Dyess, Arkansas Weather
Dyess, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dyess, Mississippi County.
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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.
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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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
