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Dardanelle, Arkansas

City in Yell County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Dardanelle

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 57 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone28Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Dardanelle

0.18 in in the last 24 hours, 0.29 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.18in
Last 3 days
0.29in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Dardanelle, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dardanelle 0.2 NNWAR-YL-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/340 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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DardanelleDDLA4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/364 ft/34 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank52of 678

Station report

The weather at Russellville Municipal Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.5 mi from Dardanelle, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Russellville Municipal Airport, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERussellville 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

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 39 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Russellville Municipal Airport: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 39 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 25.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 39 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Russellville Municipal Airport, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR 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

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Snow on the ground

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