Mitchellville, Arkansas Weather
Mitchellville, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mitchellville, Desha County.
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About Mitchellville, Arkansas
Mitchellville lies low and green, a place where the Mississippi River's vast, muddy breath seems to perpetually touch the land. It lies 36.5 miles south-east of Pine Bluff, AR (from Pine Bluff, AR: bearing 128°T), and is situated 1.4 miles north-north-west of Dumas. The terrain here is a soft, yielding flatness, a canvas of fertile soil stretching towards horizons often softened by humidity and the distant shimmer of heat. Ancient oaks, their limbs draped with Spanish moss like old men's beards, stand sentinels along the few roads that thread through the landscape, their roots gripping the rich earth that has sustained generations. The air itself carries a gentle weight, a mixture of damp earth, blooming cotton, and the faint, sweet decay of fallen leaves, a constant reminder of the ceaseless cycle of growth and rest. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded sky, falls in broad, warm swathes, illuminating the emerald sheen of rice paddies and the endless, dark green of cultivated fields. This is a place deeply entwined with the Mississippi, a river that has shaped not only the land but the very pulse of Mitchellville. Its history whispers of plantations and the arduous labor that once defined this fertile delta, a past that has left its indelible mark on the community's character and resilience. Today, the local economy continues its agrarian roots, with cotton and rice remaining king, their harvests dictating the rhythm of the seasons and the livelihoods of its people. The quiet industriousness of farming families is the bedrock of Mitchellville, their lives a testament to the enduring power of the land. While grand monuments are absent, the true landmarks are the sturdy farmhouses, the weathered barns, and the sprawling fields that speak of a quiet, persistent prosperity, a beauty found not in ostentation but in the honest sustenance drawn from this generous, river-fed earth.
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| Location | Mitchellville, Desha County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.905658°N, 91.499012°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71639 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mitchellville, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mitchellville, 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 Mitchellville includes coordinates 33.905658°N, 91.499012°W, situated in Desha County. ZIP code 71639. 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.
