Bradley, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bradley, Lafayette County.
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Bradley unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where the rich, dark earth hints at the abundance it has nurtured for generations. It lies 32.0 miles south-east of Texarkana, TX (from Texarkana, TX: bearing 135°T), and is situated 12.6 miles west-north-west of Springhill. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid air, often casts a softened, golden hue upon the scattered stands of pine and oak, their leaves rustling with a quiet murmur that seems to echo the slow pulse of the land. The air itself carries a subtle sweetness, a mingling of pine needles, damp soil after a summer shower, and the distant, ephemeral scent of blooming honeysuckle. Here, the sky often feels vast, stretching out in broad, unbroken expanses of blue or bruised with the dramatic colors of an approaching thunderstorm, a constant, living presence over the fields and forests that define Bradley. The story of Bradley is one deeply entwined with the fertile soil and the waterways that snake through this corner of Lafayette County. Once a hub for timber and agriculture, its economy still bears the imprint of those foundational industries, with farming continuing to be a quiet backbone for many families. The very earth here remembers the passage of generations, from the early settlers who cleared the land to the families who have called Bradley home for decades, their lives shaped by the predictable cycles of planting and harvest. While the grand pronouncements of history may have passed it by, a distinct character persists in Bradley, a resilience and a groundedness that comes from living in close communion with the natural world, a character that can be felt in the quiet dignity of its people and the enduring beauty of its rural expanse.
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| Location | Bradley, Lafayette County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.098188°N, 93.654898°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71826 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bradley, Arkansas, 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 Bradley includes coordinates 33.098188°N, 93.654898°W, situated in Lafayette County. ZIP code 71826. 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. 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.