Rosston, Oklahoma Weather
Rosston, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rosston, Harper County.
Full aviation weather for Rosston is published on the Buffalo Municipal Airport (KBFK) page, 29 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 Rosston 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 Rosston: Harold Krier Field (K58) 42 km · Follett Lipscomb County Airport (KT93) 45 km · Beaver Municipal Airport (KK44) 53 km · West Woodward Airport (KWWR) 56 km · Gage Heibeck Airport (KGAG) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBFK describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rosston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rosston.
About Rosston, Oklahoma
Rosston lies under a sky that seems impossibly vast, stretching like a bleached canvas over a landscape of subtle, rolling contours. It lies 65.1 miles south of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 176°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-north-west of Laverne. The earth here is a study in muted ochres and dusty greens, fields of wheat or sorghum rippling like a dry sea under the ceaseless wind. Cattle graze in pastures that appear to bleed into the horizon, their forms small and patient against the immensity of the plains. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the dust of the road and the faint, sweet perfume of wild grasses. Even the scattered farmhouses and their skeletal windmills seem to hold their breath, waiting for the slow turn of seasons. The character of Rosston is deeply entwined with the agricultural pulse of Harper County. For generations, the land has dictated the rhythm of life, from the planting of seeds in the spring to the harvest that signals the coming of autumn. This is a place where resilience is not a virtue but a necessity, forged in the crucible of droughts and dust storms that have shaped its history. The local economy, though modest, is built on the steadfast work of those who understand the soil and the sky, their livelihoods tethered to the bounty and caprice of the Oklahoma prairie. You can feel the quiet dignity of this place in the way the sun bleeds orange and purple across the western sky at dusk, a daily spectacle of enduring beauty.
Live animated radar for Rosston 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 | Rosston, Harper County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 36.813365°N, 99.93402°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 73855 |
| Area Code | 580 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rosston, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rosston, Oklahoma, 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 Rosston includes coordinates 36.813365°N, 99.934020°W, situated in Harper County. ZIP code 73855. Telephone area code: 580. 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.
