Fulton, Arkansas Weather
Fulton, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fulton, Hempstead County.
Full aviation weather for Fulton is published on the Hope Municipal Airport (KM18) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Fulton 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 Fulton: Texarkana Regional Airport (Webb Field) (KTXK) 24 km · Howard County Airport (KM77) 43 km · Kizer Field (K4F7) 47 km
Conditions reported at KM18 describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fulton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fulton.
About Fulton, Arkansas
Fulton lies in a landscape that gently rolls, a soft terrain where the earth exhales a humid breath, particularly in the languid afternoons of late summer. It lies 17.6 miles north-east of Texarkana, AR (from Texarkana, AR: bearing 47°T), and is situated 13.3 miles west-south-west of Hope. The sky overhead, vast and often a pale, washed-out blue, seems to stretch endlessly, mirroring the broad fields that characterize this part of Hempstead County. Here, the trees, primarily sturdy oaks and pines, stand with a quiet resilience, their branches reaching towards the sun, their roots gripping the yielding soil. The air itself carries a faint, earthy scent, a mix of sun-baked dust and the distant whisper of pine needles. The history of Fulton is deeply entwined with the fertile lands and the nearby waterways, particularly the Red River, a vital artery for commerce in bygone eras. For generations, agriculture has been the lifeblood of Fulton, with cotton fields once dominating the horizon and the scent of drying bales a familiar perfume. While the agricultural landscape has shifted, the echo of that industrious past remains, a subtle hum beneath the surface of everyday life. Today, the economy adapts, finding new ways to thrive, yet the quiet persistence of the land and the enduring spirit of its people remain the true constants in Fulton.
Live animated radar for Fulton 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 | Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.614565°N, 93.813516°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71838 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fulton, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fulton, 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 Fulton includes coordinates 33.614565°N, 93.813516°W, situated in Hempstead County. ZIP code 71838. 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.
