Whelen Springs, Arkansas Weather
Whelen Springs, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Whelen Springs, Clark County.
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About Whelen Springs, Arkansas
Whelen Springs breathes a quiet persistence beneath the wide Arkansas sky. It lies 46.7 miles south of Hot Springs, AR (from Hot Springs, AR: bearing 185°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south-south-east of Gurdon. The land here rises and falls in gentle swells, cloaked in a verdant tapestry of pine and oak, the air thick with the scent of damp earth and sun-warmed needles. Small clearings reveal homesteads and barns, their weathered wood echoing the patient passage of seasons. The terrain, not dramatic but subtly contoured, suggests a place where water, when it comes, runs clear and swift through shallow ravines, feeding the thirsty roots of ancient trees. Dusk here is a slow descent of color, the western horizon bleeding from pale gold to bruised lavender, casting long, inky shadows that stretch like sleeping giants across the fields. The history of Whelen Springs is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land they have worked. For generations, the fertile soil has yielded crops, sustaining families and forming the backbone of the local economy, a quiet agriculture that persists against the pull of larger towns. The faint hum of machinery from distant fields at harvest time is a familiar sound, a lullaby of sustenance. The springs themselves, the namesake of this place, are a subtle blessing, providing a constant, cool murmur that has been a source of life and a quiet gathering point for as long as anyone can remember, a small, vital artery in the heart of Clark County.
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| Location | Whelen Springs, Clark County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.830939°N, 93.126279°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71743, 71772 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Whelen Springs, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whelen Springs, 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 Whelen Springs includes coordinates 33.830939°N, 93.126279°W, situated in Clark County. ZIP code 71743, 71772. Telephone area code: 870. 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.
