Windom, Kansas Weather
Windom, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Windom, McPherson County.
Full aviation weather for Windom is published on the Mc Pherson Airport (KMPR) page, 19 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 Windom 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 Windom: Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport (KLYO) 28 km · Hutchinson Municipal Airport (KHUT) 36 km · Moundridge Municipal Airport (K47K) 40 km · Ellsworth Municipal Airport (K9K7) 50 km · Salina Municipal Airport (KSLN) 50 km
Conditions reported at KMPR describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Windom specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Windom.
About Windom, Kansas
Windom, Kansas, unfolds across a broad, gently rolling prairie where the sky feels impossibly vast, a boundless canvas of blue that bleeds into hazy horizons. It lies 22.3 miles north of Hutchinson, KS (from Hutchinson, KS: bearing 3°T), and is situated 13.3 miles west of McPherson. The land here is a study in subtle tones, a tapestry of sun-baked grasses and stoic fields of wheat and corn that shimmer in the summer heat, broken occasionally by the darker green of windbreaks or the silver glint of a distant farm pond. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the earthy perfume of turned soil and the faint, sweet whisper of ripening grain. Even the houses, often painted in practical shades of white or pale yellow, seem to absorb the relentless Kansas sun, their porches offering a welcome respite from its powerful embrace. The roots of Windom run deep into the rich soil, a testament to the pioneering spirit that first settled these plains. Primarily an agricultural community, its economy has long been tied to the fortunes of the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the ceaseless cycle of planting and harvest. While the quiet hum of farm machinery is the dominant soundtrack, echoes of a more distant past can be felt in the weathered architecture and the enduring sense of neighborly interdependence. Windom remains a place where the pace of life is dictated not by ticking clocks, but by the changing seasons and the steady, predictable rhythm of rural existence.
Live animated radar for Windom 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 | Windom, McPherson County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 38.383898°N, 97.910049°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67491 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Windom, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Windom, 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 Windom includes coordinates 38.383898°N, 97.910049°W, situated in McPherson County. ZIP code 67491. 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.
