Rivervale, Arkansas Weather
Rivervale, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rivervale, Poinsett County.
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About Rivervale, Arkansas
Rivervale lies under a sky that often stretches, a pale, boundless canvas reflecting the deep, slow currents of the Mississippi River’s influence, even miles inland. It lies 23.5 miles east-south-east of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 120°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east of Trumann. The land here is a study in patient flatness, a fertile expanse where the earth exhales a humid breath, thick with the scent of rich soil and distant, sun-baked hay. Cypress knees erupt from the occasional marshy depression, dark, gnarled knuckles gripping the mud, while stands of oak and pine form dense, green walls along the infrequent drainage ditches, their shadows lengthening and blurring as the day wears on. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a certain weight, a stillness that feels almost audible, broken only by the drone of cicadas or the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Rivervale is written in the slow, deliberate rise and fall of cotton fields and the persistent murmur of the river that has shaped its destiny. For generations, this land has yielded its bounty, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who worked its soil, their lives interwoven with the cycles of planting and harvest. While farming remains a vital thread in Rivervale’s economic fabric, the echoes of past industries, perhaps a long-vanished lumber mill or a steamboat landing now reclaimed by reeds, can still be felt in the quiet lanes and the weathered facades of older buildings. The distinctive character of Rivervale is not in grand monuments, but in the subtle grace of a porch swing swaying in the breeze, the shared nod between neighbors, and the deep, unhurried rhythm of life unfolding with the sun.
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| Location | Rivervale, Poinsett County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.673967°N, 90.3401°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72377 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rivervale, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rivervale, 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 Rivervale includes coordinates 35.673967°N, 90.340100°W, situated in Poinsett County. ZIP code 72377. 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.
