Arkoma, Oklahoma Weather
Arkoma, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Arkoma, Le Flore County.
Full aviation weather for Arkoma is published on the Fort Smith Regional Airport (KFSM) page, 6 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 Arkoma 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 Arkoma: Arrowhead Assault Strip (KAZU) 21 km · Sallisaw Municipal Airport (KJSV) 35 km · Robert S Kerr Airport (KRKR) 41 km · Ozark Franklin County Airport (K7M5) 57 km
Conditions reported at KFSM describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Arkoma specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Arkoma.
About Arkoma, Oklahoma
Arkoma lies low where the land begins to surrender its secrets to the Arkansas River. It lies 3.0 miles south-west of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 223°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south-west of Van Buren. The terrain here is a study in patient erosion, a gentle slump of earth that cradles scattered homes and fields. Sunlight, when it breaks free of the humid air, has a peculiar thickness, catching motes of dust stirred by the infrequent breeze and painting the corrugated tin roofs with a dull, burnished gleam. The air itself, especially in the languid afternoons, carries the scent of damp soil and the distant, sweet decay of fallen leaves, a scent that clings to the weathered wood of porches and the faded paint of pickup trucks. The history of Arkoma is bound to the river's caprice and the rich earth that has long sustained its people. Coal mining once defined the contours of this place, its veins a subterranean echo of the ridges that rim the horizon, though that era has largely receded, leaving behind a quiet resilience. The local economy now finds its footing in the fertile bottomlands, where crops like soybeans and corn rise in ordered rows, their green shoots a familiar punctuation against the wide Oklahoma sky. For generations, the rhythm of Arkoma has been dictated by the ebb and flow of the river and the turning of seasons, a steady, unhurried pulse that continues to beat in the heart of this river-kissed land.
Live animated radar for Arkoma 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 | Arkoma, Le Flore County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 35.354536°N, 94.434104°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74901 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Arkoma, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arkoma, 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 Arkoma includes coordinates 35.354536°N, 94.434104°W, situated in Le Flore County. ZIP code 74901. Telephone area code: 918. 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.
