Fifty-Six, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fifty-Six, Stone County.
Full aviation weather for Fifty-Six is published on the Mountain View Wilcox Memorial Field (K7M2) page, 16 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. 5 airfields within reach of Fifty-Six 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 Fifty-Six: Holley Mountain Airpark (K2A2) 38 km · Searcy County Airport (K4A5) 40 km · Clinton Municipal Airport (KCCA) 45 km · Heber Springs Municipal Airport (KHBZ) 53 km
Conditions reported at K7M2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fifty-Six specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fifty-Six.
Fifty-Six breathes the deep, green quiet of the Ozarks, a place where the hills fold into one another like sleeping giants and the air carries the scent of pine needles and damp earth. It lies 61.4 miles north-north-east of Conway, AR (from Conway, AR: bearing 12°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north-west of Mountain View. The terrain here is a rugged embrace, a landscape carved by ancient waters, with hollows that hold secrets and ridges that catch the fleeting light of dawn and dusk. Life in Fifty-Six moves to a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons, a gentle undulation that mirrors the rolling hills, where front porches become stages for quiet conversations and the rustle of leaves is often the loudest sound. The very character of Fifty-Six is etched into the textures of its land – the rough bark of oak trees, the smooth stones of creek beds, and the persistent, vibrant green that reclaims any space left untended. The history of Fifty-Six is as layered as the soil beneath its feet, a story woven through the iron ore that once pulsed beneath the surface and the timber that clothed the slopes. For generations, the economy of Fifty-Six was tethered to the extraction of these natural resources, a hardscrabble existence that forged a resilient spirit in its people. While the mines have long since fallen silent, the echoes of that industrious past linger, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. Today, the bounty of the land still sustains Fifty-Six, though in gentler forms, with fishing streams that meander through the countryside and small farms that offer a taste of the region’s honest produce. It's a place where the past is not forgotten but rather integrated, a subtle influence in the quiet dignity of its homes and the enduring strength of its community.
Live animated radar for Fifty-Six 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 | Fifty-Six, Stone County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.958139°N, 92.219345°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72533 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fifty-Six, 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 Fifty-Six includes coordinates 35.958139°N, 92.219345°W, situated in Stone County. ZIP code 72533. 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.