Lake City, Arkansas Weather
Lake City, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lake City, Craighead County.
Full aviation weather for Lake City is published on the Jonesboro Municipal Airport (KJBR) page, 19 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 Lake City 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 Lake City: Manila Municipal Airport (KMXA) 27 km · Kirk Field (KPGR) 28 km · Marked Tree Municipal Airport (K6M8) 32 km · Osceola Municipal Airport (K7M4) 41 km · Arkansas International Airport (KBYH) 47 km
Conditions reported at KJBR describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lake City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake City.
About Lake City, Arkansas
Lake City rises from the flat, fertile plains of Northeast Arkansas, a place where the sky feels vast and the horizon stretches with an almost palpable stillness. It lies 15.2 miles east of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 97°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north-east of Bay. The land here is a gentle, unbroken expanse, a testament to the patient work of water and time, its character defined by the rich alluvial soil that cradles fields of cotton and soybeans. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint sweetness, a distillation of sun-baked earth and ripening crops, and the slow glide of clouds overhead often paints the landscape in shifting shades of pearl and gold. The very rhythm of Lake City seems to echo this quiet expanse, a measured pace dictated by the seasons and the dependable cycles of agriculture. The history of Lake City is deeply intertwined with the very land it occupies, a narrative of settlement and cultivation that has shaped its economy and identity. For generations, the bounty of this fertile region has sustained its people, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its local economy. The waters that once defined the area, now largely channeled and managed, whisper of a past where drainage and land reclamation were paramount to progress. While no grand monuments mark its founding, the enduring spirit of enterprise is evident in the quiet hum of machinery during harvest season and the steady presence of its agricultural businesses, a subtle but persistent pulse of continuity.
Live animated radar for Lake City 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 | Lake City, Craighead County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.816186°N, 90.434271°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72437 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake City, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake City, 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 Lake City includes coordinates 35.816186°N, 90.434271°W, situated in Craighead County. ZIP code 72437. 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. 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.
