Mountain Home, Arkansas Weather
Mountain Home, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mountain Home, White County.
Full aviation weather for Mountain Home is published on the Searcy Municipal Airport (KSRC) page, 21 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Mountain Home have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Mountain Home: Heber Springs Municipal Airport (KHBZ) 23 km · Bald Knob Municipal Airport (KM74) 25 km · Batesville Regional Airport (KBVX) 40 km · Woodruff County Airport (KM60) 51 km · Arkavalley Airport (K12A) 53 km
Conditions reported at KSRC describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mountain Home specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mountain Home.
About Mountain Home, Arkansas
Mountain Home, Arkansas, unfolds across the rolling terrain of the Ozark foothills, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with a quiet tenacity. It lies 30.8 miles north-north-east of Cabot, AR (from Cabot, AR: bearing 22°T), and is situated 3.2 miles south-south-east of Pangburn. Here, the air, particularly in the long, golden afternoons of late summer, carries the scent of pine needles and sun-baked earth, a fragrance that clings to the weathered barns and modest homes. The landscape is a mosaic of dense woodlands, their greens deepening as they climb gentle slopes, interspersed with fields of cultivated crops that stretch towards horizons softened by the haze of distance. Creeks, often no more than silver threads in the summer sun, wind their way through the valleys, their banks fringed with a resilient undergrowth that whispers secrets of the changing seasons. The character of Mountain Home is one of understated endurance, a resilience forged in the very texture of the land. The story of Mountain Home is one deeply entwined with the fertile soil and the steady pulse of agricultural life that has long defined its economy. Originally settled by hardy pioneers drawn to the promise of fertile land, the area has historically relied on the bounty of its farms, cultivating crops that reflect the changing agricultural currents of the region. While the precise origins are a matter of local lore, the spirit of self-sufficiency and community remains a palpable thread. Today, while agriculture continues to play a role, the economy has diversified, embracing small businesses and a growing service sector that caters to both residents and the steady stream of visitors drawn to the natural beauty of the surrounding Ozarks. The presence of Baxter Regional Medical Center is a notable landmark, signifying a commitment to the health and well-being of the people of Mountain Home and its surrounding counties, a quiet testament to the evolving needs of this enduring community.
Live animated radar for Mountain Home and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Mountain Home, White County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.386749°N, 91.80903°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72121, 72653 |
| Area Code | 501, 479 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mountain Home, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mountain Home, Arkansas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 Mountain Home includes coordinates 35.386749°N, 91.809030°W, situated in White County. ZIP code 72121, 72653. 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. 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.
