Wakefield, Kansas Weather
Wakefield, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Wakefield, Clay County.
Full aviation weather for Wakefield is published on the Clay Center Municipal Airport (KCYW) page, 23 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 Wakefield 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 Wakefield: Freeman Field (K3JC) 23 km · Marshall Army Air Field (KFRI) 27 km · Manhattan Regional Airport (KMHK) 30 km · Washington County Memorial Airport (K38) 58 km
Conditions reported at KCYW describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wakefield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Wakefield, Kansas
Wakefield rests in a wide expanse where the Kansas prairie begins its gentle roll, the sky a vast, unbroken dome that seems to press down on the land with a quiet insistence. It lies 23.3 miles west of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 275°T), and is situated 15.8 miles north-west of Junction City. The terrain here is a study in muted greens and golds, stitched with the silver threads of intermittent creeks that snake through the fields, their banks often fringed with a tenacious tangle of cottonwoods and willows. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry, sun-baked scent of harvested wheat and the faint, sweet perfume of wild prairie flowers, a fragrance that clings to the stillness. Even the houses, mostly humble and weathered by the sun and wind, seem to lean into the landscape, their porches open to the sweeping vistas. This corner of Clay County has long been shaped by the fertile soil and the enduring spirit of those who worked it, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the patient cultivation of the land. The local economy, once tied more directly to the railroad that brought settlers and supplies, now draws its lifeblood from agriculture, the amber waves of grain a constant reminder of this heritage. The grain elevator, a sentinel against the horizon, stands as a silent testament to the cycles of planting and harvest that define life in Wakefield. While the pace here is unhurried, marked by the slow transit of clouds and the gradual shift of seasons, there is a palpable sense of continuity, a deep-rooted connection to the earth that anchors the community.
Live animated radar for Wakefield 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 | Wakefield, Clay County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.213329°N, 97.005569°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67487 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wakefield, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wakefield, 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 Wakefield includes coordinates 39.213329°N, 97.005569°W, situated in Clay County. ZIP code 67487. 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.
