Lakeview, Arkansas Weather
Lakeview, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lakeview, Phillips County.
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About Lakeview, Arkansas
Lakeview rests on the edge of a broad, slow-moving expanse of water, a place where the Arkansas sky seems to press down with a gentle, humid weight. It lies 57.3 miles south-west of Horn Lake, MS (from Horn Lake, MS: bearing 230°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west-north-west of Friars Point. The land here is flat, fertile, stretching out in wide, cultivated fields that meet the water's edge with a soft, green embrace. Willow trees, their branches weeping towards the surface, line the banks, their leaves catching the diffused sunlight and casting shimmering reflections. The air, thick with the scent of damp earth and distant honeysuckle, hangs heavy, especially as the day begins its slow descent, painting the western horizon in bruised purples and molten golds. The quiet here is not an absence of sound, but a symphony of cicadas, the occasional distant drone of a tractor, and the murmur of the water lapping against the shore. The history of Lakeview is written in the rich alluvial soil, a legacy of cotton and soybeans that have sustained generations of its people. This agricultural heartland, shaped by the Mississippi River's ever-present influence, has seen its share of boom and bust, its economy intrinsically tied to the capricious generosity of the seasons and the global market. While large-scale farming remains a dominant force, echoes of a simpler past can be found in the weathered barns and the unhurried pace of life. There's a certain stoicism to Lakeview, a quiet resilience born from the land's demands and the community's enduring spirit, a spirit that finds expression in the shared stories and the simple pleasure of watching the sun bleed into the western sky over the placid waters.
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| Location | Lakeview, Phillips County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34.416769°N, 90.800944°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72342, 72369, 72834, 72642 |
| Area Code | 479 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lakeview, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lakeview, 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 Lakeview includes coordinates 34.416769°N, 90.800944°W, situated in Phillips County. ZIP code 72342, 72369, 72834, 72642. Telephone area code: 479. 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.
