Sunset, Arkansas Weather
Sunset, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sunset, Washington County.
Full aviation weather for Sunset is published on the Drake Field (KFYV) page, 26 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. 4 airfields within reach of Sunset 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 Sunset: Ozark Franklin County Airport (K7M5) 37 km · Springdale Municipal Airport (KASG) 42 km · Northwest Arkansas National Airport (KXNA) 59 km
Conditions reported at KFYV describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sunset specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sunset.
About Sunset, Arkansas
Sunset, Arkansas, spills across rolling Ozark foothills where the land begins to soften its ascent. It lies 19.2 miles south-south-east of Fayetteville, AR (from Fayetteville, AR: bearing 155°T), and is situated 13.2 miles south of Elkins. Here, the sky feels vast, a canvas stretched taut over a landscape of verdant pasture and the darker, brooding greens of oak and hickory forests that climb the slopes. Creeks, mere whispers after a dry spell, swell into determined ribbons after the frequent rains, their banks often choked with the tangled roots of ancient trees. The air itself carries a certain weight, humid and alive with the scent of damp earth and the distant, faint perfume of pine needles baking in the sun. The roads, asphalt ribbons unspooling through the countryside, curve with the land's own inclination, hinting at the patient forces that shaped this place. The history of Sunset is as deeply rooted as the old cedars that mark forgotten property lines. This was once a place where the land yielded its bounty through the sweat of farmers, their lives tethered to the seasons and the capricious nature of the soil. While large-scale agriculture has long since shifted elsewhere, the echoes of that agrarian past remain, evident in the weathered barns and the quiet persistence of small homesteads. The local economy, now a more diffuse network, draws strength from the surrounding natural beauty and the steady pulse of small businesses that serve the immediate needs of its residents. Occasionally, a particularly striking sunset ignites the western sky in hues of rose and molten gold, a fleeting spectacle that seems to imbue the very name of Sunset with a quiet, profound resonance.
Live animated radar for Sunset 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 | Sunset, Washington County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.810358°N, 94.013255°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72959, 72364 |
| Area Code | 479, 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sunset, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sunset, 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 Sunset includes coordinates 35.810358°N, 94.013255°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 72959, 72364. Telephone area code: 479, 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.
