Central, Arkansas Weather
Central, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Central, Hot Spring County.
Full aviation weather for Central is published on the Malvern Municipal Airport (KM78) page, 9 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 Central 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 Central: Dexter B Florence Memorial Field (KADF) 29 km · Memorial Field Airport (KHOT) 30 km · Sheridan Municipal Airport (K9M8) 46 km · Saline County Regional Airport (KSUZ) 47 km · Gurdon Lowe Field (K5M8) 51 km
Conditions reported at KM78 describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Central specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Central.
About Central, Arkansas
Central rests in a landscape of rolling hills, a gentle terrain that hints at the underlying geology of Hot Spring County. It lies 18.4 miles south-east of Hot Springs, AR (from Hot Springs, AR: bearing 141°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-south-west of Malvern. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, often carries a subtle, earthy fragrance, a blend of damp soil and the slow exhalation of pine needles from the surrounding woodlands. Oak and hickory trees, their branches often draped with Spanish moss, create a dappled canopy that shifts with the breeze, casting fleeting shadows across the quiet roads. This is a place where the sky feels vast, stretching out in an unbroken expanse, and the quietude is punctuated by the distant song of cicadas or the rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth. The history of Central is intertwined with the very earth it occupies, particularly the rich mineral springs that gave the county its name. While Central itself may not boast the grand resorts of its more famous neighbors, its economic life has long been tethered to the land, with agriculture and, historically, timber playing significant roles. The soil, fertile from the slow decomposition of eons, supports a steady, unassuming agricultural practice, a quiet continuation of generations who understood the land's bounty. There's a distinct character to Central, a groundedness that comes from living in close communion with nature's cycles, a sense of permanence in the enduring presence of the ancient trees and the ever-present hum of the natural world.
Live animated radar for Central 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 | Central, Hot Spring County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34.296204°N, 92.852947°W |
| Timezone | Central Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72104 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Central, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Central, 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 Central includes coordinates 34.296204°N, 92.852947°W, situated in Hot Spring County. ZIP code 72104. Telephone area code: 501. Timezone: Central Time.
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.
