Purcell, Oklahoma Weather
Purcell, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Purcell, McClain County.
Full aviation weather for Purcell is published on the David Jay Perry Airport (K1K4) page, 19 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 Purcell 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 Purcell: University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport (KOUN) 28 km · Tinker Air Force Base (KTIK) 45 km · OKC Will Rogers World Airport (KOKC) 47 km · Chickasha Municipal Airport (KCHK) 56 km
Conditions reported at K1K4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Purcell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Purcell.
About Purcell, Oklahoma
Purcell lies under a vast Oklahoma sky, where the land rolls with a gentle, persistent undulation, hinting at the ancient forces that shaped it. It lies 15.1 miles south-south-east of Norman, OK (from Norman, OK: bearing 163°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-south-east of Noble. The air here, especially as the sun begins its slow descent, carries a dry, earthy scent, mingled with the faint, sweet perfume of summer grasses and the distant, almost imperceptible hum of cicadas. Fields of amber grain stretch towards the horizon, broken by stoic stands of cottonwood trees that offer sparse shade along the meandering pathways of dusty roads. The character of Purcell is etched not in grand pronouncements, but in the quiet resilience of its landscape, a place where the wind whispers secrets across the open plains and the light, at dusk, paints the western sky in hues of bruised plum and molten gold. This stretch of McClain County has long been tied to the ebb and flow of the land and its bounty. Originally a hub for cattle ranching and later finding its footing in agriculture, Purcell's economy still whispers of its agrarian roots, though the modern pulse of commerce beats steadily here too. The presence of the Canadian River, a vital artery through this region, has always influenced the lifeblood of Purcell, shaping its past and continuing to inform its present. It’s a place where the echoes of earlier generations, those who tamed this prairie and built its foundations, can still be felt in the sturdy architecture and the enduring spirit of its people, a quiet testament to perseverance under the immense, unwavering Oklahoma heavens.
Live animated radar for Purcell 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Purcell, McClain County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 35.013683°N, 97.36114°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 73080, 73095 |
| Area Code | 405, 572 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Purcell, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Purcell, 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 Purcell includes coordinates 35.013683°N, 97.361140°W, situated in McClain County. ZIP code 73080, 73095. Telephone area code: 405, 572. 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.
