Widener, Arkansas Weather
Widener, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Widener, St. Francis County.
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About Widener, Arkansas
Widener rests in the broad, fertile embrace of St. Francis County, Arkansas, a landscape where the earth itself seems to exhale a humid, sun-baked breath. It lies 37.0 miles west-south-west of Memphis, TN (from Memphis, TN: bearing 257°T), and is situated 6.0 miles east of Forrest City. The terrain here is a study in patient flatness, broken only by the subtle swells of agricultural fields and the occasional, languid curve of a bayou or drainage ditch that reflects the vast, often cloud-strewn sky. Towering oaks and scattered pines stand sentinel along the edges of these cultivated expanses, their branches heavy with a stillness that speaks of deep roots and slow growth. Even the air, thick with the scent of turned soil and distant woodsmoke, carries a peculiar weight, a palpable presence of the immense agricultural machinery that shapes these lands. The story of Widener is inextricably bound to the rich alluvial soil that has long drawn settlers and sustained a way of life centered on the bounty of the land. For generations, farming has been the lifeblood of this locality, with cotton and rice being the enduring crops that define its economic character. This agricultural heritage imbues Widener with a quiet, persistent industriousness, a rhythm dictated not by clocks but by seasons and the predictable, yet ever-challenging, whims of weather. While grand monuments are few, the landscape itself, a vast canvas of green and gold under the relentless sun, serves as a constant, humble testament to the enduring human endeavor to coax sustenance from the earth.
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| Location | Widener, St. Francis County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.023425°N, 90.684831°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72394 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Widener, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Widener, 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 Widener includes coordinates 35.023425°N, 90.684831°W, situated in St. Francis County. ZIP code 72394. 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. 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.
