Westwood, Kansas Weather
Westwood, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Westwood, Johnson County.
Full aviation weather for Westwood is published on the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (KMKC) page, 9 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. 6 airfields within reach of Westwood 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 Westwood: Kansas City International Airport (KMCI) 30 km · East Kansas City Airport (K3GV) 35 km · Midwest National Air Center Airport (KGPH) 42 km · Sherman Army Air Field (KFLV) 45 km · Triple R Airport (K0C1) 52 km
Conditions reported at KMKC describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Westwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Westwood, Kansas
Westwood unfolds across gently rolling terrain, a landscape sculpted by the patient hand of the prairie. It lies 4.6 miles south-south-west of Kansas City, MO (from Kansas City, MO: bearing 207°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north-east of Overland Park. The earth here, a rich, dark loam, lies open to the vast Kansas sky, where clouds drift like ships on an endless blue sea, their shadows painting fleeting patterns on the fields. Mature trees, a scattering of oaks and maples, punctuate the horizon, their leaves rustling secrets in the warm breeze, hinting at cooler, shaded havens within their embrace. The air itself carries a faint, sweet scent of mown grass and distant wildflowers, a testament to the enduring agricultural spirit that has long defined this place. This corner of Johnson County, Westwood, carries a quiet legacy of growth and connection. Its history is rooted in the fertile land, originally traversed by those seeking opportunity and building homesteads from the prairie’s bounty. The local economy, while diversifying, still reflects this agrarian past, with pockets of agriculture giving way to thriving suburban development. It’s a place where the rhythm of life feels steady, marked by the changing seasons and the enduring presence of established neighborhoods, each with its own stories to tell, a subtle hum of everyday life that resonates through the streets.
Live animated radar for Westwood 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 | Westwood, Johnson County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.040561°N, 94.616901°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66205 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Westwood, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westwood, 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 Westwood includes coordinates 39.040561°N, 94.616901°W, situated in Johnson County. ZIP code 66205. 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.
