Oden, Arkansas Weather
Oden, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oden, Montgomery County.
Full aviation weather for Oden is published on the Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport (KMEZ) page, 40 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KMEZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 40 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oden specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oden.
About Oden, Arkansas
Oden rests in a hollow of the Ouachita Mountains, where the land rolls in soft, forested swells. It lies 41.8 miles west of Hot Springs, AR (from Hot Springs, AR: bearing 281°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west-north-west of Mount Ida. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of pine needles and decaying leaves, a perpetual perfume of the deep woods. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy of oak and hickory, falls in fractured shafts, illuminating patches of fern and moss that cling to the rocky outcrops. A quiet creek, its water a clear, cool brown, snakes its way through the valley floor, its murmur the dominant sound in the hushed landscape. The very character of Oden is etched into the grain of these ancient hills, a place where the wildness of nature still holds sway. The history of Oden is as deeply rooted as the trees that surround it. Originally settled by those drawn to the fertile bottomlands and the promise of timber, the area’s economy has long been tied to the bounty of the forest, with logging and sawmills shaping its early development. Though those days of heavy industry have softened, a connection to the land persists. The rhythm of life in Oden is dictated by the seasons, a gentle ebb and flow that mirrors the slow growth of the towering pines. It’s a place where the past whispers from the shadows of the mountains, a quiet testament to lives lived in concert with the earth.
Live animated radar for Oden 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.
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| Location | Oden, Montgomery County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34.618988°N, 93.776864°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71961, 71966 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oden, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oden, 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 Oden includes coordinates 34.618988°N, 93.776864°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 71961, 71966. 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. 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.
