Wilburn, Arkansas Weather
Wilburn, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wilburn, Cleburne County.
Full aviation weather for Wilburn is published on the Heber Springs Municipal Airport (KHBZ) page, 11 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 Wilburn 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 Wilburn: Batesville Regional Airport (KBVX) 33 km · Searcy Municipal Airport (KSRC) 36 km · Bald Knob Municipal Airport (KM74) 38 km · Mountain View Wilcox Memorial Field (K7M2) 44 km · Holley Mountain Airpark (K2A2) 49 km
Conditions reported at KHBZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wilburn specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wilburn.
About Wilburn, Arkansas
Wilburn rests in a quiet pocket of Cleburne County, Arkansas, where the land begins to gather itself into the gentle slopes that lead toward the Ozark foothills. It lies 37.5 miles north of Cabot, AR (from Cabot, AR: bearing 11°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east of Heber Springs. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries the earthy scent of damp soil and pine needles, a fragrance that clings to the humid air. Fields of soybeans and corn, emerald green in the growing season, stretch out under a sky that often shifts from a pale, washed-out blue to the bruised purples and oranges of twilight. Old oaks and hickories, their branches gnarled like arthritic fingers, stand sentinel along the less-travelled roads, their leaves whispering secrets to the warm southern breeze. The history of Wilburn is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its people and the enduring rhythm of agriculture. For generations, the fertile bottomlands along the nearby waterways have sustained families, their livelihoods tied to the bounty of the soil. While larger towns have seen booms and busts, Wilburn has maintained a steady, unhurried pace, its economy rooted in the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock. There's a sense of continuity here, a quiet pride in the land that has been passed down, and a deeply ingrained understanding of the cycles of nature that govern life in this part of Arkansas.
Live animated radar for Wilburn 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 | Wilburn, Cleburne County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.507301°N, 91.888201°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72179, 72543 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wilburn, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wilburn, 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 Wilburn includes coordinates 35.507301°N, 91.888201°W, situated in Cleburne County. ZIP code 72179, 72543. 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.
