WaKeeney, Kansas Weather
WaKeeney, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for WaKeeney, Trego County.
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About WaKeeney, Kansas
WaKeeney rises from the Kansas prairie, a scattering of buildings against a vast, unbroken horizon. It lies 88.2 miles north of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 5°T), and is situated 18.2 miles west-north-west of Ellis. The land here is a study in subtle gradients, not dramatic hills, but a slow, deliberate swell that seems to cradle the sky. Fields of wheat, gold under the relentless sun, stretch to meet the blue immensity, broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees, their leaves whispering secrets in the constant breeze. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the dust of the road and the distant sweetness of ripening grain. Evenings here are painted with a slow, deliberate palette of rose and lavender as the sun dips below the earth's curved edge, casting long, inky shadows that stretch and distort the familiar shapes of grain elevators and water towers. WaKeeney’s roots are deeply entwined with the westward expansion, a waypoint along the railroad that brought settlers and commerce to this fertile, if windswept, expanse. The local economy, traditionally anchored in agriculture, still pulses with the rhythm of planting and harvest, the grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to generations of farmers who have coaxed life from this rich, dark soil. The Trego County Historical Museum, housed in the handsome old courthouse, offers a tangible link to the past, a place where the stories of pioneers and the burgeoning cattle industry are preserved. The town’s character is one of quiet resilience and a steadfast connection to the land, a place where the pace of life is dictated less by the ticking clock and more by the turning of the seasons.
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| Location | WaKeeney, Trego County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.025008°N, 99.879566°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67672 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This WaKeeney, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for WaKeeney, 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 WaKeeney includes coordinates 39.025008°N, 99.879566°W, situated in Trego County. ZIP code 67672. 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.
