Salem, Arkansas Weather
Salem, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Salem, Pike County.
Full aviation weather for Salem is published on the Howard County Airport (KM77) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Salem 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 Salem: Memorial Field Airport (KHOT) 51 km · Dexter B Florence Memorial Field (KADF) 56 km · Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport (KMEZ) 60 km · Gurdon Lowe Field (K5M8) 60 km
Conditions reported at KM77 describe the airfield itself. Weather 40 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Salem specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Salem.
About Salem, Arkansas
Salem rests in a rolling expanse of southern Arkansas, where the land breathes a soft, verdant sigh under a sky that can shift from the clear blue of a summer afternoon to the bruised purples of an approaching thunderstorm. It lies 34.7 miles west-south-west of Hot Springs, AR (from Hot Springs, AR: bearing 248°T), and is situated 4.0 miles west-south-west of Glenwood. The terrain here is a gentle series of rises and dips, cloaked in a dense tapestry of hardwoods and pines, their branches forming a whispering canopy that filters the sunlight into dappled patterns on the forest floor. Creeks, like thin silver threads, meander through the valleys, their banks often lined with the stubborn tenacity of wild dogwood and the vibrant splash of honeysuckle, filling the air with a sweet, earthy perfume, especially after a rain. The story of Salem is one etched in the quiet industry of agriculture and the enduring spirit of its people, a legacy tied to the fertile soil and the abundant timber that defines this corner of Pike County. For generations, families here have coaxed sustenance from the earth, their lives marked by the changing seasons and the steady hum of tractors in distant fields. While no grand monuments mark its history, the very fabric of Salem speaks of a time when logging was king, when the scent of sawdust mingled with the damp earth, and the gentle flow of nearby waterways served as vital arteries for commerce and connection. The character of Salem is best understood in the slow, deliberate pace of its days, where conversations unfold on front porches and the evening air carries the distant echo of laughter and the lowing of cattle.
Live animated radar for Salem 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 | Salem, Pike County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34.311212°N, 93.617688°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71720, 72576, 71943, 72019 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Salem, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salem, 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 Salem includes coordinates 34.311212°N, 93.617688°W, situated in Pike County. ZIP code 71720, 72576, 71943, 72019. 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.
