Zinc, Arkansas Weather
Zinc, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Zinc, Boone County.
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About Zinc, Arkansas
Zinc sits in a fold of the Ozark hills, where the land rises and falls like a sleeping giant's breath. It lies 67.1 miles east of Rogers, AR (from Rogers, AR: bearing 92°T), and is situated 5.6 miles east-south-east of Bergman. The terrain here is a study in green and grey, a riot of deciduous trees – oak, hickory, maple – that cloak the slopes in summer, their leaves rustling with a dry, papery sound in the wind. In autumn, this verdant blanket ignites into a spectacle of ochre, crimson, and gold, a fleeting brilliance against the enduring stone. Small creeks, cool and clear, thread their way through the hollows, their beds smoothed by eons of water, offering pockets of shadow and the murmur of constant flow. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, damp scent of earth and pine, a potent perfume that clings to everything. The story of Zinc is inextricably bound to the earth it rests upon, to the rich veins of ore that drew people here generations ago. This was a place built on the back of mining, a hardscrabble existence wrested from the subterranean darkness. Though the great mines have long since stilled their clatter, the legacy of that industry lingers, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. The local economy now leans more towards agriculture and the enduring, simple trades, but the spirit of resilience forged in the mining days remains. The roads, winding like forgotten streams, connect scattered farmsteads and the modest homes that make up Zinc, each one a small testament to lives lived with a connection to the land and its history.
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| Location | Zinc, Boone County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 36.285348°N, 92.914338°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72601 |
| Area Code | 479 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Zinc, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Zinc, 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 Zinc includes coordinates 36.285348°N, 92.914338°W, situated in Boone County. ZIP code 72601. 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.
