Jericho, Arkansas Weather
Jericho, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jericho, Crittenden County.
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About Jericho, Arkansas
Jericho lies under a sky that often stretches, a vast canvas of pale blue or bruised twilight, above a landscape flattened by the patient work of water. It lies 13.8 miles north-west of Memphis, TN (from Memphis, TN: bearing 313°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-north-west of West Memphis. The land here, where the Mississippi River’s vastness is a constant hum in the background, is a rich, dark loam, yielding to the plow and the sun. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, break the surface of the shallow ditches that crisscross the fields, silent sentinels of the encroaching wetlands. The air, especially after a rain, carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, sweet perfume of cotton blossoms in the humid embrace of summer. Small houses, weathered and stoic, punctuate the green expanse, their porches wide enough to catch the evening breeze, a gentle sigh across the fields. The history of Jericho is written in the fertile soil and the quiet persistence of its people, a story tied to the cycles of agriculture and the enduring presence of the river. For generations, the economy has been rooted in the cultivation of cotton and soybeans, crops that draw their lifeblood from the alluvial plains. While the larger currents of commerce may flow elsewhere, Jericho maintains its own steady pulse, a collection of farms, a country store where news is exchanged like currency, and a deep-seated understanding of the land's bounty. The memory of steamboats navigating the mighty Mississippi, though a distant echo, still colors the collective consciousness, a reminder of the waterway’s historical significance as a lifeline and a pathway. Here, life unfolds with a deliberate, unhurried grace, the pace dictated not by clocks, but by the sun’s arc and the seasons’ turning.
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| Location | Jericho, Crittenden County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.285921°N, 90.22704°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72327 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jericho, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jericho, 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 Jericho includes coordinates 35.285921°N, 90.227040°W, situated in Crittenden County. ZIP code 72327. 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.
