Hunter, Arkansas Weather
Hunter, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hunter, Woodruff County.
Full aviation weather for Hunter is published on the Frank Federer Memorial Airport (KM36) page, 20 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 Hunter 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 Hunter: Woodruff County Airport (KM60) 28 km · Delta Regional Airport (KDRP) 28 km · Forrest City Municipal Airport (KFCY) 34 km · EFS Airport (K76A) 47 km · Bald Knob Municipal Airport (KM74) 48 km
Conditions reported at KM36 describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hunter specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hunter.
About Hunter, Arkansas
Hunter lies in the low, flatlands of eastern Arkansas, a place where the horizon stretches wide and unbroken, punctuated only by the occasional cluster of water oaks and the vast, ordered rectangles of cultivated fields. It lies 50.7 miles east of Cabot, AR (from Cabot, AR: bearing 84°T), and is situated 19.3 miles west of Forrest City. The air here is thick with the scent of damp earth after a rain, a humid embrace that clings to the skin and carries the distant hum of machinery working the land. In the summer, the sun beats down with an almost palpable weight, bleaching the pale green of soybeans and casting sharp, defined shadows that shrink as the day progresses. The few buildings of Hunter huddle together, their paint weathered by countless seasons, giving the impression of a settlement that has simply settled into the landscape, unhurried and accepting of its surroundings. This corner of Woodruff County has long been shaped by the rich alluvial soil deposited by the White River and its tributaries, a geography that has dictated its destiny as an agricultural heartland. For generations, the economy of Hunter and its environs has been tethered to the cultivation of cotton, rice, and soybeans, a cycle of planting and harvest that marks the passing of the years. The rhythm of life in Hunter is dictated by the seasons and the demands of the land, a steady, unassuming tempo that has persisted through the decades. While not a place of grand monuments, its character is woven into the quiet persistence of its people and the enduring fertility of the earth that surrounds it, a subtle testament to a life lived in close communion with nature.
Live animated radar for Hunter 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 | Hunter, Woodruff County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.052869°N, 91.126234°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72074 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hunter, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hunter, 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 Hunter includes coordinates 35.052869°N, 91.126234°W, situated in Woodruff County. ZIP code 72074. 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.
