Friendship, Arkansas Weather
Friendship, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Friendship, Conway County.
Full aviation weather for Friendship is published on the Clinton Municipal Airport (KCCA) page, 25 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 Friendship 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 Friendship: Arkavalley Airport (K12A) 27 km · Holley Mountain Airpark (K2A2) 32 km · Morrilton Municipal Airport (KBDQ) 32 km · Conway Regional Airport (KCXW) 40 km · Petit Jean Park Airport (KMPJ) 45 km
Conditions reported at KCCA describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Friendship specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Friendship.
About Friendship, Arkansas
Friendship, Arkansas, breathes a quiet grace under a sky that often unfolds in washes of pale blue, deepening to an almost bruised indigo at dusk. It lies 20.2 miles north of Conway, AR (from Conway, AR: bearing 349°T), and is situated 11.9 miles north-west of Greenbrier. The land here is a gentle series of rises and falls, a soft rolling terrain where the robust green of oak and pine forests mingles with the cultivated squares of farmland. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid air of late afternoon, casts long, luminous shadows that paint the dusty roads and the weathered facades of modest homes in a warm, honeyed light. The air itself often carries the sweet, earthy scent of ripening crops and the faint, distant murmur of cicadas, a constant hum that underscores the unhurried pace of life in Friendship. This corner of Conway County, though small, holds a story woven from the earth and the enduring spirit of its people. Its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the land, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its existence, though whispers of a past timber industry still cling to the fringes of the surrounding woods. The very name, Friendship, suggests a history rooted in community and mutual support, a characteristic that still defines the social fabric of this locale. While no grand monuments mark its existence, the genuine warmth of its inhabitants and the enduring beauty of its pastoral landscape are its most notable features, a testament to a life lived in close communion with the natural world.
Live animated radar for Friendship 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 | Friendship, Conway County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.375357°N, 92.508214°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71860, 71665, 72027, 71923 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Friendship, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Friendship, 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 Friendship includes coordinates 35.375357°N, 92.508214°W, situated in Conway County. ZIP code 71860, 71665, 72027, 71923. 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.
