WaKeeney, Kansas Weather
WaKeeney, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for WaKeeney, Trego County.
Full aviation weather for WaKeeney is published on the Trego WaKeeney Airport (K0H1) 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. 3 airfields within reach of WaKeeney 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 WaKeeney: Hill City Municipal Airport (KHLC) 40 km · Hays Regional Airport (KHYS) 56 km
Conditions reported at K0H1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at WaKeeney specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for WaKeeney.
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.
Live animated radar for WaKeeney 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
