Towanda, Kansas Weather
Towanda, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Towanda, Butler County.
Full aviation weather for Towanda is published on the Augusta Municipal Airport (K3AU) page, 16 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 Towanda 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 Towanda: Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport (KEQA) 16 km · Colonel James Jabara Airport (KAAO) 20 km · Beech Factory Airport (KBEC) 22 km · Butler Airpark (K6KS) 27 km · Cessna Aircraft Field (KCEA) 28 km
Conditions reported at K3AU describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Towanda specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
Live animated radar for Towanda 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.
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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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
