Brinkley, Arkansas Weather
Brinkley, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Brinkley, Monroe County.
Full aviation weather for Brinkley is published on the Frank Federer Memorial Airport (KM36) page, 2 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 Brinkley 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 Brinkley: Clarendon Municipal Airport (K4M8) 32 km · Forrest City Municipal Airport (KFCY) 39 km · Delta Regional Airport (KDRP) 42 km · Hazen Municipal Airport - David Duch Field (K6M0) 43 km · Woodruff County Airport (KM60) 43 km
Conditions reported at KM36 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brinkley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Brinkley.
About Brinkley, Arkansas
Brinkley rests in a landscape where the Arkansas Delta begins its slow, green descent towards the Mississippi River, a place of fertile plains and the deep, rich scent of damp earth after a summer rain. It lies 46.9 miles east of Cabot, AR (from Cabot, AR: bearing 97°T), and is situated 15.1 miles north-north-east of Clarendon. The terrain here is largely flat, the sky a vast canvas stretched taut over fields of cotton and soybeans that shimmer in the humid air like a sea of pale emerald and bone-white. Ancient oaks and elms, their limbs draped with Spanish moss, stand sentinel along the edges of these agricultural expanses, their shadows lengthening and deepening as the sun begins its westward arc, painting the low-lying horizon in hues of bruised plum and molten gold. The air itself carries a gentle weight, a palpable stillness broken only by the distant hum of machinery or the sudden, sharp cry of a hawk circling high above the endless, cultivated furrows. The history of Brinkley is inextricably bound to the fertile soil and the promise of its harvest, a narrative woven from the threads of agricultural ambition and the enduring spirit of its people. Founded in an era when railroads were the arteries of commerce, Brinkley grew to become a vital hub, its economy long anchored by the bounty of the surrounding farmland, particularly cotton, which shaped its fortunes for generations. Today, while agriculture remains a cornerstone, the town also finds its character in the quiet persistence of its residents, the hum of small businesses along its main thoroughfares, and the faint echo of a past that whispers from its older brick buildings. A notable feature is the Brinkley Railroad Museum, a quiet testament to the town's foundational connection to the iron horse, where the ghosts of steam and industry seem to linger in the dusty exhibits, a reminder of the journeys that brought life and livelihood to this Delta heartland.
Live animated radar for Brinkley 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 | Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34.887872°N, 91.194569°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72021 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brinkley, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brinkley, 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 Brinkley includes coordinates 34.887872°N, 91.194569°W, situated in Monroe County. ZIP code 72021. 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.
