Lawson, Arkansas Weather
Lawson, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lawson, Union County.
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About Lawson, Arkansas
Lawson exhales a quiet permanence under the wide Arkansas sky. It lies 52.0 miles north-north-west of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 336°T), and is situated 10.6 miles east of El Dorado. The land here rolls with a gentle, fertile grace, a mosaic of cultivated fields and dense woodlands where the air hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp earth after a summer shower. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, has a soft, diffused quality, illuminating the broad leaves of oak and hickory trees and casting elongated shadows across the unpaved roads that thread through the landscape. A sense of patient waiting seems to permeate the very atmosphere, as if the land itself is content to simply be, a silent witness to the slow turning of seasons. Though its origins are humble, Lawson carries the echoes of a past tied to the bounty of the earth. Historically, the economy has been shaped by the rich soil, with cotton and timber once forming the backbone of its livelihood, leaving behind a legacy in the weathered barns and sturdy farmhouses that dot the countryside. Today, a more diversified agricultural approach persists, with cattle grazing on pastures and smaller plots yielding vegetables for local markets, a subtle testament to the enduring connection between the people and the land. The occasional gleam of sunlight on the slow-moving waters of a nearby creek, its banks lined with whispering reeds, offers a quiet beauty, a reminder of the natural resources that have always sustained Lawson.
Live animated radar for Lawson and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Lawson, Union County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.196795°N, 92.482925°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71730, 71750 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lawson, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lawson, 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 Lawson includes coordinates 33.196795°N, 92.482925°W, situated in Union County. ZIP code 71730, 71750. 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. 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.
