Baker, Oklahoma Weather
Baker, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Baker, Texas County.
Full aviation weather for Baker is published on the Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (KLBL) page, 20 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 Baker 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 Baker: Beaver Municipal Airport (KK44) 44 km · Hugoton Municipal Airport (KHQG) 45 km · Guymon Municipal Airport (KGUY) 48 km · Perryton Ochiltree County Airport (KPYX) 56 km · Plains Municipal Airport (KS44) 59 km
Conditions reported at KLBL describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Baker specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Baker.
About Baker, Oklahoma
Baker, Oklahoma, unfolds under a sky that seems to stretch further than the eye can comprehend, a vast expanse of cerulean that deepens to indigo as evening descends. It lies 76.6 miles south of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 186°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south-south-east of Tyrone. The land itself is a study in muted earth tones, a gently rolling prairie where hardy grasses whisper secrets to the wind. Scattered ranches, their windmills turning with a slow, deliberate grace, punctuate the horizon, and the air carries the dry, sweet scent of sun-baked soil and distant livestock. Here, the silence is not an absence of sound, but a presence, a profound stillness broken only by the rustle of wind through the sparse mesquite or the occasional cry of a hawk circling overhead. The light, especially in the late afternoon, has a remarkable clarity, catching the dust motes that dance in the air and imbuing the landscape with a subtle, golden glow. The history of Baker is as etched into the land as the dry creek beds that trace ephemeral paths across the terrain. This is country shaped by the resilience of those who first settled here, drawn by the promise of land and the quiet determination to build a life. The local economy, like the windswept plains, has always been tied to the earth, with cattle ranching and agriculture forming the bedrock of its existence. Though few prominent landmarks define Baker, its character is defined by a steadfast independence and a deep connection to the rhythms of nature. The pace of life here is unhurried, dictated less by the clock and more by the turning of the seasons, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of this corner of Oklahoma.
Live animated radar for Baker 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 | Baker, Texas County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 36.869471°N, 101.017943°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 73950 |
| Area Code | 580 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Baker, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Baker, 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 Baker includes coordinates 36.869471°N, 101.017943°W, situated in Texas County. ZIP code 73950. 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.
