Valley Falls, Kansas Weather
Valley Falls, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Valley Falls, Jefferson County.
Full aviation weather for Valley Falls is published on the Philip Billard Municipal Airport (KTOP) page, 34 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 Valley Falls 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 Valley Falls: Horton Municipal Airport (K91) 38 km · Lawrence Municipal Airport (KLWC) 42 km · Sherman Army Air Field (KFLV) 47 km · Topeka Regional Airport (KFOE) 47 km · Hiawatha Municipal Airport (K87) 60 km
Conditions reported at KTOP describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Valley Falls specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Valley Falls, Kansas
Valley Falls lies in a gentle embrace of rolling Kansas prairie, where the land begins to dip and fold towards the Missouri River watershed. It lies 23.5 miles north-north-east of Topeka, KS (from Topeka, KS: bearing 30°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-west of Nortonville. The Kansas River, a broad, slow-moving artery, snakes through the landscape, its presence shaping the terrain into a more intimate, riverine valley. The air here, especially in the late afternoons of spring, carries the faint, sweet scent of freshly turned earth and the distant hum of cicadas beginning their summer chorus. Oak and elm trees, mature and unhurried, line the creek beds and cluster in sheltered hollows, their branches reaching out like weathered hands against the expansive blue sky. The character of Valley Falls is one of quiet resilience, a place where the immense scale of the prairie meets the more grounded reality of water and trees. The history of Valley Falls is deeply intertwined with the power of its waterways, particularly the two creeks that converge here, giving the settlement its name and its early impetus. Millraces once churned, powered by the steady flow, and the local economy was built on the grain that passed through these grinding stones. While the industrial might of those early mills has faded, agriculture remains the bedrock, with vast fields of wheat and corn stretching to the horizon, their golden and green hues shifting with the seasons. The distinctive limestone outcroppings that punctuate the landscape hint at the geological past, a reminder of forces that shaped this land long before settlers arrived. Today, Valley Falls retains a sense of its agricultural roots, a place where the rhythm of the sun and the rain still dictates much of daily life, and where the quiet beauty of the river valley offers a constant, subtle allure.
Live animated radar for Valley Falls 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 | Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.343332°N, 95.460253°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66088 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Valley Falls, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Valley Falls, 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 Valley Falls includes coordinates 39.343332°N, 95.460253°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 66088. Telephone area code: 913. 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.
