Kaw City, Oklahoma Weather
Kaw City, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kaw City, Kay County.
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About Kaw City, Oklahoma
Kaw City lies at the western edge of a vast expanse of Oklahoma prairie, where the land gently rolls, a subtle topography that belies the immense sky arching overhead. It lies 46.3 miles north-north-east of Stillwater, OK (from Stillwater, OK: bearing 16°T), and is situated 14.4 miles east-north-east of Ponca City. The air here, especially in the languid hours of late afternoon, carries a dry warmth, tinged with the scent of sun-baked earth and distant fields of grain. Sparse clusters of cottonwood trees, their leaves whispering secrets on the breeze, mark the edges of cultivated land, their roots grasping deep into the loamy soil. The character of Kaw City is one of quiet persistence, a place where the horizon seems to stretch into an eternity of possibility, and the rhythm of the day is dictated by the slow, deliberate turning of the sun. The history of Kaw City is intimately bound to the mighty Arkansas River and the vast reservoir it feeds, Lake Ponca, a shimmering blue expanse that shapes the local economy and recreational life. This region once echoed with the footsteps of the Kaw Nation, whose ancestral lands were here, their legacy a silent whisper in the wind that sweeps across the plains. Today, the economy relies on the bounty of the surrounding agricultural lands, fields that yield wheat and sorghum under that expansive sky, and on the steady draw of the lake, attracting anglers and boaters who find solace in its waters. A notable feature is the presence of the Kaw Dam, a concrete testament to human endeavor that tames the river and creates the very heart of this locality's appeal.
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| Location | Kaw City, Kay County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 36.760314°N, 96.833367°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74641 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kaw City, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kaw City, 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 Kaw City includes coordinates 36.760314°N, 96.833367°W, situated in Kay County. ZIP code 74641. 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.
