Lawton, Oklahoma Weather
Lawton, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Lawton, Comanche County.
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About Lawton, Oklahoma
Lawton rises from the Oklahoma plains, a place where the sky seems to stretch further than the eye can follow, a vast canvas painted with the hues of endless days and star-dusted nights. It lies 48.4 miles north of Wichita Falls, TX (from Wichita Falls, TX: bearing 7°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north of Geronimo. The landscape here is a study in subtle drama, a sweep of rolling terrain that hints at the ancient forces that shaped it, broken by the meandering silver threads of the Cache and the Washita rivers. Red-tinged earth, rich with the promise of growth, forms the bedrock, and when the wind whispers across the open spaces, it carries the scent of prairie grasses and the distant, faint perfume of cottonwoods lining the waterways. The sun, when it descends, often spills a molten gold across the western horizon, turning the clouds to embers and casting long, dancing shadows that lend a quiet, almost palpable presence to the land. This land, once the domain of the Comanche Nation, now pulses with a history interwoven with military presence and agricultural enterprise. Lawton's founding is intrinsically linked to the dramatic Kiowa-Comanche land run, a seismic event that opened these vast territories for settlement, and the nearby Fort Sill army post has been a constant, shaping presence for generations, a sentinel of history standing against the horizon. The local economy, once heavily reliant on agriculture and the bounty of the fertile soil, now finds a robust heartbeat in a diversified industrial base, alongside the enduring significance of the military community. The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, a rugged jewel just a stone's throw away, offers a breathtaking counterpoint to the cultivated fields, its granite peaks and hidden valleys a testament to the wild spirit that still breathes in this corner of Oklahoma.
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| Location | Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 34.608685°N, 98.39033°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 73501, 73502, 73505, 73506, 73507 |
| Area Code | 405 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lawton, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lawton, 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 Lawton includes coordinates 34.608685°N, 98.390330°W, situated in Comanche County. ZIP code 73501, 73502, 73505, 73506, 73507. Telephone area code: 405. 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.
