Lead Hill, Arkansas Weather
Lead Hill, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lead Hill, Boone County.
Full aviation weather for Lead Hill is published on the Boone County Airport (KHRO) page, 28 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 Lead Hill 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 Lead Hill: Branson Airport (KBBG) 28 km · Marion County Regional Airport (KFLP) 32 km · M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport (KPLK) 36 km · Ozark Regional Airport (KBPK) 40 km · Branson West Airport (KFWB) 53 km
Conditions reported at KHRO describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lead Hill specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lead Hill.
About Lead Hill, Arkansas
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.
Live animated radar for Lead Hill 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.
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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 | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lead Hill, Arkansas Weather Page
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, 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 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. 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.
