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Donaldson, Arkansas

Town in Hot Spring County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Donaldson

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 11 miles off.

25Good
  • Ozone25Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Donaldson

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Donaldson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ArkadelphiaADF

At an airfield/12.5 mi away/189 ft/39 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank112of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Arkadelphia 2NARKA4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/210 ft/18 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Malvern 3.9 SEAR-HS-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.5 mi away/538 ft/310 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Arkadelphia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from Donaldson, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Arkadelphia, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADFFIG. A THE SKY OVER ARKADELPHIASECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEArkadelphia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ADFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 58.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Arkadelphia: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 58.0, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADFFIG. B THE AIR AT ARKADELPHIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.6 FTEMPERATURE 64.0 FDEW POINT 58.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEArkadelphia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Arkadelphia, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADFFIG. C THE WIND AT ARKADELPHIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEArkadelphia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Arkadelphia, 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 Donaldson

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

Near Donaldson

River and lake gauges