Oakland, Texas Weather
Oakland, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oakland, Jack County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oakland.
About Oakland, Texas
Oakland, a place where the wide Texas sky stretches out like a worn denim blanket, unfolds across a landscape of sun-baked earth and tenacious scrub. It lies 36.1 miles south-south-east of Wichita Falls, TX (from Wichita Falls, TX: bearing 161°T), and is situated 15.8 miles north-north-west of Jacksboro. The land itself seems to sigh under the weight of the heat, a gently rolling terrain dotted with mesquite trees whose thorny branches claw at the air, and the occasional, stoic live oak that offers a meager shade. Dust, a fine ochre powder, coats everything, softening the sharp edges of barbed wire fences and clinging to the faded paint of weathered farmhouses. In the late afternoon, the light takes on a thick, golden quality, as if poured from a celestial pitcher, illuminating the heat-haze rising from the asphalt of the single main road, and lending a melancholic beauty to the sparse, hardy vegetation. Oakland’s roots are firmly planted in the agricultural heart of Jack County, a history etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who worked the land. For generations, cotton and cattle have been the lifeblood of this region, their cycles dictating the pulse of life in Oakland. While the grand agricultural empires of the past may have faded, the economy here still hums with the quiet industry of ranching and farming, a resilience born from necessity and a deep understanding of the land's temper. You can still see the ghosts of old farmsteads, their skeletal remains whispering stories of a bygone era, and the occasional, well-maintained barn stands as a stoic sentinel to the enduring connection between the people and their earth. The air itself carries the faint, sweet scent of drying hay and the dry, mineral tang of the soil, a constant reminder of Oakland’s enduring, unpretentious character.
Live animated radar for Oakland and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Oakland, Jack County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.418998°N, 98.290326°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78951, 77541, 75103, 77963 |
| Area Code | 214, 469, 409 |
| Page generated | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 33.418998°N, 98.290326°W, situated in Jack 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
