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Cave Springs, Arkansas

City in Benton County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Cave Springs

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Springdale (Springdale-Fayetteville-Bentonville) (AR), 8 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cave Springs

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 1.95 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
1.95in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cave Springs, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cave Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Rogers 5.9 WSWAR-BT-51

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,267 ft/16 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Expl StationFYVA4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.5 mi away/1,270 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Northwest Arkansas Regional Apt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.2 mi from Cave Springs, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,000 ft, broken at 1,700 ft, overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Northwest Arkansas Regional Apt, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XNAFIG. A THE SKY OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL APTSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENorthwest Arkansas Regional Apt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS XNATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-XNA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Northwest Arkansas Regional Apt: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XNAFIG. B THE AIR AT NORTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL APTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 55.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLENorthwest Arkansas Regional Apt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS XNATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-XNA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Northwest Arkansas Regional Apt, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XNAFIG. C THE WIND AT NORTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL APTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENorthwest Arkansas Regional Apt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS XNATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-XNA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Northwest Arkansas Regional Apt, 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 Cave Springs

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

Near Cave Springs

River and lake gauges