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, Nacogdoches County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Oak Ridge. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Oak Ridge is published on the A L Mangham Jr. Regional Airport (KOCH) page, 16 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. 4 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: San Augustine County Airport (K78R) 35 km · Angelina County Airport (KLFK) 42 km · Center Municipal Airport (KF17) 46 km
Conditions reported at KOCH describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 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 lies where the East Texas piney woods begin to soften into rolling terrain, a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of pine needles and damp earth, especially after a summer shower. It lies 7.1 miles east-south-east of Nacogdoches, TX (from Nacogdoches, TX: bearing 108°T), and is situated 19.6 miles north-east of Lufkin. The landscape here is a gentle, undulating canvas painted in shades of deep green and rich brown, punctuated by the occasional splash of wildflowers in the spring. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of longleaf pines and loblollys, casting shifting mosaics of light and shadow on the sandy loam soil, and the quiet here is profound, broken only by the call of a distant bird or the rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth. The sky above is a vast, often brilliant blue, a stark contrast to the shadowed depths of the woods. The history of Oak Ridge is deeply intertwined with the timber industry that once dominated this part of East Texas, the echoes of sawmills and logging camps still whispered on the breeze. While the grand scale of those operations has receded, a spirit of self-reliance and a connection to the land persists among its residents. The local economy, though modest, finds its roots in agriculture, with small farms producing everything from cattle to sweet potatoes, and a quiet pride in the quality of the goods grown here. There are no towering monuments or bustling tourist attractions in Oak Ridge, but rather a collection of modest homes, a general store that serves as a social hub, and the enduring strength of a community built on shared experience and the quiet dignity of hard work.
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, Nacogdoches County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.57157°N, 94.541319°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 31.571570°N, 94.541319°W, situated in Nacogdoches 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.
