Ulysses, Kansas Weather
Ulysses, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Ulysses, Grant County.
Full aviation weather for Ulysses is published on the Ulysses Airport (KULS) page, 3 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. 5 airfields within reach of Ulysses 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 Ulysses: Stanton County Municipal Airport (KJHN) 33 km · Satanta Municipal Airport (K1K9) 36 km · Hugoton Municipal Airport (KHQG) 46 km · Syracuse Hamilton County Municipal Airport (K3K3) 58 km
Conditions reported at KULS describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ulysses specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Ulysses, Kansas
Ulysses lies under a sky that seems to stretch to infinity, a vast canvas painted with the subtle hues of the high plains. It lies 37.7 miles south-west of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 224°T), and is situated 28.1 miles north of Hugoton. The land itself is a study in quiet endurance, a gently rolling expanse where the wind is a constant companion, whispering secrets through the amber waves of grain and the sparse, hardy grasses. Here, the horizon is a sharp, unwavering line, broken only by the occasional windmill, its blades turning with a steady, metronomic grace against the immense blue. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and the distant sweetness of ripening wheat, and the light, as it begins its descent, softens everything it touches, casting long, elongated shadows that stretch across the fields like fingers of twilight. This is a place shaped by the enduring spirit of those who first sought to coax life from this seemingly austere landscape. Ulysses grew from humble beginnings, a testament to the resilience of settlers drawn by the promise of fertile soil, their dreams etched into the very fabric of the land. The local economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, thrives on the bounty of wheat and sorghum, the golden fields a constant reminder of generations of hard work and dedication. While not a place of grand pronouncements, Ulysses holds a quiet distinctiveness, its character forged in the crucible of its geography and the enduring spirit of its people, a spirit that finds its echo in the unhurried rhythm of daily life.
Live animated radar for Ulysses 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 | Ulysses, Grant County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.58141°N, 101.35517°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67880 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ulysses, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ulysses, 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 Ulysses includes coordinates 37.581410°N, 101.355170°W, situated in Grant County. ZIP code 67880. 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.
