Evansville, Arkansas Weather
Evansville, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Evansville, Washington County.
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About Evansville, Arkansas
Evansville rests in a hollow where the Ozark foothills begin to soften their ruggedness, a place where the land folds in on itself like an old, familiar quilt. It lies 26.5 miles south-west of Fayetteville, AR (from Fayetteville, AR: bearing 226°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east of Stilwell. The surrounding terrain is a study in patient erosion, with slopes that are steep enough to hold the morning mist but gentle enough for grazing cattle. Ancient oaks and hickory trees, their bark fissured like weathered maps, crowd the ridges, their canopies forming a dense, verdant ceiling that filters the sunlight into shifting patterns on the ground. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a fragrance that deepens after a summer rain, and the quiet is broken only by the drone of cicadas or the distant lowing of livestock. This corner of Washington County holds a quiet resilience, its economy once tied to the modest yields of small farms and the lumber that was coaxed from the surrounding woods. History whispers in the weathered clapboard of the few remaining older buildings, remnants of a time when this was a more bustling crossroads, a place where wagons might have paused before continuing their journey. Though the larger agricultural enterprises have shifted elsewhere, a spirit of self-sufficiency still clings to Evansville, evident in the well-tended gardens and the occasional roadside stand selling sweet corn or plump tomatoes. The nearby Illinois River, though not a grand waterway, offers its own quiet beauty, a ribbon of cool water that has witnessed generations pass and continues to flow with an unhurried persistence.
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| Location | Evansville, Washington County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.795361°N, 94.496884°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72729 |
| Area Code | 479 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Evansville, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Evansville, 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 Evansville includes coordinates 35.795361°N, 94.496884°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 72729. Telephone area code: 479. 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.
