Arpelar, Oklahoma Weather
Arpelar, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Arpelar, Pittsburg County.
Full aviation weather for Arpelar is published on the Mc Alester Regional Airport (KMLC) page, 18 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 Arpelar 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 Arpelar: Arrowhead Airport (K91F) 39 km · Holdenville Municipal Airport (KF99) 44 km · Henryetta Municipal Airport (KF10) 52 km · Wilburton Municipal Airport (KH05) 52 km · Fountainhead Lodge Airpark (K0F7) 60 km
Conditions reported at KMLC describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Arpelar specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Arpelar.
About Arpelar, Oklahoma
Arpelar sleeps in a shallow valley, a place where the rolling hills of Pittsburg County begin their gentle descent towards the broader plains. It lies 60.4 miles east-south-east of Shawnee, OK (from Shawnee, OK: bearing 116°T), and is situated 11.1 miles west of McAlester. The land here, a rich ochre in the dry months, softens to a deep, fertile brown after a rain, supporting a patchwork of fields that stretch towards the horizon. Scattered stands of post oak and blackjack dot the landscape, their gnarled branches reaching skyward like supplicating hands, and the air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of sun-baked earth and wild clover. The sky above Arpelar is vast, a canvas that shifts from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the fiery oranges and bruised purples of twilight, a daily spectacle that lends a quiet grandeur to the unassuming terrain. The story of Arpelar is one etched into the very bones of the earth, a narrative of coal and resilience. For generations, the dark, mineral wealth beneath the soil sustained families, the rhythmic clang of pickaxes a distant echo in the present quiet. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, the spirit of those who worked them lingers, a hardy stoicism woven into the fabric of Arpelar. Today, the local economy finds its footing in agriculture, with cattle grazing on the emerald pastures that bloom in spring and the occasional soybean or corn crop adding to the verdant tapestry. The main thoroughfare, a modest ribbon of asphalt, hums with a gentle, unhurried pace, the occasional pickup truck kicking up a whisper of dust as it passes, a testament to a life lived close to the land and its enduring rhythms.
Live animated radar for Arpelar 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 | Arpelar, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 34.942038°N, 95.965554°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74501 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Arpelar, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arpelar, 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 Arpelar includes coordinates 34.942038°N, 95.965554°W, situated in Pittsburg County. ZIP code 74501. 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.
