Houston, Arkansas Weather
Houston, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Houston, Perry County.
Full aviation weather for Houston is published on the Morrilton Municipal Airport (KBDQ) page, 12 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 Houston 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 Houston: Conway Regional Airport (KCXW) 13 km · Petit Jean Park Airport (KMPJ) 23 km · Arkavalley Airport (K12A) 36 km
Conditions reported at KBDQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Houston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Houston.
About Houston, Arkansas
Houston, Arkansas, exhales the quiet breath of the Ouachita foothills, where the land slopes away in soft, green swells toward the Arkansas River. It lies 14.8 miles west-south-west of Conway, AR (from Conway, AR: bearing 255°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south-south-east of Morrilton. A haze, born of humidity and fertile earth, often softens the edges of the horizon, blurring the line between the dense, whispering pines and the broader, more open pastures that unfurl like rumpled blankets. The air here carries the scent of damp soil after a rain, mingled with the faint, sweet perfume of honeysuckle that climbs unchecked over weathered fences. Life in Houston unfolds with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, marked by the slow turning of seasons and the occasional rumble of a passing truck on the county roads that spiderweb through the surrounding countryside. This corner of Perry County, though small, holds the echoes of a past tied to the land's bounty and the river's flow. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and timber, established homesteads and small farms, their lives shaped by the agricultural cycles and the need for self-sufficiency. The local economy has long been a blend of farming, timber, and the quiet industry of small businesses that serve the needs of the residents. While grand monuments are absent, the history of Houston is etched into the very character of its people – a resilience born of hard work and a deep connection to the natural world that surrounds them, where the dappled sunlight filtering through the trees can feel like a benediction.
Live animated radar for Houston 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 | Houston, Perry County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.03342°N, 92.694609°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72070 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Houston, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Houston, 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 Houston includes coordinates 35.033420°N, 92.694609°W, situated in Perry County. ZIP code 72070. 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.
