Stratford, Oklahoma Weather
Stratford, Oklahoma — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Stratford, Garvin County.
Full aviation weather for Stratford is published on the Pauls Valley Municipal Airport (KPVJ) page, 26 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 Stratford 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 Stratford: Ada Regional Airport (KADH) 26 km · Sulphur Municipal Airport (KF30) 30 km · Ardmore Municipal Airport (KADM) 55 km · Lindsay Municipal Airport (K1K2) 57 km · Holdenville Municipal Airport (KF99) 59 km
Conditions reported at KPVJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stratford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stratford.
About Stratford, Oklahoma
Stratford rests in a landscape shaped by the gentle, rolling terrain of south-central Oklahoma, where the earth breathes a quiet sigh of dusty prairie and scattered woodlands. It lies 36.7 miles south of Shawnee, OK (from Shawnee, OK: bearing 183°T), and is situated 16.0 miles west of Ada. The sky here is a vast, ever-shifting canvas, often painted with the fierce hues of an approaching storm or softened by the buttery light of late afternoon, casting long shadows that stretch and recede across fields of wheat and sorghum. The air itself carries the subtle, earthy scent of sun-baked soil and the distant, sweet perfume of blooming wildflowers, a testament to the persistent life that thrives in this open, unpretentious country. The very character of Stratford seems to be drawn from this boundless sky and resilient ground, a place where life moves with a steady, deliberate cadence, like the slow turning of the seasons. The history of Stratford is as deeply rooted as the mesquite trees that dot the surrounding plains, its beginnings intertwined with the push westward and the cultivation of the fertile land. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of opportunity, carved out a life here, establishing a community that would come to rely on agriculture as its lifeblood, with cotton and cattle forming the backbone of its economy for generations. Though the days of vast cotton fields have somewhat receded, the spirit of that agrarian past still lingers, a quiet pride in the land and its bounty. Even today, the hum of tractors in the distance and the occasional gathering at the local feed store are echoes of that enduring connection to the earth, a rhythm that defines the enduring character of Stratford.
Live animated radar for Stratford 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 | Stratford, Garvin County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 34.79675°N, 96.959464°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 74872 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stratford, Oklahoma Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stratford, 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 Stratford includes coordinates 34.796750°N, 96.959464°W, situated in Garvin County. ZIP code 74872. 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.
