Hughes, Arkansas Weather
Hughes, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hughes, St. Francis County.
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About Hughes, Arkansas
Hughes lies low and flat, a landscape sculpted by the patient hand of the Mississippi River Delta, where the air hangs thick and humid, carrying the scent of damp earth and ripening cotton. It lies 24.7 miles west of Horn Lake, MS (from Horn Lake, MS: bearing 269°T), and is situated 18.5 miles east-south-east of Forrest City. Fields stretch out in vast, emerald rectangles under a sky that seems impossibly wide, broken only by the occasional cluster of weathered buildings and the stoic, skeletal silhouettes of pecan trees. The roads here are long, straight ribbons of asphalt, unfurling across the terrain with an almost hypnotic regularity, and the light, especially in the late afternoon, takes on a honeyed quality, bathing everything in a warm, diffused glow that softens the edges of the world. Distant levee systems trace faint, raised lines against the horizon, a constant, silent testament to the ever-present power of the water that shaped this land. The story of Hughes is intrinsically tied to the fertile soil and the agricultural bounty it has yielded for generations, primarily cotton and soybeans, the very lifeblood of its economy. This is a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of life, from the planting in spring to the harvest in fall, a cycle that has been unbroken for decades. The legacy of sharecropping and the enduring spirit of the farming communities are woven into the very fabric of Hughes, a history felt in the quiet dignity of its residents and the weathered barns that dot the landscape. While no grand monuments mark its history, the pervasive sense of continuity, the shared understanding of the land's demands and rewards, is its own distinctive landmark.
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| Location | Hughes, St. Francis County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34.949261°N, 90.47149°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72348 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hughes, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hughes, Arkansas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Hughes includes coordinates 34.949261°N, 90.471490°W, situated in St. Francis County. ZIP code 72348. Telephone area code: 501. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
