Dyess, Arkansas Weather
Dyess, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dyess, Mississippi County.
Full aviation weather for Dyess is published on the Marked Tree Municipal Airport (K6M8) page, 18 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 Dyess 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 Dyess: Osceola Municipal Airport (K7M4) 22 km · Manila Municipal Airport (KMXA) 34 km · Millington-Memphis Airport (KNQA) 40 km · Charles W. Baker Airport (K2M8) 43 km · General Dewitt Spain Airport (KM01) 46 km
Conditions reported at K6M8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dyess specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dyess.
About Dyess, Arkansas
Dyess is a place where the Mississippi Delta’s wide, flat embrace begins to soften, the land stretching in meticulous, geometric patterns under a sky that can feel impossibly vast. It lies 25.3 miles west-north-west of Tipton, TN (from Tipton, TN: bearing 299°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east-south-east of Lepanto. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries the deep, earthy scent of turned soil and the faintest whisper of distant cotton fields. The terrain is a study in patient agriculture, a patchwork of greens and browns that shift with the seasons, cut by the occasional slow-moving ditch or drainage canal, reflecting the pale, high sun like slivers of mercury. Life in Dyess unfolds with a quiet cadence, a gentle hum of activity that doesn’t so much intrude on the landscape as it becomes a part of it, as natural as the rustle of corn stalks in a breeze. The history of Dyess is deeply entwined with the New Deal, a bold experiment in resettlement that brought families here in the 1930s, seeking a fresh start on land that was both promising and demanding. The original layout of the town, with its central square and modest homes, still echoes that era, a quiet testament to a vision of communal progress. Today, the economy of Dyess remains rooted in the fertile earth, with agriculture—primarily cotton, soybeans, and rice—forming the backbone of its livelihood. This persistent connection to the land gives Dyess a character that is both resilient and deeply rooted, a place where the echoes of past endeavors mingle with the ongoing rhythm of cultivation, a quiet continuation of a story written in soil and sky.
Live animated radar for Dyess 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 | Dyess, Mississippi County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.589803°N, 90.213429°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72330 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dyess, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dyess, 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 Dyess includes coordinates 35.589803°N, 90.213429°W, situated in Mississippi County. ZIP code 72330. Telephone area code: 501. 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.
