Carter, Oklahoma Weather
Carter, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Carter, Beckham County.
Full aviation weather for Carter is published on the Sayre Municipal Airport (K3O4) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Carter 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 Carter: Elk City Regional Business Airport (KELK) 26 km · Clinton Sherman Airport (KCSM) 31 km · Scott Field (K2K4) 36 km · Mignon Laird Municipal Airport (K93F) 47 km · Hobart Regional Airport (KHBR) 48 km
Conditions reported at K3O4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Carter specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Carter.
About Carter, Oklahoma
Carter rests under a vast Oklahoma sky, a place where the earth stretches in patient, tawny swells toward a horizon that seems to hold its breath. It lies 76.0 miles north-west of Lawton, OK (from Lawton, OK: bearing 304°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east-south-east of Sayre. The land here is a study in subtle shifts: rolling prairie grasses, bleached gold by the sun and stirred by a wind that carries the scent of dust and distant rain, give way to flatter expanses where agriculture has carved out neat, geometric fields. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a pale green whisper against the blue, offer scant shade along the occasional dry creek beds that snake through the terrain, their courses marked by a scattering of scrub oak and tenacious wildflowers. The air itself feels thin and clean, carrying the distant hum of cicadas and the occasional low rumble of a truck on a far-off highway, a constant reminder of the immensity of the surrounding country. Carter's story is written in the enduring spirit of those who have worked this soil, a narrative of resilience and quiet determination. For generations, the economy here has been tied to the land, with wheat and cattle forming the backbone of its livelihood, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of the community. You can still see the echoes of earlier times in the weathered grain elevators that stand sentinel against the sky, silent monuments to a bygone era of boom and bust. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling crowds, Carter holds a distinct character, a grounded authenticity born from shared experience and a deep connection to the prairie. The setting sun often paints the western sky in hues of apricot and rose, a daily spectacle that lends a quiet, ephemeral beauty to the everyday lives lived within Carter.
Live animated radar for Carter 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 | Carter, Beckham County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 35.218941°N, 99.505646°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 73627 |
| Area Code | 405 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Carter, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carter, 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 Carter includes coordinates 35.218941°N, 99.505646°W, situated in Beckham County. ZIP code 73627. Telephone area code: 405. 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.
