Oak Ridge, Texas Weather
Oak Ridge, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Oak Ridge, Kaufman County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Oak Ridge. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Oak Ridge is published on the Terrell Municipal Airport (KTRL) page, 6 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 Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge: Mesquite Metro Airport (KHQZ) 27 km · Lancaster Airport (KLNC) 44 km · Dallas South Port Airport (KT13) 44 km · Ennis Municipal Airport (KF41) 52 km · Dallas Executive Airport (KRBD) 57 km
Conditions reported at KTRL describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oak Ridge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oak Ridge.
About Oak Ridge, Texas
Oak Ridge unfolds across a landscape shaped by the patient work of water and wind, where the earth rises and falls in subtle, wooded swells. It lies 13.7 miles east-south-east of Forney, TX (from Forney, TX: bearing 117°T), and is situated 5.5 miles south of Terrell. Scattered oaks, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, punctuate the open pastures, offering pockets of shade against the wide Texas sky. The air here carries the dry, sweet scent of sun-baked grass and the faintest whisper of pine, a scent that deepens as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western horizon in hues of bruised plum and molten gold. Ditches, some overgrown with wild sunflowers, trace the gentle contours of the land, hinting at the unseen waterways that nourish this quiet corner of Kaufman County. The history of Oak Ridge is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its people and the land they have worked. For generations, agriculture has been the lifeblood of this place, with cotton fields and cattle ranches defining its economic pulse. While the landscape might suggest a timeless stillness, the echoes of earlier days can be found in the weathered barns and fence lines that still mark the boundaries of family farms. The pace of life in Oak Ridge is measured, a deliberate turning of seasons rather than the frantic rush of larger cities, fostering a sense of enduring connection to the earth and to each other.
Live animated radar for Oak Ridge 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 | Oak Ridge, Kaufman County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.657354°N, 96.262201°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75161, 76240, 75961, 75142 |
| Area Code | 903, 214, 469 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oak Ridge, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oak Ridge, Texas, 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 Oak Ridge includes coordinates 32.657354°N, 96.262201°W, situated in Kaufman County. ZIP code 75161, 76240, 75961, 75142. Telephone area code: 903, 214, 469. 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.
