Peach Orchard, Arkansas Weather
Peach Orchard, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Peach Orchard, Clay County.
Full aviation weather for Peach Orchard is published on the Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KM70) page, 26 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 Peach Orchard 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 Peach Orchard: Kirk Field (KPGR) 28 km · Walnut Ridge Regional Airport (KARG) 29 km · Doniphan Municipal Airport (KX33) 47 km · Jonesboro Municipal Airport (KJBR) 50 km · Kennett Memorial Airport (KTKX) 56 km
Conditions reported at KM70 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Peach Orchard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Peach Orchard.
About Peach Orchard, Arkansas
Peach Orchard lies in a quiet fold of Clay County, where the land begins its slow, deliberate rise toward the Ozark foothills. It lies 17.8 miles north-north-west of Paragould, AR (from Paragould, AR: bearing 329°T), and is situated 17.2 miles east of Pocahontas. The terrain here is a gentle tapestry of fertile bottomland, stitched with the silver threads of meandering creeks that feed the St. Francis River. Fields of ripening corn and soybeans stretch out under a sky that often hangs a soft, hazy blue, interrupted only by the stately march of cumulus clouds. Ancient oaks and elms, their branches gnarled with the wisdom of seasons, cast long shadows across the dusty lanes, and the air, especially in the humid embrace of late summer, carries the sweet, earthy perfume of damp soil and ripening fruit. The character of Peach Orchard is one of patient endurance, a place where the land dictates the pace, and life unfolds with a quiet, unhurried cadence. The history of Peach Orchard is deeply intertwined with the bounty of its soil, a tradition that echoes in its very name, though commercial peach orchards are a memory more than a present-day reality. For generations, agriculture has been the lifeblood of this locality, a legacy passed down from families who cleared the land and coaxed sustenance from its rich, alluvial deposits. The local economy still leans heavily on the cultivation of crops like cotton and soybeans, their broad green expanses a familiar sight against the horizon. While grand universities or bustling industries are absent, Peach Orchard possesses a distinct charm in its understated resilience, a place where neighbors still know each other’s names and the shared experiences of planting and harvest bind the community together, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of rural Arkansas.
Live animated radar for Peach Orchard 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 | Peach Orchard, Clay County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 36.278675°N, 90.66289°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72453 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Peach Orchard, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Peach Orchard, 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 Peach Orchard includes coordinates 36.278675°N, 90.662890°W, situated in Clay County. ZIP code 72453. 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. 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.
