Lead Hill, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lead Hill, Boone County.
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Lead Hill rises from the Ozark foothills, a place where the earth itself seems to hum with a quiet resilience. It lies 58.9 miles south-south-east of Springfield, MO (from Springfield, MO: bearing 159°T), and is situated 3.1 miles south of Diamond City. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep greens of oak and pine, slope down to the shimmering surface of Bull Shoals Lake, its waters a startling blue against the verdant landscape. The air here carries a perpetual scent of damp earth and pine needles, a fragrance that deepens with the approach of evening, when the sun bleeds across the horizon in hues of bruised plum and molten gold. Small farmsteads, their white fences stark against the wilder country, dot the terrain, each a testament to the enduring human spirit in this rugged, beautiful country. The veins of lead that once pulsed beneath Lead Hill’s surface gave the settlement its name and its early purpose, a legacy whispered in the weathered barns and the stoic faces of its inhabitants. Though the mines are long silent, the spirit of industry remains, now channeled into the bounty of the surrounding land and the allure of its natural beauty. Fishermen cast lines into the cool depths of Bull Shoals, their boats like scattered jewels on the water, while hikers wander trails that wind through the dense woodland, following the ghost of ore wagons. The rhythm of life in Lead Hill is a slow, deliberate one, dictated by the changing seasons and the gentle ebb and flow of the lake, a quiet melody played out against the vast, indifferent sky.
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| Location | Lead Hill, Boone County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 36.41979°N, 92.914895°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72644 |
| Area Code | 479 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lead Hill, 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 Lead Hill includes coordinates 36.419790°N, 92.914895°W, situated in Boone County. ZIP code 72644. 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.