Monticello, Arkansas Weather
Monticello, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Monticello, Drew County.
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About Monticello, Arkansas
Monticello dreams under a wide Arkansas sky, its landscape a gentle unfolding of pine-studded hills and fertile bottomlands. It lies 43.2 miles south-south-east of Pine Bluff, AR (from Pine Bluff, AR: bearing 164°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east of Wilmar. The air here, especially in the languid afternoons of summer, carries the sweet, earthy scent of freshly turned soil and the distant hum of cicadas, a sound that seems to deepen with the fading light. Ditches along the roadsides are often carpeted with wildflowers, their bright colors a fleeting punctuation against the verdant green of the surrounding woods, hinting at the wilder, untamed beauty that still holds sway just beyond the tidy houses and manicured lawns. The terrain itself, a soft undulation rather than a dramatic rise, lends a quiet, unassuming character to the place, as if the land itself breathes a slow, steady rhythm. This quiet corner of Drew County has roots reaching back to a time when cotton fields stretched as far as the eye could see, and the local economy, then as now, was deeply intertwined with the bounty of the earth. While agriculture remains a cornerstone, with soybeans and timber adding to the traditional crops, Monticello has also found new life as a hub for education, home to the University of Arkansas at Monticello, which brings a vibrant energy and a fresh current of thought to the community. The legacy of those earlier days is still palpable, however, in the enduring spirit of its people and in the way the town itself seems to pause, as if listening to the echoes of its past, before continuing its unhurried progression into the present.
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| Location | Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.628997°N, 91.790964°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71655, 71656, 71657 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Monticello, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Monticello, 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 Monticello includes coordinates 33.628997°N, 91.790964°W, situated in Drew County. ZIP code 71655, 71656, 71657. 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.
