Wheaton, Kansas Weather
Wheaton, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wheaton, Pottawatomie County.
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About Wheaton, Kansas
Wheaton rests in a landscape of rolling prairie, where the wide Kansas sky presses down with an almost palpable weight. It lies 25.8 miles north-north-east of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 31°T), and is situated 8.1 miles west of Onaga. The earth here is a rich, dark loam, yielding generously to the plow, and the horizon stretches out in an unbroken sweep, punctuated only by the distant, soft green of cultivated fields and the occasional cluster of wind-battered trees. In the early morning, a fine mist often hangs low, softening the contours of the land and giving the air a cool, clean edge, as if the world itself is exhaling. The houses of Wheaton are scattered, interspersed with fields, their roofs catching the sun like scattered coins, and the roads that connect them are ribbons of pale dust winding through the green. The history of Wheaton is written in its soil and in the quiet persistence of its people. Settled by those drawn to the fertile prairie, its economy has long been tethered to the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to generations of harvest. The rhythm of life in Wheaton is dictated by the seasons, by the planting and the reaping, and while the world outside may rush, here the pace is measured, allowing for the slow unfolding of days. The community, though small, possesses a deep sense of place, a quiet pride in the enduring strength of its agricultural roots, and the evening light, as it spills across the fields, often casts a golden hue that seems to hold the echoes of all the sunrises and sunsets that have graced this land.
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| Location | Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.502218°N, 96.320836°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66521 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wheaton, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wheaton, Kansas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Wheaton includes coordinates 39.502218°N, 96.320836°W, situated in Pottawatomie County. ZIP code 66521. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
