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Appleton, Arkansas

Community in Pope County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Appleton

Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 57 miles off.

39Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Appleton

None in the last 24 hours; 0.76 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.76in

Visibility

How far you can see at Appleton, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Appleton, ArkansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Appleton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dover 6.9 EAR-PP-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/1,073 ft/569 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank100of 678

Center Ridge 4SCTRA4

At a cooperative observer's station/18.8 mi away/676 ft/172 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Russellville Municipal Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.7 mi from Appleton, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 6,000 ft, broken at 9,000 ft, broken at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 9,000 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Russellville Municipal Airport, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 9,000 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RUEFIG. A THE SKY OVER RUSSELLVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 11,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 9,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 6,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLERussellville Municipal Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RUETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RUE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 71.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Russellville Municipal Airport: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RUEFIG. B THE AIR AT RUSSELLVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 70.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 72.0 F, 71.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLERussellville Municipal Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RUETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RUE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Russellville Municipal Airport, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RUEFIG. C THE WIND AT RUSSELLVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERussellville Municipal Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RUETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RUE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Russellville Municipal Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Center Ridge 4S (CTRA4), 18.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Arkansas

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