Mount Vernon, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mount Vernon, Columbia County.
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Mount Vernon unfolds across a gentle, rolling terrain, a landscape painted in muted greens and earthy browns under the vast Arkansas sky. It lies 38.7 miles east-south-east of Texarkana, AR (from Texarkana, AR: bearing 101°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west-north-west of Magnolia. The air here carries the humid sweetness of pine and the distant, earthy scent of damp soil, especially after a soft summer rain. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-present clouds, spills in warm, golden sheets, illuminating the scattered farmsteads and the quiet, unhurried roads that connect them. Here, the land itself seems to breathe, a quiet testament to the patient work of generations who have coaxed life from its fertile, sandy loam. The horizon is a soft, unbroken line, punctuated only by the occasional silhouette of a mature oak or the slender spire of a distant church steeple. This corner of Columbia County whispers tales of a simpler past, a place where the rhythm of life was once dictated by the planting and harvest seasons. The local economy, though it has evolved, still carries the echoes of its agricultural roots, with remnants of cotton fields and timber operations subtly shaping the character of Mount Vernon. While no grand monuments mark its existence, a distinct sense of place endures, fostered by the continuity of families and the shared history etched into the very spirit of the community. The quietude of Mount Vernon is not an absence of life, but a different kind of presence, a deep-seated contentment found in the familiar sights and sounds of rural Arkansas.
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| Location | Mount Vernon, Columbia County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.32957°N, 93.380172°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71770, 72830, 72111 |
| Area Code | 479, 501 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon includes coordinates 33.329570°N, 93.380172°W, situated in Columbia County. ZIP code 71770, 72830, 72111. Telephone area code: 479, 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.