McCaskill, Arkansas Weather
McCaskill, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for McCaskill, Hempstead County.
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About McCaskill, Arkansas
McCaskill hums with the quiet persistence of the Arkansas soil. It lies 39.9 miles north-east of Texarkana, AR (from Texarkana, AR: bearing 35°T), and is situated 17.5 miles north of Hope. The land here rolls gently, a soft green quilt stitched with stands of mature pine and the occasional oak, their branches reaching wide against a sky that often promises rain. Drainage ditches, like thoughtful veins, crisscross the fields, guiding the abundant water towards unseen destinations. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a damp, earthy scent, mingling with the distant, faint perfume of sun-baked pine needles. Life in McCaskill moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the steady, predictable rhythm of agricultural work. The history of McCaskill is entwined with the fertile lands that define Hempstead County, a place where generations have coaxed sustenance from the earth. Farming, primarily cotton and soybeans in past decades, remains a cornerstone of the local economy, though the landscape whispers of transitions, of fields that have seen different crops and different hands. The echoes of past endeavors, perhaps a forgotten general store or the weathered timbers of a long-gone barn, are subtle but present, lending a sense of deep roots to the quiet roads. There's a feeling of enduring, of holding steady against the currents of change, a characteristic that defines McCaskill and its people.
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| Location | McCaskill, Hempstead County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.916778°N, 93.641569°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71847 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McCaskill, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McCaskill, 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 McCaskill includes coordinates 33.916778°N, 93.641569°W, situated in Hempstead County. ZIP code 71847. 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.
