Zurich, Kansas Weather
Zurich, Kansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Zurich, Rooks County.
Full aviation weather for Zurich is published on the Rooks County Regional Airport (KRCP) page, 17 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 Zurich 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 Zurich: Hill City Municipal Airport (KHLC) 38 km · Hays Regional Airport (KHYS) 46 km · Trego WaKeeney Airport (K0H1) 47 km · Phillipsburg Municipal Airport (KPHG) 57 km
Conditions reported at KRCP describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Zurich specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Zurich.
About Zurich, Kansas
Zurich, Kansas, unfurls across a landscape etched by the patient hand of wind and water, a wide expanse of prairie where the sky feels an intimate neighbor. It lies 101.7 miles west-north-west of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 286°T), and is situated 7.5 miles west of Plainville. The land here is a study in subtle greens and golds, rippling gently under an immense, ever-shifting canvas of clouds. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers, sometimes spin across the fields, a fleeting punctuation in the stillness. The air, especially in the languid hours before dusk, carries the clean scent of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wild grasses. The houses of Zurich are sturdy, unpretentious things, set back from the road, their porches offering a quiet invitation to linger and watch the slow procession of days. The history of Zurich is a story of resilience, a testament to the grit of those who first broke this ground. Its economy has long been tethered to the fertile soil, wheat fields stretching to the horizon, the golden grain a steady pulse against the vastness. Though small, Zurich has always possessed a certain distinctiveness, a quiet pride in its rural heritage. One might imagine the faint echo of laughter from schoolyards long since quieted, or the murmur of conversations held on front porches under the vast Kansas night. The rhythm of life in Zurich moves with the seasons, a steady, unhurried cadence dictated by the sun and the planting and the harvest.
Live animated radar for Zurich 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 | Zurich, Rooks County, Kansas |
| Coordinates | 39.234454°N, 99.438161°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 67663 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Zurich, Kansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Zurich, 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 Zurich includes coordinates 39.234454°N, 99.438161°W, situated in Rooks County. ZIP code 67663. 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.
