Bearden, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bearden, Okfuskee County.
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Bearden unfolds across a landscape of rolling hills, where the rich Oklahoma soil, a deep, almost bruised umber, cradles scattered farmsteads and groves of hardy oak. It lies 30.3 miles east of Shawnee, OK (from Shawnee, OK: bearing 87°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south-west of Okemah. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of drying hay and the distant hum of cicadas, a sound that seems to deepen with the lengthening shadows. Wide, open fields, punctuated by barbed-wire fences that sag with age, stretch towards horizons softened by a hazy, pale blue sky. Creeks, more of a murmur than a rush in this dry season, thread through the terrain, their banks fringed with tenacious scrub brush and the occasional sentinel-like pecan tree. The character of Bearden is one of quiet resilience, a place where the land dictates the pace and the sky feels impossibly vast. The history of Bearden is subtly etched into its very being, a testament to the pioneering spirit that settled these plains. Founded during a period of agricultural expansion, its economy has long been tied to the earth, with cattle ranching and crop farming forming the bedrock of its sustenance. The land, though sometimes unforgiving, has always provided, and generations have learned to read its moods and yield. While no grand monuments mark its past, the weathered barns and sturdy, white-painted farmhouses speak of a persistent dignity. The local character is one of straightforward neighborliness, a tradition of mutual reliance forged in shared experience, where a handshake still carries significant weight. The rhythm of life in Bearden is measured by the seasons and the slow, steady turning of the earth, a gentle cadence that has echoed for decades.
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| Location | Bearden, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 35.348136°N, 96.38862°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74859 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bearden, Oklahoma, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Bearden includes coordinates 35.348136°N, 96.388620°W, situated in Okfuskee County. ZIP code 74859. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.