Searcy, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Searcy, White County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, 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 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. 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.