Midway, Arkansas Weather
Midway, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Midway, Lafayette County.
Full aviation weather for Midway is published on the Hope Municipal Airport (KM18) page, 29 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 Midway 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 Midway: Texarkana Regional Airport (Webb Field) (KTXK) 34 km · Kizer Field (K4F7) 45 km · Magnolia Municipal Airport / Ralph C Weiser Field (KAGO) 46 km · Stephens Ouachita County Airport (K4F8) 53 km · Springhill Airport (KSPH) 57 km
Conditions reported at KM18 describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Midway specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Midway.
About Midway, Arkansas
Midway rests in the gentle embrace of southwest Arkansas's rolling terrain, a landscape defined by the slow, deliberate flow of sluggish creeks and the quiet persistence of pine and oak forests. It lies 23.8 miles east of Texarkana, AR (from Texarkana, AR: bearing 87°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north-north-west of Lewisville. The air here carries the humid breath of the South, thick with the scent of damp earth after a summer shower and the faint, sweet decay of fallen leaves in autumn. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy, dappling the undergrowth in shifting patterns, and the silence is often broken only by the buzz of insects or the distant call of a crow. It’s a place where the land itself seems to breathe, a soft, green exhalation under an expansive sky, and the very stillness invites a slower pace, a turning inward. The history of Midway is inextricably linked to the fertile soil and the timber that has long sustained its people. Once a stopping point on early routes, its character was shaped by the hardworking farmers who cleared the land and the logging operations that harvested the abundant forests. The local economy, while modest, still echoes this legacy, with agriculture remaining a quiet backbone, and the whisper of chainsaws occasionally reminding one of the enduring connection to the woods. There are no grand monuments or bustling attractions in Midway, but its charm lies in its unassuming authenticity, a place where life unfolds with a steady, unhurried cadence, marked by the changing seasons and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants.
Live animated radar for Midway 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 | Midway, Lafayette County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.461789°N, 93.624901°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72394, 71728, 72568, 72651 |
| Area Code | 501, 479 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Midway, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Midway, 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 Midway includes coordinates 33.461789°N, 93.624901°W, situated in Lafayette County. ZIP code 72394, 71728, 72568, 72651. Telephone area code: 501, 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.
