Boles, Arkansas Weather
Boles, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Boles, Scott County.
Full aviation weather for Boles is published on the Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport (KMEZ) page, 30 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 Boles 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 Boles: Arrowhead Assault Strip (KAZU) 58 km · Robert S Kerr Airport (KRKR) 59 km
Conditions reported at KMEZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Boles specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Boles.
About Boles, Arkansas
Boles unfolds across the rolling terrain of western Arkansas, a landscape defined by the persistent push and pull of the Ouachita Mountains' foothills. It lies 46.3 miles south-south-east of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 155°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-south-east of Waldron. Here, the land rises and falls in gentle, forested waves, cloaked in the deep greens of oak and pine, with occasional clearings revealing the rich, red earth beneath. Creeks, fed by the region's frequent rains, thread through the valleys, their waters sometimes a murmur, sometimes a determined rush, carving their way through the undergrowth. The air itself carries a particular scent, a blend of damp earth, pine needles, and the faint, sweet perfume of wild honeysuckle that clings to fences and forgotten corners. The sky, a vast canvas, often shifts from a pale, washed-out blue to the bruised purples and oranges of an approaching storm, lending a dramatic backdrop to the quiet persistence of Boles. The history of Boles is etched into the very character of its landscape, a story of hardy settlers drawn by the promise of fertile land and timber. For generations, the economy here has been tied to the earth, a rhythm of farming and logging that has shaped the lives of its residents. You can still feel the echoes of that past in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of the older homes, their porches often adorned with the vibrant colors of blooming petunias. While the days of widespread timber operations may have softened, the connection to the natural world remains strong, a defining characteristic of Boles. The nearby national forest offers a refuge of untamed beauty, a place where the silence is broken only by the rustle of leaves and the call of unseen birds, a testament to the enduring spirit of this Arkansas locale.
Live animated radar for Boles 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 | Boles, Scott County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34.779546°N, 94.049096°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72926, 72958 |
| Area Code | 479 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Boles, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Boles, 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 Boles includes coordinates 34.779546°N, 94.049096°W, situated in Scott County. ZIP code 72926, 72958. Telephone area code: 479. 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.
