Monticello, AR 71655 Weather

Drew County6:14 PM CDT33.62°N, 91.79°W

Current conditions

Clear
77°
Clear
Feels like 77°
High 82° Thursday·Low 50° tonight
WindNE 5 mph
Humidity30%
Dew point42°
Pressure30.15 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover10%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:17 AM
Sunset6:28 PM

Observed at Monticello, Monticello Municipal Airport/Ellis Field · 34 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 50. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Thursday

    Sunny, with a high near 82. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Clear, with a low around 52. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Clear 76°
  2. 7 PM Mostly Clear 71°
  3. 8 PM Mostly Clear 65°
  4. 9 PM Clear 61°
  5. 10 PM Clear 59°
  6. 11 PM Clear 57°
  7. Thu12 AM Clear 57°
  8. 1 AM Clear 56°
  9. 2 AM Clear 56°
  10. 3 AM Clear 55°
  11. 4 AM Clear 53°
  12. 5 AM Clear 53°
  13. 6 AM Sunny 52°
  14. 7 AM Sunny 51°
  15. 8 AM Sunny 52°
  16. 9 AM Sunny 59°
  17. 10 AM Sunny 67°
  18. 11 AM Sunny 73°
  19. 12 PM Sunny 76°
  20. 1 PM Sunny 79°
  21. 2 PM Sunny 80°
  22. 3 PM Sunny 81°
  23. 4 PM Sunny 82°
  24. 5 PM Sunny 80°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Sunny Sunny50°81°
  2. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny52°82°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny53°82°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny50°81°
  5. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny50°78°
  6. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny49°79°
  7. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny51°79°
  8. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny58°83°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy62°84°
  10. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy60°77°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:17 AM
Sunset 6:28 PM
Daylight 11 h 10 min (−1 min 58 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 81% lit
Moonrise 3:53 PM Moonset 2:37 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low75° / 51°
Record high91° (1941)
Record low26° (1976)
Wettest1.50 in (1984)
Yesterday78° / 43°
Month to date<0.01 in (normal 2.64 in)

Monticello Municipal Ap, records since 1876. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LZK, issued 6 hrs ago

Key Messages

Issued at 106 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

-Near-normal to above-normal temperatures are expected to continue through the remainder of the work week and into this weekend.

-No significant rainfall is expected through the end of the work week with drought conditions persisting.

-Low afternoon relative humidity values and drying fuels may contribute to daily elevated fire danger concerns.

Discussion

Issued at 106 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Recent WV sat imgry depicted perturbed upper level flow over the CONUS, w/ an upper low approaching Srn CA and the Baja region, and another upper low maneuvering over the NErn US. Intermediate ridging resided over the Cntrl US, w/ broad sfc high pressure extending SEwrd fm the Great Lakes thru the OH River Valley and Mid-South.

Thru much of the current fcst PD, there is considerable agreement amongst deterministic and ensemble global guidance for upper level ridging to persist across the central CONUS. This wl drive a persistence-style fcst, w/ daily high temps in the upper 70s to low 80s...typically above-normal for most locations...and lows in the upper 40s to low 50s, w/ no appreciable rainfall expected.

Concerning drought and fire danger, a lack of forecast rainfall, and any recent substantial rainfall wl foster drying ground fuels (noted by fcst ERC values approaching >90th percentile over portions of Srn AR), and persisting to deteriorating drought conditions for much of the state. Additionally, very low afternoon RH values of 25 percent or less may contribute to daily elevated fire danger concerns through at least this weekend.

For the long term, the aforementioned west coast trof looks to slowly translate Ewrd over the Four Corners region into early next week, weakening as it does so. Locally, the center of the upper level high wl also shift Ewrd, positioning SWrly flow acrs the Srn Great Plains, and possibly driving some poleward moisture transport by mid- week next week, but confidence remains low, w/ most ensemble guidance pointing towards zonal H500 near the end of the fcst PD and beyond.

Aviation

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1200 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

VFR conditions are expected throughout the period with a NE to SE wind direction throughout the period. Mid clouds currently over the area will move east by sunset.

Preliminary Point Temps

Batesville AR 47 80 48 79 / 0 0 0 0 Camden AR 45 82 45 83 / 0 0 0 0 Harrison AR 50 77 49 77 / 0 0 0 0 Hot Springs AR 49 82 50 81 / 0 0 0 0 Little Rock AR 51 81 51 81 / 0 0 0 0 Monticello AR 49 81 49 81 / 0 0 0 0 Mount Ida AR 45 82 46 81 / 0 0 0 0 Mountain Home AR 47 77 48 75 / 0 0 0 0 Newport AR 49 80 50 79 / 0 0 0 0 Pine Bluff AR 47 81 48 81 / 0 0 0 0 Russellville AR 48 81 49 80 / 0 0 0 0 Searcy AR 48 80 49 80 / 0 0 0 0 Stuttgart AR 49 81 49 81 / 0 0 0 0

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