Black Springs, Arkansas Weather
Black Springs, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Black Springs, Montgomery County.
Full aviation weather for Black Springs is published on the Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport (KMEZ) page, 46 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. 3 airfields within reach of Black Springs 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 Black Springs: Howard County Airport (KM77) 53 km · Memorial Field Airport (KHOT) 56 km
Conditions reported at KMEZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 46 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Black Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Black Springs.
About Black Springs, Arkansas
Black Springs lies in a fold of the Ouachita Mountains, where the land swells into rolling hills cloaked in the deep green of pine and hardwood. It lies 37.6 miles west of Hot Springs, AR (from Hot Springs, AR: bearing 266°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-west of Mount Ida. The air, even on a warm afternoon, carries a crispness, a hint of the elevation and the clear waters that give the locale its name. Tiny streams, clear as glass, thread through the dense undergrowth, their murmur a constant, gentle soundtrack to the quietude. The sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the rich, dark earth and the sturdy, weathered cabins that dot the landscape. There is a sense of permanence here, a feeling that the land itself has stood sentinel for ages, watching the slow procession of seasons. The history of Black Springs is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its people and the enduring allure of its natural bounty. Once a stop for travelers and a hub for logging operations, the area's economy has since shifted, finding its footing in the gentle cultivation of the land and the quiet draw of its serene environment. The legacy of these earlier times can still be felt in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture and the deep-rooted connection many residents feel to the surrounding wilderness. It is a place where the pace of life is dictated by the rising and setting sun, and where the simple act of breathing the clean, mountain air feels like a profound connection to something enduring.
Live animated radar for Black Springs 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 | Black Springs, Montgomery County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34.461212°N, 93.712692°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71960 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Black Springs, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Black Springs, 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 Black Springs includes coordinates 34.461212°N, 93.712692°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 71960. 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.
