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Bismarck, Arkansas

Community in Hot Spring County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Bismarck

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 10 miles off.

21Good
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bismarck

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Bismarck, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bismarck, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Hot SpringsHOT

At an airfield/12.2 mi away/541 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank452of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Hot Springs 6.7 SWAR-GL-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.3 mi away/412 ft/130 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Hot Springs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.2 mi from Bismarck, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Hot Springs, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HOTFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOT SPRINGSSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEHot Springs, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HOTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HOT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 46 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Hot Springs: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 46 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HOTFIG. B THE AIR AT HOT SPRINGSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 4,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE 60.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 21.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 46 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 POINTTITLEHot Springs, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HOTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HOT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hot Springs, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HOTFIG. C THE WIND AT HOT SPRINGSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHot Springs, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HOTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HOT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hot Springs, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arkansas

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Bismarck

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Bismarck

River and lake gauges