Bauxite, Arkansas Weather
Bauxite, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bauxite, Saline County.
Full aviation weather for Bauxite is published on the Saline County Regional Airport (KSUZ) 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 Bauxite 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 Bauxite: Sheridan Municipal Airport (K9M8) 30 km · Malvern Municipal Airport (KM78) 33 km · Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (KLIT) 33 km · Robinson Army Air Field (KRBM) 38 km · North Little Rock Municipal Airport (KORK) 39 km
Conditions reported at KSUZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bauxite specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bauxite.
About Bauxite, Arkansas
Bauxite rests in a landscape of gently rolling hills, a terrain softened by the humid embrace of the Arkansas climate. It lies 3.8 miles east of Benton, AR (from Benton, AR: bearing 99°T), and is situated 3.3 miles south-south-west of Bryant. Pine and oak trees, their bark rough with the passage of seasons, form a verdant canopy that filters the sunlight into shifting patterns on the red clay earth. The air here often carries the scent of damp soil and the distant hum of cicadas, a subtle soundtrack to the quiet days. Small creeks, their waters the color of weak tea, meander through the low-lying areas, reflecting the wide, pale blue sky that stretches overhead, a sky that can turn a dramatic, bruised purple before a summer storm. This place, Bauxite, owes its very name to the mineral that lies beneath its soil, a discovery that shaped its destiny and economy. For decades, the rich deposits of bauxite ore fueled the nation's aluminum production, a quiet but vital contribution to industry. The legacy of those mining days is still visible in the altered topography, the scars of extraction softened by the persistent reclamation of nature. Though the intensive mining has largely ceased, the memory of that industrial purpose imbues the local character, a sense of rugged self-reliance and a connection to the earth's hidden bounty. The rhythm of life in Bauxite is not one of haste, but of patient unfolding, where the land itself dictates the pace.
Live animated radar for Bauxite 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.
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| Location | Bauxite, Saline County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34.555649°N, 92.52127°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72011 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bauxite, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bauxite, Arkansas, 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 Bauxite includes coordinates 34.555649°N, 92.521270°W, situated in Saline County. ZIP code 72011. Telephone area code: 870. 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.
