Glenwood, Arkansas Weather
Glenwood, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Glenwood, Pike County.
Full aviation weather for Glenwood is published on the Memorial Field Airport (KHOT) page, 45 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 Glenwood 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 Glenwood: Howard County Airport (KM77) 45 km · Dexter B Florence Memorial Field (KADF) 51 km · Gurdon Lowe Field (K5M8) 57 km
Conditions reported at KHOT describe the airfield itself. Weather 45 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Glenwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Glenwood.
About Glenwood, Arkansas
Glenwood rests in a fold of the Ouachita Mountains, where the land softens into rolling hills carpeted with pine and hardwood. It lies 30.8 miles west-south-west of Hot Springs, AR (from Hot Springs, AR: bearing 247°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north-west of Amity. The air here often carries the scent of damp earth and the resinous tang of evergreen, especially after a summer rain. Creeks, clear and cool, meander through the landscape, their banks often fringed with the deep green of ferns and the delicate white of dogwood blossoms in spring. The terrain itself is a gentle rise and fall, a landscape that feels ancient and unhurried, where shadows lengthen slowly in the late afternoon sun, painting the forested slopes in hues of amber and deep violet. The history of Glenwood is tied to the bounty of its soil and the strength of its people, a legacy that began with early settlers drawn by the fertile valleys and the promise of self-sufficiency. For generations, agriculture has been a cornerstone, with small farms producing cotton, timber, and livestock, their livelihoods shaped by the seasons and the rhythms of the land. Later, the discovery of valuable minerals, particularly bauxite, brought a different kind of industry, leaving its mark on the local economy and the very contours of the surrounding hills. Today, while the echoes of those past endeavors linger, Glenwood continues to be a place where the simple pleasures of rural life, the quiet hum of daily routines, and the enduring connection to the natural world remain its most defining characteristics.
Live animated radar for Glenwood 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 | Glenwood, Pike County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34.326765°N, 93.550743°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71943 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Glenwood, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Glenwood, 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 Glenwood includes coordinates 34.326765°N, 93.550743°W, situated in Pike County. ZIP code 71943. 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.
