Checotah, Oklahoma Weather
Checotah, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Checotah, McIntosh County.
Full aviation weather for Checotah is published on the Fountainhead Lodge Airpark (K0F7) page, 11 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 Checotah 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 Checotah: Muskogee-Davis Regional Airport (KMKO) 25 km · Arrowhead Airport (K91F) 36 km · Haskell Airport (K2K9) 42 km · Stigler Regional Airport (KGZL) 44 km · Okmulgee Regional Airport (KOKM) 44 km
Conditions reported at K0F7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Checotah specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Checotah.
About Checotah, Oklahoma
Checotah rests where the Oklahoma sky spills out, a wide, generous canvas above rolling terrain. It lies 21.0 miles south-south-west of Muskogee, OK (from Muskogee, OK: bearing 204°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north-north-west of Texanna. The land here, a gentle swell of earth, breathes with the scent of damp soil and sun-baked grass, particularly in the late afternoon when the light stretches long and golden, painting the scattered oaks and pecans with a warm, ephemeral glow. The air, thick and often humid, carries the distant hum of cicadas and the occasional lowing of cattle, a soundtrack to the unhurried pulse of McIntosh County life. Dust motes dance in the shafts of sunlight that penetrate the canopy of trees lining the quiet streets, and the very stillness of the place seems to absorb sound, muffling the world outside into a soft murmur. Checotah’s character is woven from threads of its past, a history tied to the railroads that once thundered through and the fertile ground that drew early settlers. The legacy of the Muskogee Creek Nation, whose ancestral lands encompass this region, is a quiet undercurrent, a reminder of deeper roots. The local economy, once robust with agriculture and the timber industry, now finds its rhythm in a more diversified, though still modest, pace, with small businesses and services forming the backbone of daily commerce. Visitors might note the unassuming charm of the downtown area, where buildings that have witnessed decades of change stand testament to resilience, and the surrounding countryside, dotted with farms and ranches, offers a glimpse into a life lived close to the land, where the seasons dictate the rhythm and the open sky offers a constant, comforting presence.
Live animated radar for Checotah 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 | Checotah, McIntosh County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 35.470099°N, 95.523036°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74426 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Checotah, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Checotah, 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 Checotah includes coordinates 35.470099°N, 95.523036°W, situated in McIntosh County. ZIP code 74426. 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.
