Howe, Oklahoma Weather
Howe, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Howe, Le Flore County.
Full aviation weather for Howe is published on the Robert S Kerr Airport (KRKR) page, 8 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 Howe 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 Howe: Fort Smith Regional Airport (KFSM) 49 km · Arrowhead Assault Strip (KAZU) 52 km · Stigler Regional Airport (KGZL) 56 km · Sallisaw Municipal Airport (KJSV) 56 km
Conditions reported at KRKR describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Howe specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Howe.
About Howe, Oklahoma
Howe rests in a verdant pocket of Le Flore County, where the Ouachita Mountains begin their gentle, forested rise from the flatlands. It lies 32.9 miles south-south-west of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 204°T), and is situated 7.1 miles south of Poteau. The air here carries the humid breath of pine and damp earth, especially after a rain, and the sunlight, filtering through the dense canopy, often paints the undergrowth in shifting, dappled mosaics. Roads, often unpaved and winding, trace the contours of the land, disappearing into hollows and emerging onto small, sun-kissed clearings that might hold a scattering of homes. The dominant colors are the deep greens of mature trees, the muted browns of weathered wood and exposed soil, and the occasional startling blue of a wild iris or the flash of a cardinal’s wing. The history of Howe is intrinsically tied to the rich veins of coal that once pulsed beneath its soil, a legacy that still whispers in the quietude of the landscape. This industrious past shaped the early settlement, drawing families who worked the mines, their lives etched by the rhythm of pickaxe and lamp. Though the major mining operations have long since ceased, the spirit of self-reliance and close-knit community endures, a quiet strength in the face of changing times. The local economy now leans more towards timber and agriculture, with small farms dotting the surrounding hillsides, their fields a patchwork of cultivation against the wilder backdrop. The silence that often settles over Howe is not an emptiness, but a fullness, a testament to lives lived close to the land and the echoes of generations past.
Live animated radar for Howe 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 | Howe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 34.951211°N, 94.63717°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74940 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Howe, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Howe, 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 Howe includes coordinates 34.951211°N, 94.637170°W, situated in Le Flore County. ZIP code 74940. 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.
