Weather radio in Kansas

WXM35: NOAA Weather Radio, Hays

162.450 MHz · 1,070 W · On the air

WXM35 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.450 MHz (WX5 on most receivers) from Hays, Kansas, at 1,070 W. The National Weather Service office in Dodge City, KS programs it. It covers 9 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXM35 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

  • On the air
  • Degraded
  • Off the air

The transmitter

Call sign
WXM35
Frequency
162.450 MHz (WX5)
Power
1,070 W
Status
On the air
Station
Hays
State
Kansas
NWS office
Dodge City, KS
Location
39.0208, -99.4707

Counties covered

Program a SAME receiver with the code of your county. Coverage is NWS’s note of the part of a county the signal reaches.

CountyStateSAME codeCoverage
BartonKansas020009Whole county
EllisKansas020051Whole county
GrahamKansas020065Whole county
NessKansas020135Whole county
PawneeKansas020145Whole county
RooksKansas020163Whole county
RushKansas020165Whole county
RussellKansas020167Whole county
TregoKansas020195Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read October 3, 2026 at 4:17 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.