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Weather & Climate · The Natural State
The Definitive Arkansas Weather Portal

Every forecast in Arkansas,
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Official National Weather Service forecasts, severe weather and tornadoes, ice storms and river flooding — for all 75 Arkansas counties, from the Ozarks and Northwest Arkansas down I-49 to Fort Smith, east along I-40 through Russellville and Conway to Little Rock, Forrest City and West Memphis, and south on I-30 through the Ouachitas and the timber belt to Texarkana and El Dorado.

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Counties
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People
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Regions of Arkansas

Guide · 9 zones
Metro · I-30/40/430/440/630
Little Rock & Central Arkansas
Little Rock · North Little Rock · Conway · Benton
Metro · I-49/US-71
Northwest Arkansas & the Ozark Plateau
Fayetteville · Springdale · Rogers · Bentonville
Metro · I-40/49/540
Fort Smith & the Arkansas River Valley
Fort Smith · Van Buren · Russellville · Clarksville
Metro · I-555/US-63
Jonesboro & Northeast Arkansas
Jonesboro · Paragould · Blytheville · Newport
Zone · US-62/65/412
The Ozarks & the North Central Highlands
Harrison · Mountain Home · Batesville · Heber Springs
Zone · I-30/US-70/270
Hot Springs & the Ouachitas
Hot Springs · Malvern · Arkadelphia · Mount Ida
Zone · I-530/US-65/425
Pine Bluff & Southeast Arkansas
Pine Bluff · Monticello · Stuttgart · McGehee
Zone · I-30/US-82/167
South Arkansas & the Timber Belt
Texarkana · El Dorado · Magnolia · Camden
Zone · I-40/55 · US-49/61
The Delta & Crowley’s Ridge
West Memphis · Forrest City · Helena-West Helena · Wynne

The Arkansas Weather Story

Alerts & Climate
Warning · Mar–May & Nov
Severe & Tornadoes Live
Arkansas sits where Dixie Alley starts to bend into the Ozarks — the March 2023 Little Rock EF3 that ran the length of Pulaski County in daylight, the 1997 Arkadelphia F4, and the November outbreaks that come after dark.
Warning · Dec–Feb
Ice Storms & Winter
The state is the country’s freezing-rain crossroads — the December 2000 storm that took the grid down for two weeks and the January 2009 storm that broke the timber in the north half. Snow is the smaller problem here; ice is the one that stops the state.
Warning
The Rivers & Flash Flooding Soon
The Arkansas, the White, the Ouachita and the Mississippi — the 1927 flood that started here, the 2019 Arkansas River crest that overtopped the levees at Dardanelle, and the flash floods that come off the Ozark and Ouachita escarpments in an hour.
Warning · Jun–Sep
Heat & Humidity
Delta dewpoints that do not fall at night and the heat indices they push past 110 from the Grand Prairie to the Red River, and the 1980 summer that is still the state’s worst.
Recreation
The Ozarks, the Ouachitas & the Lakes Soon
The Buffalo National River, the Ouachita Trail, Beaver, Bull Shoals, Greers Ferry, Ouachita and DeGray — river levels, lake forecasts and the elevation that changes the forecast 3,000 feet up Mount Magazine.
Guide
Climate & Records
Normals, records and long-term trends for all 75 counties.

Weather Along the Interstates

Guide · Drive smart
Interstate
I-40
Oklahoma → Fort Smith → Russellville → Conway → Little Rock → Forrest City → West Memphis → Tennessee
Interstate
I-30
Texarkana → Arkadelphia → Malvern → Benton → Little Rock
Interstate
I-49
Texarkana → Fort Smith → Alma → Fayetteville → Bentonville → Missouri
Interstate
I-55
West Memphis → Marion → Osceola → Blytheville → Missouri
Interstate
I-530
Little Rock → Redfield → Pine Bluff
Interstate
I-555
Jonesboro → Trumann → Marked Tree → Turrell
Interstate
I-540
Fort Smith → Van Buren → Alma
Interstate
I-430
West Little Rock → North Little Rock
Interstate
I-440
North Little Rock → Little Rock National Airport
Interstate
I-630
Downtown Little Rock → West Little Rock