Searcy, Arkansas Weather
Searcy, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Searcy, White County.
Full aviation weather for Searcy is published on the Searcy Municipal Airport (KSRC) page, 4 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 Searcy 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 Searcy: Bald Knob Municipal Airport (KM74) 17 km · Heber Springs Municipal Airport (KHBZ) 38 km · Woodruff County Airport (KM60) 42 km · Carlisle Municipal Airport (K4M3) 49 km · EFS Airport (K76A) 52 km
Conditions reported at KSRC describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Searcy specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Searcy.
About Searcy, Arkansas
Searcy rests in a landscape where the rich alluvial soils of the Arkansas delta begin to gently roll, a prelude to the Ouachita foothills further west. It lies 24.8 miles north-east of Cabot, AR (from Cabot, AR: bearing 40°T), and is situated 5.6 miles west-south-west of Judsonia. The air here, especially in the humid bloom of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and distant pine, a comforting, pervasive perfume. Oak and hickory trees, their branches reaching wide, form a verdant canopy over the land, their leaves rustling secrets in the warm breezes. The drainage ditches and bayous, remnants of the region's waterways, snake through the fields, reflecting the wide, often dramatic Arkansas sky, a canvas of bruised purples at dusk or the sharp, clean blue of midday. This land, fertile and giving, shapes the very character of Searcy, imbuing its inhabitants with a grounded resilience. The story of Searcy is deeply entwined with the fertile land it occupies and the industrious spirit of its people. Founded on the agricultural bounty of White County, its economy has historically revolved around farming, particularly cotton and soybeans, though diversification has brought manufacturing and a growing service sector. Harding University, a significant presence, lends a youthful energy and intellectual current to the community, its campus a visible landmark. The town’s past is marked by its role as a regional hub, a place where goods were brought and traded, and that legacy of commerce still hums beneath the surface of its everyday life. The quiet persistence of its growth, punctuated by the occasional summer thunderstorm that washes the world clean, speaks to a deep-rooted connection to the cycles of nature and the enduring strength of its community.
Live animated radar for Searcy 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 | Searcy, White County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.250641°N, 91.736249°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72143, 72145, 72149 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Searcy, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Searcy, 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 Searcy includes coordinates 35.250641°N, 91.736249°W, situated in White County. ZIP code 72143, 72145, 72149. 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.
