Smithville, Arkansas Weather
Smithville, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Smithville, Union County.
Full aviation weather for Smithville is published on the El Dorado Downtown Airport-Stevens Field (KF43) page, 9 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 Smithville 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 Smithville: South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field (KELD) 22 km · Hampton Municipal Airport (K0R6) 35 km · Harrell Field (KCDH) 48 km · Stephens Ouachita County Airport (K4F8) 51 km · Warren Municipal Airport (K3M9) 59 km
Conditions reported at KF43 describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Smithville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Smithville.
About Smithville, Arkansas
Smithville lies in a part of Union County where the land begins to gently swell, hinting at the rolling hills that will become more pronounced further north, a subtle shift in the terrain that feels like a quiet exhalation after the flatter expanses. It lies 56.1 miles north-north-west of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 332°T), and is situated 5.4 miles east-north-east of El Dorado. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the humid scent of pine and damp earth, a comforting perfume that clings to the broadleaf trees lining the roads and the scattered stands of timber that punctuate the landscape. The houses, many of them modest, well-kept structures, seem to settle into the earth, their porches wide enough for a lingering conversation, their gardens bursting with the vibrant hues of summer blooms. The roads themselves, a network of asphalt and packed gravel, wind with an organic grace, mirroring the natural contours of the land, and the pervasive quiet is broken only by the distant hum of a lawnmower or the cheerful bark of a dog. The history of Smithville is deeply entwined with the rich, dark soil that has long sustained its agricultural roots, a legacy of cotton and timber that still whispers through the local economy. While the grand plantations of the past are now mostly faded memories, the spirit of hard work and self-reliance, forged in those earlier days, remains a defining characteristic of Smithville. The local timber industry, though transformed by modern practices, continues to shape the visual character of the region, with the occasional scent of sawmills mingling with the ever-present aroma of the surrounding forests. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions here; instead, Smithville offers a more intimate encounter with a place where life unfolds at a pace dictated by the seasons and the quiet dignity of its people, a place where the simple act of watching the sun dip below the tree line feels like a significant event.
Live animated radar for Smithville 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 | Smithville, Union County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.225128°N, 92.574874°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71834, 71730, 72466 |
| Area Code | 870, 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Smithville, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Smithville, 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 Smithville includes coordinates 33.225128°N, 92.574874°W, situated in Union County. ZIP code 71834, 71730, 72466. Telephone area code: 870, 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.
