Fountain Lake, Arkansas Weather
Fountain Lake, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fountain Lake, Garland County.
Full aviation weather for Fountain Lake is published on the Memorial Field Airport (KHOT) page, 14 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. 4 airfields within reach of Fountain Lake 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 Fountain Lake: Malvern Municipal Airport (KM78) 34 km · Saline County Regional Airport (KSUZ) 47 km · Dexter B Florence Memorial Field (KADF) 53 km
Conditions reported at KHOT describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fountain Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fountain Lake.
About Fountain Lake, Arkansas
Fountain Lake unfurls its quiet charm under a wide Arkansas sky, a watery jewel set in rolling terrain that hints at ancient geological stirrings. It lies 6.1 miles north-east of Hot Springs, AR (from Hot Springs, AR: bearing 39°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south of Hot Springs Village. The landscape is a gentle embrace of pine-studded hills and fertile bottoms, where the namesake lake itself sprawls, a liquid mirror reflecting the heavens. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, punctuate the marshy edges where the land surrenders to the water's claim, and the air, particularly in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and blossoming dogwood. The surrounding woods hum with unseen life, a constant, subtle symphony of insect wings and bird calls, and in the soft, diffused light of late afternoon, the water’s surface often glitters with an almost ethereal luminescence, as if holding its breath before the coming dusk. Though Fountain Lake may seem removed from the clamor of larger metropolises, its story is deeply entwined with the agricultural heritage of Garland County. For generations, the rich soil here has yielded bountiful crops, and the rhythm of the seasons dictated the lives of its inhabitants. The lake itself, a natural wonder, has long been a source of sustenance and recreation, its waters teeming with fish that have fed families and drawn anglers from afar. While the echoes of its agrarian past still resonate, the local economy now also finds footing in the burgeoning tourism that appreciates the natural beauty and the unhurried pace of life that Fountain Lake offers, a quiet testament to enduring resilience and a deep connection to the land.
Live animated radar for Fountain Lake 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.
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| Location | Fountain Lake, Garland County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34.572868°N, 92.987677°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71901 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fountain Lake, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fountain Lake, 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 Fountain Lake includes coordinates 34.572868°N, 92.987677°W, situated in Garland County. ZIP code 71901. Telephone area code: 870. 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.
