Short, Oklahoma Weather
Short, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Short, Sequoyah County.
Full aviation weather for Short is published on the Fort Smith Regional Airport (KFSM) page, 28 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 Short 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 Short: Sallisaw Municipal Airport (KJSV) 32 km · Arrowhead Assault Strip (KAZU) 41 km · Drake Field (KFYV) 56 km · Ozark Franklin County Airport (K7M5) 59 km
Conditions reported at KFSM describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Short specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Short.
About Short, Oklahoma
Short lies where the land begins its slow, deliberate climb towards the Ouachita Mountains, a place where the air carries the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 13.8 miles north-north-west of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 338°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west of Cedarville. Rolling hills, cloaked in a dense tapestry of deciduous trees and tenacious pines, form the immediate horizon, their verdant slopes softening the sharp edges of the Oklahoma terrain. Here, streams, barely more than silver threads in the summer heat, meander through shaded ravines, their banks often fringed with ferns and wildflowers that seem to glow with an inner light during the long, humid afternoons. The sky above Short is a vast canvas, often a brilliant, unbroken blue, but prone to dramatic shifts, darkening with the sudden fury of thunderstorms that leave the landscape slick and gleaming. The history of Short is as deeply rooted as the ancient oaks that still stand sentinel on its outskirts, a history intertwined with the logging industry that once defined its economy, the echoes of saws and heavy machinery now faded into the quiet hum of rural life. Generations have carved a living from the fertile, if sometimes stubborn, soil, their efforts evident in the small farms and homesteads that dot the landscape, their fields a patchwork of crops that change with the seasons. While the grander narratives of statewide history might overlook its modest beginnings, Short holds its own distinct character, a resilience forged in the quiet persistence of its people and their enduring connection to this particular stretch of Oklahoma earth. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the sun's arc and the changing weather, a slower, more deliberate pulse than that found in the bustling cities, a pace that allows for the appreciation of small beauties, like the way the setting sun paints the western sky in hues of apricot and rose.
Live animated radar for Short 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 | Short, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 35.571476°N, 94.491327°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74948 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Short, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Short, 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 Short includes coordinates 35.571476°N, 94.491327°W, situated in Sequoyah County. ZIP code 74948. 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. 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.
