Midway, Arkansas Weather
Midway, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Midway, St. Francis County.
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About Midway, Arkansas
Midway lies in a broad, fertile expanse where the land stretches out, a canvas of cultivated fields punctuated by stands of tenacious trees. It lies 29.9 miles west of Memphis, TN (from Memphis, TN: bearing 268°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south of Parkin. The air here carries the scent of turned earth and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening cotton, a fragrance that clings to the humid afternoons as the sun dips low, bleeding hues of apricot and rose across the wide Arkansas sky. Here, the terrain is generally flat, a gentle, patient topography that has yielded its bounty for generations, the very ground a quiet testament to the labor that has shaped it. The character of Midway is one of quiet persistence, a place where the days unfold with a steady, unhurried cadence, marked by the slow transit of clouds and the distant hum of farm machinery. The history of Midway is deeply entwined with the agricultural heart of St. Francis County, a region whose very livelihood has been etched by the rich alluvial soil deposited by the nearby Mississippi River. For decades, cotton has been king, its white bolls a familiar sight against the deep green of summer foliage, forming the backbone of the local economy and shaping the rhythms of life. The legacy of farming is palpable, a heritage passed down through families who understand the land’s cycles and demands. While industry has brought other facets to the region, the enduring spirit of Midway remains tied to the soil, a place where the past is not forgotten but rather lives on in the present, carried in the stories of its people and the enduring landscape.
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| Location | Midway, St. Francis County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.129535°N, 90.577606°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72394, 71728, 72568, 72651 |
| Area Code | 501, 479 |
| Page generated | July 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, 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 Midway includes coordinates 35.129535°N, 90.577606°W, situated in St. Francis 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. 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.
