19.8 miles east-north-east of Wichita, KS (from Wichita, KS: bearing 68°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-east of Andover. The land here breathes an ancient quiet, a vast expanse of cultivated fields and native grasses that ripple under the ceaseless wind, broken only by the occasional stand of cottonwood trees lining the shallow creek beds. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a mixture of sun-baked earth and ripening grain, and in the late afternoon, the light often takes on a golden hue, softening the sharp edges of the horizon and casting long, languid shadows across the fields. The character of Towanda is etched in this open landscape, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have coaxed life from its fertile, yet often challenging, soil. This part of Butler County, Kansas, has long been shaped by the rhythm of agriculture, its economy fundamentally tied to the bounty of the land, with wheat and cattle being perennial staples. The history of Towanda is a quiet one, mirroring the development of the surrounding prairie, marked by the steady expansion of homesteads and the eventual establishment of a settled community. While no grand historical monuments mark its past, the very fabric of Towanda is woven from the lives of generations who worked the soil, their efforts a continuous narrative of resilience and adaptation. The local schoolhouse, though perhaps no longer in its original form, stands as a silent sentinel to the importance of education and community gathering, a reminder of the shared experiences that have bound the people of Towanda together through the years.
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| Location | Towanda, Butler County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.797517°N, 96.999758°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67144 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Towanda, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Towanda, 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 Towanda includes coordinates 37.797517°N, 96.999758°W, situated in Butler County. ZIP code 67144. 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.
