Ratliff City, Oklahoma Weather
Ratliff City, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ratliff City, Carter County.
Full aviation weather for Ratliff City is published on the Healdton Municipal Airport (KF32) page, 22 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. 6 airfields within reach of Ratliff City 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 Ratliff City: Pauls Valley Municipal Airport (KPVJ) 39 km · Halliburton Field (KDUC) 41 km · Lindsay Municipal Airport (K1K2) 45 km · Ardmore Municipal Airport (KADM) 48 km · Sulphur Municipal Airport (KF30) 48 km
Conditions reported at KF32 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ratliff City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ratliff City.
About Ratliff City, Oklahoma
Ratliff City rests on a gentle swell of Oklahoma earth, a place where the sky feels vast and the horizon stretches with a quiet, persistent grace. It lies 51.3 miles east-south-east of Lawton, OK (from Lawton, OK: bearing 102°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east of Velma. The land here is a mosaic of ochre and faded green, rolling softly as if breathing under the immense, pale blue dome. Scattered farmsteads, like lonely punctuation marks against the wide canvas, punctuate the landscape, their weathered barns and silos standing sentinel. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a crisp, clean scent, tinged with the dry sweetness of hay and the distant promise of dust. Evenings bring a particular magic, when the sun bleeds across the west, casting long, theatrical shadows that deepen the contours of the land and paint the few scattered clouds in hues of rose and bruised plum. The story of Ratliff City is tied to the earth it occupies, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the persistent labor of those who have coaxed life from its soil. Once, the promise of oil might have pulsed beneath the surface, a fleeting fever that shaped the fortunes of this place and its people. Today, the economy hums with the steady, dependable pulse of agriculture, the fields yielding their bounty under the relentless Oklahoma sun. There are no grand universities or famous sons to loudly proclaim its name, but Ratliff City possesses a more intimate renown, a character forged in the quiet resilience of its inhabitants and the enduring, unhurried rhythm of life that flows through its unassuming streets. The local traditions are less about spectacle and more about the shared understanding that blooms in the heart of a community that knows its own enduring strength.
Live animated radar for Ratliff City 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 | Ratliff City, Carter County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 34.448974°N, 97.50947°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 73481 |
| Area Code | 405 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ratliff City, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ratliff City, 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 Ratliff City includes coordinates 34.448974°N, 97.509470°W, situated in Carter County. ZIP code 73481. 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. 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.
