Wesley, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wesley, Madison County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.