Hwy 71 at Rxr Overpass De Queen AR USARD08
Beside a road/2.7 mi away/614 ft/180 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Gillham, Arkansas
Town in Sevier County, ArkansasRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of south central and southwest Arkansas, north central and northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, and east and northeast Texas. * TIMING...From 10 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 28 to 69 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. Follow all fire restrictions. One less spark, one less wildfire. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life-threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
69°
65°/49°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Light breeze 8 mph NNW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Gillham until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Gillham is 69° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 54° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:54 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
87%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6549
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6740
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7037
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7540
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8144
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8547
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8750
overcast
69°
65°49°
67°40°
70°37°
75°40°
81°44°
85°47°
87°50°
As of 1:00 AM in Gillham, Arkansas.
Air quality
The air at Gillham
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 70 miles off.
25Good
- Ozone25Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gillham
None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.06in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Gillham, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Gillham, ArkansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Gillham, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank632of 678
At an airfield/9.7 mi away/354 ft/440 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Dam - Cossatot RvrGLOA4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/522 ft/272 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
De Queen 0.9 NEAR-SV-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.2 mi away/442 ft/352 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at J Lynn Helms/De Queen, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 9.7 mi from Gillham, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Arkansas
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Gillham
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Granniscity, 5 mi
- De Queencity, 9 mi
- Wickestown, 9 mi
- Vandervoorttown, 15 mi
- Horatiocity, 16 mi
- Lockesburgcity, 16 mi
- Dierkscity, 17 mi
- Covetown, 19 mi
- Hatfieldtown, 22 mi
- Center Pointcommunity, 23 mi
- Winthropcity, 24 mi
- Newhopecommunity, 26 mi