Blanco, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Blanco, Pittsburg County.
Full aviation weather for Blanco is published on the Mc Alester Regional Airport (KMLC) page, 15 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. 4 airfields within reach of Blanco 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 Blanco: Wilburton Municipal Airport (KH05) 40 km · Arrowhead Airport (K91F) 47 km · Atoka Municipal Airport (KAQR) 52 km
Conditions reported at KMLC describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Blanco specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Blanco.
Blanco, a scatter of dwellings and businesses, lies nestled in the rolling hills of Pittsburg County. It lies 72.6 miles south-south-west of Muskogee, OK (from Muskogee, OK: bearing 198°T), and is situated 7.4 miles east-north-east of Kiowa. The land here is a study in subtle transitions, where the gentle slopes of the Ozark foothills begin to assert themselves, hinting at the wilder country to the north. Red earth, rich and fertile, underlies a patchwork of pastures, small farms, and stands of oak and hickory. In the humid air, thick with the scent of pine and damp soil, the silence is broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the sharp call of a crow. Dusk here often bleeds across the sky in bruised purples and soft oranges, a slow, quiet spectacle that seems to linger, bathing the scattered homes in a warm, transient glow. The history of Blanco is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent spirit of its people and the land they've worked. Once a place of promise for coal miners seeking their fortune, the seams have long since been depleted, leaving behind a quiet resilience. The local economy now leans more towards agriculture, with cattle ranching and small-scale farming forming the backbone of life, though the echoes of earlier industry can still be felt in the weathered barns and the sturdy, unpretentious architecture. Life in Blanco moves at its own measured pace, a testament to a past that shaped a present focused on enduring connections to the earth and to each other.
Live animated radar for Blanco 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 | Blanco, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 34.751209°N, 95.774432°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74528 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blanco, 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 Blanco includes coordinates 34.751209°N, 95.774432°W, situated in Pittsburg County. ZIP code 74528. 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.