Pocola, Oklahoma Weather
Pocola, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pocola, Le Flore County.
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About Pocola, Oklahoma
Pocola lies where the Poteau River, a low, dark ribbon, has long shaped the land, its banks a mosaic of cottonwood and scrub oak. It lies 11.6 miles south-south-west of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 203°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east of Spiro. The terrain here, just east of the Arkansas border, rolls with a subtle, persistent grade, rising gently towards the Ouachita foothills, a distant blue haze on the horizon. Sunlight often settles in long, golden swathes across the cultivated fields, illuminating the dust kicked up by passing trucks, the air tasting faintly of dry earth and the distant sweetness of ripening corn. The houses, mostly modest and weathered, seem to hunker down against the wide Oklahoma sky, their porches offering a quiet welcome to the persistent breeze that whispers through the tall grasses. The history of Pocola is tied to the land's bounty and the river's temperamental flow. Coal once pulsed beneath the earth here, a deep, subterranean hum that fueled a generation of miners and shaped the very character of the place, leaving behind a legacy of resilience and hard-won grit. Though the mines are long silent, the echoes remain, a quiet testament to the industry that once defined Pocola. Today, agriculture holds sway, the broad fields yielding soybeans and pecans, their green expanse a comforting counterpoint to the sky. The Poteau River, while no longer a central artery of commerce, still marks the boundary of Pocola, its presence a constant reminder of the forces that have molded this corner of Le Flore County.
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| Location | Pocola, Le Flore County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 35.231206°N, 94.477996°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74902 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pocola, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pocola, 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 Pocola includes coordinates 35.231206°N, 94.477996°W, situated in Le Flore County. ZIP code 74902. 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.
