Southside, Arkansas Weather
Southside, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Southside, Independence County.
Full aviation weather for Southside is published on the Batesville Regional Airport (KBVX) 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 Southside 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 Southside: Heber Springs Municipal Airport (KHBZ) 41 km · EFS Airport (K76A) 44 km · Bald Knob Municipal Airport (KM74) 45 km · Melbourne Municipal John E Miller Field (K42A) 45 km · Mountain View Wilcox Memorial Field (K7M2) 46 km
Conditions reported at KBVX describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Southside specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Southside.
About Southside, Arkansas
Southside unfolds across rolling terrain, a landscape etched by the patient work of water and time. It lies 52.5 miles west of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 259°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south-south-east of Batesville. Here, the White River’s tributaries snake through fertile bottomlands, their banks often softened by thickets of river birch and sycamore that lean towards the slow, ochre-tinted flow. The air, especially in the early mornings, carries a damp, earthy scent, a mingling of decaying leaves and the mineral tang of the soil. Fields of soybeans and corn, checkerboarding the gentle slopes, catch the sun in broad, flat swathes, their green intensity giving way to the deeper, shadowed hues of the surrounding woodlands as the day matures. The houses, scattered across this expanse, seem to settle into the land, their roofs a muted contrast to the vibrant greens and browns, as if they too have grown from the very earth. The story of Southside is one of quiet endurance, a testament to the agricultural spirit that has long defined this stretch of Independence County. For generations, the fertile ground has yielded its bounty, the economy tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, the rhythm of the seasons dictating the pulse of life. While larger centers might boast grander histories, Southside holds its own in the steady hum of its farms and the close-knit relationships forged through shared labor and common understanding. The legacy of those who first cleared these fields, their hands shaping the land into sustenance, still whispers in the rustle of the corn stalks and the vast, open sky that presides over this enduring corner of Arkansas.
Live animated radar for Southside 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 | Southside, Independence County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.698411°N, 91.623471°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72039, 72501 |
| Area Code | 870, 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Southside, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southside, 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 Southside includes coordinates 35.698411°N, 91.623471°W, situated in Independence County. ZIP code 72039, 72501. 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.
