Floral, Arkansas Weather
Floral, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Floral, Independence County.
Full aviation weather for Floral is published on the Batesville Regional Airport (KBVX) 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 Floral 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 Floral: Heber Springs Municipal Airport (KHBZ) 25 km · Bald Knob Municipal Airport (KM74) 37 km · Searcy Municipal Airport (KSRC) 42 km · Mountain View Wilcox Memorial Field (K7M2) 43 km · EFS Airport (K76A) 50 km
Conditions reported at KBVX describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Floral specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Floral.
About Floral, Arkansas
Floral unfurls its quiet existence in the rolling Ozark foothills, a landscape painted in broad strokes of emerald green and earthy brown. It lies 44.8 miles north-north-east of Cabot, AR (from Cabot, AR: bearing 19°T), and is situated 14.2 miles south-south-west of Batesville. Here, the land breathes with a gentle incline, rising and falling like a slow exhalation, its contours softened by centuries of wind and rain. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like the hands of storytellers, stand sentinel over fields that stretch towards a horizon often hazy with the humid breath of Arkansas summers. The air itself carries a subtle sweetness, a blend of sun-baked earth and the distant, faint perfume of blooming wildflowers, a fragrance that clings to the senses long after you've passed through. The history of Floral is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the fertile soil that has sustained them. For generations, this place has been tied to the land, its economy a quiet testament to the bounty of agriculture, with cotton and timber once holding sway, their echoes still lingering in the weathered barns and the stoic resilience of the landscape. The Saline River, a ribbon of cool, brown water, meanders nearby, a lifeblood that has witnessed the ebb and flow of human endeavor, shaping the very character of Floral. This is a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the turning of seasons, a steady cadence that has seen generations come and go, each leaving their imprint, however faint, on the enduring quietude of this Arkansas corner.
Live animated radar for Floral 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 | Floral, Independence County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.587301°N, 91.757086°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72534 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Floral, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Floral, 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 Floral includes coordinates 35.587301°N, 91.757086°W, situated in Independence County. ZIP code 72534. 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.
