Fisher, Arkansas Weather
Fisher, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fisher, Craighead County.
Full aviation weather for Fisher is published on the Jonesboro Municipal Airport (KJBR) page, 31 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 Fisher 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 Fisher: Walnut Ridge Regional Airport (KARG) 39 km · EFS Airport (K76A) 42 km · Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KM70) 52 km · Kirk Field (KPGR) 53 km · Marked Tree Municipal Airport (K6M8) 59 km
Conditions reported at KJBR describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fisher specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fisher.
About Fisher, Arkansas
Fisher breathes with the quiet hum of the Arkansas Delta, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a slow, warm breath. It lies 16.0 miles west-south-west of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 255°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east-south-east of Swifton. The terrain here is a study in gentle, fertile flatness, the soil a rich, dark promise stretching towards horizons softened by a haze that is not quite mist, not quite heat, but a peculiar, luminous quality of the air. Cotton fields, when in season, unfurl in vast, pale green carpets, punctuated by the occasional stand of resilient oak or the silvery shimmer of a distant waterway, its presence a cool whisper against the otherwise unwavering expanse. The sky above Fisher is a generous, ever-changing canvas, often painted with broad strokes of bruised twilight or the sharp, uncompromising blue of midday, and the wind, when it stirs, carries the faint, sweet scent of damp earth and the memory of sun-baked days. The history of Fisher is as deeply rooted as the venerable trees that mark its few, scattered crossroads, a narrative woven into the practicalities of agriculture and the enduring spirit of those who have worked this land. For generations, the economy of Fisher has been intrinsically tied to the bounty of the soil, with cotton and soybeans forming the backbone of its livelihood, their cycles dictating the rhythm of life. While grand historical monuments are absent, the true landmarks are in the weathered barns, the stoic silos, and the quiet dignity of the houses that have weathered countless seasons. The people of Fisher possess a quiet resilience, a pragmatism born of understanding the land's demands and its generous, if sometimes unyielding, rewards, and a day here unfolds with a steady, unhurried cadence, a gentle persistence that mirrors the slow, steady growth of the crops.
Live animated radar for Fisher 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 | Fisher, Craighead County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.780632°N, 90.980398°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72421, 72429 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fisher, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fisher, 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 Fisher includes coordinates 35.780632°N, 90.980398°W, situated in Craighead County. ZIP code 72421, 72429. 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.
