Oil Trough, Arkansas Weather
Oil Trough, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oil Trough, Independence County.
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About Oil Trough, Arkansas
Oil Trough lies cradled by the rolling hills of Independence County, a landscape sculpted by the patient hands of water and wind. It lies 44.9 miles west-south-west of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 251°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south-south-west of Newark. Here, the White River, a broad, slow-moving artery, dictates the rhythm of the land, its silty banks giving way to fertile bottomlands where ancient oaks and pecans stand sentinel. The air, especially in the languid afternoons of summer, hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and ripening crops, a testament to the land's enduring generosity. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, has a peculiar, soft quality, as if filtered through a fine gauze, illuminating the quiet, unhurried lives unfolding in Oil Trough. This corner of Arkansas carries the quiet hum of agricultural persistence, its history intertwined with the fertile soil and the capricious flow of the White River. The name itself hints at a past, perhaps of early industry or a natural phenomenon that once captured the local imagination. Today, the economy of Oil Trough is largely tied to the bounty of the land, with farms raising cattle and cultivating crops that thrive in this verdant environment. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling avenues, but rather a profound sense of continuity, a feeling that the generations have worked this same ground, their lives as much a part of the place as the very trees that shade the quiet lanes. The occasional sight of a weathered barn against the backdrop of distant, hazy hills speaks of a heritage deeply rooted, a story told not in grand pronouncements but in the enduring pulse of everyday existence.
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| Location | Oil Trough, Independence County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.630912°N, 91.460411°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72564 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oil Trough, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oil Trough, 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 Oil Trough includes coordinates 35.630912°N, 91.460411°W, situated in Independence County. ZIP code 72564. Telephone area code: 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.
