Cottonwood, Oklahoma Weather
Cottonwood, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cottonwood, Sequoyah County.
Full aviation weather for Cottonwood is published on the Fort Smith Regional Airport (KFSM) page, 17 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. 5 airfields within reach of Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood: Sallisaw Municipal Airport (KJSV) 24 km · Arrowhead Assault Strip (KAZU) 31 km · Robert S Kerr Airport (KRKR) 39 km · Stigler Regional Airport (KGZL) 50 km
Conditions reported at KFSM describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cottonwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cottonwood.
About Cottonwood, Oklahoma
Cottonwood, a small settlement in Sequoyah County, unfurls itself across a landscape shaped by the generous, rolling contours of eastern Oklahoma. It lies 8.6 miles west of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 262°T), and is situated 4.1 miles south-south-west of Roland. Here, the verdant earth, rich with the promise of growth, rises and falls in gentle swells, punctuated by stands of sturdy oak and the namesake cottonwood trees whose fluffy seeds drift like ephemeral snow in late spring. The air, especially after a rain, carries the scent of damp soil and growing things, a clean, earthy perfume that clings to the humid atmosphere. The sky above Cottonwood is a vast canvas, often painted with dramatic cloud formations that cast moving shadows across the fields, lending a dynamic quality to the otherwise still terrain. The history of Cottonwood is intertwined with the fertile land and the waterways that have sustained it. Originally settled by those drawn to the agricultural potential of the Arkansas River basin, the area’s economy has historically relied on the bounty of the soil, with crops like cotton and various grains finding a home here. Though cotton is no longer the dominant force it once was, the spirit of the land remains, visible in the scattered farms and the quiet diligence of those who continue to work the earth. This enduring connection to agriculture shapes the unhurried rhythm of life in Cottonwood, where the seasons dictate the pace and the familiar cycles of planting and harvest still hold sway, a subtle echo of generations past.
Live animated radar for Cottonwood 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 | Cottonwood, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 35.368426°N, 94.549108°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74948, 74538 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cottonwood, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottonwood, 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 Cottonwood includes coordinates 35.368426°N, 94.549108°W, situated in Sequoyah County. ZIP code 74948, 74538. 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.
