Drowning Creek, Oklahoma Weather
Drowning Creek, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Drowning Creek, Delaware County.
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About Drowning Creek, Oklahoma
Drowning Creek lies in a fold of the Ozark foothills, where the land begins to sigh and ripple before the steeper climbs. It lies 33.0 miles west of Bella Vista, AR (from Bella Vista, AR: bearing 269°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-south-west of Grove. Here, the sky seems to hold a deeper blue, a saturated hue that bleeds into the emerald of the oak and hickory forests blanketing the rolling terrain. The air, especially in the long, slow mornings, carries the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and the faint, clean perfume of pine, a fragrance that clings to the skin like dew. Ravines, worn deep by countless seasons of rain, carve their serpentine paths through the landscape, their rocky beds often dry in the summer's heat, but promising a torrent after a storm. The very character of Drowning Creek is etched into these contours, a wildness that softens at the edges where clearings hint at human habitation. The history of Drowning Creek is, in many ways, a story of resilience and adaptation, mirroring the very tenacity of the woods that surround it. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and abundant timber, established a life here, their fortunes tied to the land's bounty. The local economy, though modest, still draws sustenance from the earth, with small farms producing cattle and hay, and the forest yielding its timber. While no grand monuments punctuate the landscape, the quiet dignity of weathered barns and the enduring spirit of its people form a distinct character. The creek itself, though it bears a name that whispers of hardship, is more often a source of quiet contemplation, its gentle flow a counterpoint to the more dramatic pronouncements of the surrounding hills, and on a still evening, the low hum of cicadas provides a constant, ancient soundtrack to the life of Drowning Creek.
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| Location | Drowning Creek, Delaware County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 36.473377°N, 94.867162°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74346, 74342 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Drowning Creek, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Drowning Creek, 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 Drowning Creek includes coordinates 36.473377°N, 94.867162°W, situated in Delaware County. ZIP code 74346, 74342. 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.
