Walnut, Kansas Weather
Walnut, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Walnut, Crawford County.
Full aviation weather for Walnut is published on the Chanute Martin Johnson Airport (KCNU) page, 37 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 Walnut 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 Walnut: Allen County Airport (KK88) 40 km · Tri-City Airport (KPPF) 48 km · Oswego Municipal Airport (K67) 49 km · Neodesha Municipal Airport (K2K7) 53 km
Conditions reported at KCNU describe the airfield itself. Weather 37 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Walnut specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Walnut.
About Walnut, Kansas
Walnut rests on a gentle rise where the prairie begins to roll, its horizon often a soft, unbroken line against the vast Kansas sky. It lies 47.3 miles north-west of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 319°T), and is situated 9.3 miles east-north-east of Erie. The land here is a study in subtle greens and browns, a landscape shaped by sun and wind, where fields of ripening corn whisper secrets to the breeze and the occasional scattering of sturdy oaks offers a welcome, dappled shade. The air, especially in late afternoon, carries a dry, earthy scent, a perfume of sun-baked soil and wild grasses, and the silence is rarely absolute, punctuated by the distant hum of a tractor or the sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead. The houses, many with welcoming porches, seem to settle into the land, their paint weathered by seasons, their gardens often bursting with practical blooms that attract buzzing bees and fluttering butterflies. This corner of Crawford County holds the quiet echoes of a different era, a time when coal seams ran deep beneath these fertile plains, shaping the lives and livelihoods of those who first settled Walnut. Though the deep mines are largely a memory, the stoic resilience of those generations still seems to linger, a quiet strength that informs the character of the place. The economy now leans on agriculture, with broad fields yielding bountiful harvests, and the rhythm of the day is set by the sun's arc and the needs of the land. Walnut retains a distinctive, unhurried feel, a place where neighbors know each other's names and community gatherings, however modest, are cherished events, a testament to the enduring spirit of this Kansas prairie settlement.
Live animated radar for Walnut 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 | Walnut, Crawford County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.601437°N, 95.078029°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66780 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Walnut, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Walnut, 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 Walnut includes coordinates 37.601437°N, 95.078029°W, situated in Crawford County. ZIP code 66780. 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.
