Fairfax, Oklahoma Weather
Fairfax, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Fairfax, Osage County.
Full aviation weather for Fairfax is published on the Pawhuska Municipal Airport (KH76) page, 29 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 Fairfax 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 Fairfax: Hominy Municipal Airport (KH92) 32 km · Cleveland Municipal Airport (K95F) 39 km · Ponca City Regional Airport (KPNC) 39 km · Perry Municipal Airport (KF22) 55 km · Stillwater Regional Airport (KSWO) 57 km
Conditions reported at KH76 describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairfax specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Fairfax, Oklahoma
Fairfax rests upon a land that whispers of ancient seas and wind-scoured plains. It lies 37.3 miles north-north-east of Stillwater, OK (from Stillwater, OK: bearing 32°T), and is situated 17.2 miles north-north-east of Pawnee. The terrain here is a study in gentle swells, the Osage Plains unfurling in broad, undulating strokes beneath an immense sky that can shift from the softest blush of dawn to the deepest indigo of twilight. Scattered Osage orange trees, their gnarled branches reaching like arthritic fingers, dot the landscape, offering patches of shade against the persistent Oklahoma sun. The air itself carries a subtle dryness, a scent of sun-baked earth and prairie grass that speaks of resilience and a quiet, enduring spirit. Even the silence here feels substantial, punctuated only by the distant hum of an infrequent tractor or the cry of a hawk circling high above. The story of Fairfax is entwined with the rich heritage of the Osage Nation, whose ancestral lands these are, and the subsequent discovery of oil that once pulsed beneath this very ground. For decades, this was a hub of petroleum activity, a place where fortunes were made and lost with the capricious rise and fall of the derricks that once punctuated the horizon. Though the oil boom has long since subsided, the legacy remains, a subtle undercurrent in the local character. Today, the economy of Fairfax is more grounded, drawing sustenance from agriculture and the steady, unpretentious flow of everyday life. The town square, a modest gathering of brick buildings, serves as the heart of this community, where conversations linger and the pace of existence feels calibrated to the slow, steady turning of the seasons.
Live animated radar for Fairfax 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 | Fairfax, Osage County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 36.573659°N, 96.704199°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74637 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairfax, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairfax, 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 Fairfax includes coordinates 36.573659°N, 96.704199°W, situated in Osage County. ZIP code 74637. 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.
