Yale, Kansas Weather
Yale, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Yale, Crawford County.
Full aviation weather for Yale is published on the Atkinson Municipal Airport (KPTS) 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 Yale 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 Yale: Lamar Municipal Airport (KLLU) 29 km · Fort Scott Municipal Airport (KFSK) 37 km · Joplin Regional Airport (KJLN) 39 km · Oswego Municipal Airport (K67) 50 km · Nevada Municipal Airport (KNVD) 51 km
Conditions reported at KPTS describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Yale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Yale.
About Yale, Kansas
Yale, Kansas, exhales a quiet breath onto rolling plains that stretch toward horizons often softened by the haze of distance. It lies 28.5 miles north-north-west of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 346°T), and is situated 6.1 miles north-east of Pittsburg. The land here, a mosaic of cultivated fields and wilder grasses, slopes gently, punctuated by the occasional cluster of cottonwoods that stand like patient sentinels against the vast Kansas sky. In the late afternoon, the light falls with a particular tenderness, painting the stubble of harvested wheat in hues of pale gold and rust, and lending a luminous quality to the dust motes dancing in the air above the unpaved lanes. The very air seems to hold a stillness, a deep exhale after the sun’s daily work, a profound quiet that allows the whisper of wind through the dry stalks to be heard as a song. The history of Yale is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land they have worked for generations. This is a place where the rhythm of agriculture has long dictated the pulse of life, where the amber waves of grain were not just a poetic phrase but the very foundation of its sustenance. While no single, dominant industry defines it now, the legacy of farming, and perhaps a quiet nod to the coal mining that once sustained neighboring communities, lingers in the character of the place. The few businesses that remain, the general store and a friendly diner, serve as anchors, gathering points where stories are exchanged and the day’s small triumphs are acknowledged, a testament to a resilience forged in the open country.
Live animated radar for Yale 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 | Yale, Crawford County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 37.483937°N, 94.641904°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 66762 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Yale, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Yale, 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 Yale includes coordinates 37.483937°N, 94.641904°W, situated in Crawford County. ZIP code 66762. 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.
