Cotton Plant, Arkansas Weather
Cotton Plant, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cotton Plant, Woodruff County.
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About Cotton Plant, Arkansas
Cotton Plant rises from the alluvial plains of eastern Arkansas, a place where the sky seems to stretch further than one might expect, a vast canvas painted with the soft, diffused light of the humid South. It lies 43.4 miles east of Cabot, AR (from Cabot, AR: bearing 87°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-north-west of Brinkley. The land itself is a deep, fertile brown, the kind that promises abundance, crisscrossed by narrow, unassuming roads that lead the eye toward distant stands of oak and pine. Here, the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and the faint, sweet perfume of blooming cottonwood trees, especially potent in the languid afternoons. The houses, often built on stilts to escape the occasional surge of the nearby waterways, possess a quiet dignity, their porches offering respite from the sun's persistent gaze. The history of Cotton Plant is inextricably bound to the rich soil and the crops it has yielded for generations. Agriculture has always been the lifeblood, with cotton once reigning supreme, its white bolls a familiar sight across the landscape and its harvest shaping the rhythms of life here. Though the dominant crop may have shifted over time, the agricultural heritage remains, a silent testament to the resilience and industry of those who settled this land. The local economy, though modest, is sustained by the land's bounty and the close-knit relationships that form the character of Cotton Plant. The slow passage of days here is marked not by grand pronouncements, but by the quiet hum of tractors in the fields and the murmur of conversation on front porches as dusk settles, painting the western horizon in hues of rose and lavender.
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| Location | Cotton Plant, Woodruff County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.008148°N, 91.251237°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72036 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cotton Plant, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cotton Plant, 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 Cotton Plant includes coordinates 35.008148°N, 91.251237°W, situated in Woodruff County. ZIP code 72036. 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.
