Bell, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bell, Adair County.
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Bell lies cradled by the undulating green hills of Adair County, a place where the air often carries the earthy scent of damp soil and pine needles. It lies 25.0 miles north-north-west of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 337°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-south-east of Stilwell. The landscape here is a gentle, rolling terrain, a patchwork of dense hardwood forests giving way to open pastures where cattle graze lazily under a wide Oklahoma sky. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-heavy cloud cover, possesses a soft, diffused quality, illuminating the verdant growth and casting long, shifting shadows across the winding country roads that stitch the scattered homesteads together. The silence is often profound, broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the rustle of wind through the tall grasses that border the infrequently traveled lanes. The history of Bell is intertwined with the hardscrabble spirit of early Oklahoma settlers, people who sought opportunity in this fertile, yet often challenging, land. Primarily an agricultural community, its economy has long been sustained by the cultivation of crops like corn and soybeans, and the raising of livestock, a tradition that continues to shape the rhythm of life here. The land itself, rich and dark, has been the bedrock of generations, its bounty a hard-won reward for diligent labor. While no grand monuments mark its past, a quiet resilience permeates Bell, a testament to the enduring connection between its people and the earth they call home.
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| Location | Bell, Adair County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 35.718141°N, 94.576053°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74960 |
| 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 Bell, 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 Bell includes coordinates 35.718141°N, 94.576053°W, situated in Adair County. ZIP code 74960. 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.