Russellville, AR 72812 Weather

Pope County12:01 PM CDT35.42°N, 93.05°W

Current conditions

Sunny
74°
Sunny
Feels like 74°
High 80°·Low 52°
WindESE 5 mph gusts 10 mph
Humidity40%
Dew point48°
Cloud cover4%
UV index5 Moderate
Sunrise7:26 AM
Sunset6:28 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 52. East wind around 5 mph.

  • Saturday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. East southeast wind around 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 22 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 74°
  2. 1 PM Sunny 77°
  3. 2 PM Sunny 78°
  4. 3 PM Sunny 79°
  5. 4 PM Sunny 80°
  6. 5 PM Sunny 78°
  7. 6 PM Mostly Clear 76°
  8. 7 PM Mostly Clear 70°
  9. 8 PM Mostly Clear 64°
  10. 9 PM Mostly Clear 61°
  11. 10 PM Mostly Clear 61°
  12. 11 PM Mostly Clear 60°
  13. Sat12 AM Mostly Clear 59°
  14. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 58°
  15. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 56°
  16. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 55°
  17. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 53°
  18. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 52°
  19. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 51°
  20. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 51°
  21. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 55°
  22. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 60°
  23. 10 AM Sunny 65°
  24. 11 AM Sunny 70°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny51°81°
  2. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny52°80°
  3. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny52°81°
  4. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny52°79°
  5. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny51°77°
  6. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny50°77°
  7. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny49°77°
  8. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy50°72°
  9. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy43°64°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy46°66°

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 7:26 AM
Sunset 6:28 PM
Daylight 11 h 2 min (−2 min 4 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 93% lit
Moonrise 4:51 PM Moonset 4:42 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low72° / 47°
Record high96° (1939)
Record low26° (1952)
Wettest2.39 in (1951)
Month to date1.22 in (normal 2.85 in)

Russellville Area, records since 1882. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LZK, issued 5 hrs ago

Key Messages

Issued at 222 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

-Near-normal to above-normal temperatures will persist through this weekend.

-No appreciable rainfall is expected through the forecast period with drought conditions persisting.

-Low afternoon relative humidity values and drying fuels will contribute to daily elevated fire danger concerns through the weekend.

Discussion

Issued at 222 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

Once again, no significant changes to note w/ the new fcst update... Latest objective analysis depicted highly amplified H500 flow acrs the CONUS, w/ persistent deep troughing over the Wrn US and Sierra Nevada, and ridging acrs the Cntrl US. This persistent ridging wl continue to drive warm and settled weather for the region into next week, w/ daily high temps in the upper 70s to low 80s, lows in the upper 40s to low 50s, and unfortunately, no appreciable rainfall for the next seven days.

Daily fire danger will persist, fostered by antecedent drought conditions, a lack of forecast rainfall, and drying ground fuels (noted by fcst ERC values >90th percentile over portions of Srn AR).

Early next week, the aforementioned west coast trof wl slowly translate Ewrd over the Four Corners and Cont Divide by Mon, weakening as it does so. Locally, the center of the upper level high wl also shift Ewrd, positioning SWrly H500 flow acrs the Srn Great Plains. At most, this may drive some increasing low-level cloud cover over the FA thru the early portion of next week, and bring some slightly cooler temperatures.

Late next week, there are considerable differences amongst global guidance solns, particularly w/ the evolution of a Pacific NW shortwave trof, set to come ashore on Mon, and progress Ewrd over the Cntrl Plains by mid to late week. At the sfc, a cdfrnt is progged to move into the Srn US late in the week, but there is low confidence on the timing and evolution of this feature, and how much precip wl be possible... if any. For now, base blended guidance reflects low chance PoPs/QPF for portions of the state by Fri, but this is lkly to change over the next few days.

Aviation

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 636 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

VFR condns wl prevail thru the PD, w/ winds becoming E-SErly thru the day Fri. No other sig impacts are anticipated.

Preliminary Point Temps

Batesville AR 80 48 80 49 / 0 0 0 0 Camden AR 84 48 84 48 / 0 0 0 0 Harrison AR 78 50 79 52 / 0 0 0 0 Hot Springs AR 82 50 83 50 / 0 0 0 0 Little Rock AR 82 51 82 53 / 0 0 0 0 Monticello AR 82 50 82 51 / 0 0 0 0 Mount Ida AR 82 47 83 47 / 0 0 0 0 Mountain Home AR 77 49 77 50 / 0 0 0 0 Newport AR 81 49 81 51 / 0 0 0 0 Pine Bluff AR 82 49 83 50 / 0 0 0 0 Russellville AR 81 51 81 51 / 0 0 0 0 Searcy AR 81 48 81 49 / 0 0 0 0 Stuttgart AR 82 50 82 51 / 0 0 0 0

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