Wells, Kansas Weather
Wells, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wells, Ottawa County.
Full aviation weather for Wells is published on the Minneapolis City County Airport (K45K) page, 15 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 Wells 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 Wells: Salina Municipal Airport (KSLN) 40 km · Clay Center Municipal Airport (KCYW) 44 km · Blosser Municipal Airport (KCNK) 46 km · Lincoln Municipal Airport (K71) 54 km
Conditions reported at K45K describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wells specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wells.
About Wells, Kansas
Wells rests on a broad expanse of prairie, where the land stretches out in a quiet, unbroken sweep toward horizons that seem to hold the very breath of the sky. It lies 20.9 miles north of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 9°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east of Minneapolis. The soil, a rich, dark loam, is the color of fertile promises, and it rolls in gentle swells and shallow valleys, broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwoods or a lone, stoic oak. The air here possesses a certain clarity, a crispness that sharpens the edges of the distant farmhouses and the shimmering heat haze that can rise from the fields in the summer months. Even on the stillest days, a subtle whisper of movement can be felt, a constant, almost imperceptible stirring of the tall grasses that speak of the vast, open country surrounding Wells. This corner of Ottawa County was shaped by the plow and the enduring spirit of those who sought to coax sustenance from its fertile earth. The local economy, long tied to the rhythms of agriculture, still sees the steady procession of grain trucks and the quiet hum of tractors in the fields, a testament to the enduring legacy of farming that defines Wells. Though the railroad lines that once crisscrossed the region have largely faded into memory, their ghost presence can still be sensed in the layout of the land and the scattered remnants of long-gone depots. The community itself retains a grounded character, a quiet resilience born of generations who understood the hard work and simple rewards of life on the prairie, where the turning of the seasons dictates much of the daily ebb and flow.
Live animated radar for Wells 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Wells, Ottawa County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.138887°N, 97.550864°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67467 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wells, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wells, 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 Wells includes coordinates 39.138887°N, 97.550864°W, situated in Ottawa County. ZIP code 67467. 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.
