Minturn, Arkansas Weather
Minturn, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Minturn, Lawrence County.
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About Minturn, Arkansas
Minturn lies in a landscape where the Arkansas soil, rich and dark, yields readily to the plow, a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of ripening crops in the summer heat. It lies 20.3 miles west-north-west of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 297°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-south-west of Walnut Ridge. The terrain here is a gentle, rolling expanse, punctuated by the occasional stand of mature oak and pine, their branches reaching towards a sky that often burns with the fiery intensity of a prairie sunset. Life in Minturn moves with a quiet deliberation, the days marked by the predictable rhythm of agricultural work and the soft hum of cicadas that fills the humid afternoons. Dusk descends not with a dramatic flourish, but as a slow, deepening blue, softening the edges of the fields and casting long, lazy shadows from the scattered farmhouses. The history of Minturn is deeply entwined with the fertile land that surrounds it, a testament to generations who have coaxed sustenance from this earth. For decades, cotton and soybeans have been the backbone of the local economy, their broad fields stretching to the horizon, a familiar sight that defines the visual character of the region. While the broader agricultural landscape has seen shifts, the spirit of enduring cultivation remains, a quiet defiance against changing times. The very air seems to carry the echoes of families who arrived with dreams of prosperity, their lives played out against the backdrop of these unchanging fields, a subtle, persistent history imprinted on the very ground.
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| Location | Minturn, Lawrence County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.974517°N, 91.027622°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72445, 72433 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Minturn, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Minturn, 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 Minturn includes coordinates 35.974517°N, 91.027622°W, situated in Lawrence County. ZIP code 72445, 72433. Telephone area code: 501. 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.
