Oakland, Texas Weather
Oakland, 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 Oakland, Cherokee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Oakland. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Oakland is published on the Cherokee County Airport (KJSO) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Oakland 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 Oakland: Palestine Municipal Airport (KPSN) 46 km · Rusk County Airport (KRFI) 50 km · A L Mangham Jr. Regional Airport (KOCH) 55 km · Houston County Airport (KDKR) 59 km
Conditions reported at KJSO describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oakland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oakland.
About Oakland, Texas
Oakland in Cherokee County, Texas, is a place where the earth exhales a humid, verdant breath under a sky that often stretches in vast, unbroken canvases of blue. It lies 36.2 miles west-north-west of Nacogdoches, TX (from Nacogdoches, TX: bearing 294°T), and is situated 4.3 miles west-north-west of Rusk. The landscape here is a gentle, rolling tapestry of pine and hardwood forests, interspersed with fields that, depending on the season, might gleam with the golden stubble of harvested crops or the deep green of burgeoning growth. The air itself carries a subtle sweetness, a blend of pine needles warming in the sun and the rich, dark loam of the East Texas soil, especially potent after a summer shower. Creek beds, often dry and dusty in the heat, can transform into lively, murmuring streams after rainfall, their banks lined with ferns and the tenacious roots of ancient trees. The quality of light in Oakland can be remarkably soft, particularly in the late afternoon, when the sun slants through the dense canopy, casting long, shifting shadows that imbue the woods with a quiet, contemplative mood. The history of Oakland is entwined with the rich agricultural heritage of East Texas, an area long known for its timber and its fertile ground. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of good land, established communities like Oakland, carving out a living from the abundant natural resources. While the precise origins are lost to the mists of time, the echoes of those early days can be felt in the enduring spirit of self-reliance and neighborly connection that still characterizes the local character. The economy, historically tied to agriculture and the timber industry, has seen shifts over the years, but a quiet industriousness persists, with residents tending to farms and small businesses. There are no grand pronouncements of historical significance here, but rather a steady, unassuming continuity, a sense of place built not on dramatic events, but on the patient cultivation of the land and the enduring bonds of community.
Live animated radar for Oakland 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 | Oakland, Cherokee County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.814339°N, 95.21939°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78951, 77541, 75103, 77963 |
| Area Code | 214, 469, 409 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oakland, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oakland, 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 Oakland includes coordinates 31.814339°N, 95.219390°W, situated in Cherokee County. ZIP code 78951, 77541, 75103, 77963. Telephone area code: 214, 469, 409. 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.
