Halley, Arkansas Weather
Halley, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Halley, Desha County.
Full aviation weather for Halley is published on the McGehee Municipal Airport (K7M1) page, 10 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 Halley 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 Halley: Lake Village Municipal Airport (KM32) 21 km · Mid Delta Regional Airport (KGLH) 32 km · Monticello Municipal Ellis Field (KLLQ) 41 km · Billy Free Municipal Airport (K0M0) 43 km · Cleveland Municipal Airport (KRNV) 58 km
Conditions reported at K7M1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Halley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Halley.
About Halley, Arkansas
Halley lies in a land where the sky stretches wide and the earth breathes deep. It lies 17.5 miles west-north-west of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 300°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south-south-east of McGehee. This is a place sculpted not by dramatic peaks, but by the patient hand of water and wind, a gentle subsidence that cradles bayous and sloughs, where Spanish moss drapes ancient oaks like a veil of quiet contemplation. The air, especially after a summer shower, carries the rich, dark scent of fertile soil, a promise of growth and sustenance. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, has a peculiar, almost liquid quality, pooling on the flat expanses and glinting off the slow-moving currents that define the landscape. Here, life unfolds with a deliberate, unhurried grace, marked by the rustle of palmettos and the distant call of unseen birds. The history of Halley is intertwined with the Mississippi Delta’s enduring agricultural spirit. Cotton was once king, its white bolls a familiar sight blanketing the fields, though the soil’s bounty now also yields rice, soybeans, and timber. The economy, like the land itself, is rooted in the cycles of planting and harvest, a rhythm passed down through generations. Evidence of earlier lives can be glimpsed in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of old farmhouses, each one a repository of stories. The nearby waterways, arteries of the region, have always been crucial, for transport and for life itself, carrying whispers of days when steamboats plied these waters, connecting Halley to the wider world.
Live animated radar for Halley 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 | Halley, Desha County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.535668°N, 91.324839°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71638 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Halley, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Halley, 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 Halley includes coordinates 33.535668°N, 91.324839°W, situated in Desha County. ZIP code 71638. 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.
