Walcott, Arkansas Weather
Walcott, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Walcott, Greene County.
Full aviation weather for Walcott is published on the Kirk Field (KPGR) page, 15 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. 5 airfields within reach of Walcott 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 Walcott: Jonesboro Municipal Airport (KJBR) 24 km · Walnut Ridge Regional Airport (KARG) 24 km · Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KM70) 34 km · Manila Municipal Airport (KMXA) 49 km
Conditions reported at KPGR describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Walcott specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Walcott.
About Walcott, Arkansas
Walcott, Arkansas, breathes the humid, earth-scented air of the Mississippi Delta's western edge, a place where the land lies flat and broad beneath an immense sky. It lies 9.8 miles west of Paragould, AR (from Paragould, AR: bearing 264°T), and is situated 14.0 miles north of Jonesboro. Fields of cotton, emerald green in the summer sun, stretch toward horizons broken only by stands of towering oak and pecan trees, their branches laden with Spanish moss that hangs like spectral beards. The very character of Walcott is etched into this fertile soil, a quiet persistence that seems to mirror the slow, steady flow of the nearby St. Francis River, a vital artery in this landscape of agriculture and alluvial plains. Even the light here feels different, softening at dusk into a hazy amber that washes over the scattered farmhouses and the occasional, well-worn pickup truck trundling along the county roads. The history of Walcott is inextricably linked to the agricultural bounty of Greene County, an economy built on the backbreaking labor of cultivating cotton, soybeans, and rice. For generations, this land has yielded its harvest, feeding families and fueling the broader regional economy, a cycle of planting and reaping that has shaped the lives and traditions of its inhabitants. While no grand monuments draw crowds, the distinctive character of Walcott lies in its understated resilience, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called this place home. The local economy, though perhaps lean, is deeply rooted in the soil, fostering a sense of community that values hard work and neighborly support, a quiet understanding passed down through the generations like a well-tended crop.
Live animated radar for Walcott 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.
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| Location | Walcott, Greene County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 36.043403°N, 90.671223°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72450, 72474 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Walcott, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Walcott, 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 Walcott includes coordinates 36.043403°N, 90.671223°W, situated in Greene County. ZIP code 72450, 72474. 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.
