Wesley, Arkansas Weather
Wesley, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wesley, Madison County.
Full aviation weather for Wesley is published on the Drake Field (KFYV) page, 23 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 Wesley 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 Wesley: Springdale Municipal Airport (KASG) 24 km · Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter Field (KROG) 42 km · Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field (KVBT) 44 km · Northwest Arkansas National Airport (KXNA) 45 km · Carroll County Airport (K4M1) 48 km
Conditions reported at KFYV describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wesley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wesley.
About Wesley, Arkansas
Wesley rests in a hollow of the Ozark foothills, where the land rises and falls in a succession of rounded ridges cloaked in oak and hickory. It lies 13.5 miles east of Fayetteville, AR (from Fayetteville, AR: bearing 100°T), and is situated 5.2 miles east-north-east of Elkins. The air here, especially in the long, slow afternoons of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a quiet perfume that clings to everything. The creek beds, dry and stony for much of the year, hint at the wilder, wetter days of spring, their banks a tangle of blackberry brambles and resilient wildflowers. A scattering of houses, their paint faded by sun and wind, huddle close to the county road, each with its own patch of cleared land, a testament to the enduring effort of making a living from this rugged soil. The history of Wesley is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent spirit of those who settled this corner of Madison County. This was a place where families came seeking land and a measure of independence, their livelihoods tied to the timber that once carpeted the hills and the small farms carved from the dense woods. The local economy, still largely rooted in agriculture and small-scale logging, moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land. Evenings often bring a hush to Wesley, broken only by the distant bark of a dog or the low rumble of a passing truck, as the world outside seems to recede, leaving only the quiet contemplation of the stars against the vast Arkansas sky.
Live animated radar for Wesley 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 | Wesley, Madison County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 36.0273°N, 93.920197°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72773 |
| Area Code | 479 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wesley, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wesley, 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 Wesley includes coordinates 36.027300°N, 93.920197°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 72773. Telephone area code: 479. 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.
