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Hector, Arkansas

Town in Pope County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Hector

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 62 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hector

0.30 in in the last 24 hours, 0.98 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.30in
Last 3 days
0.98in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hector, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Hector, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dover 6.9 EAR-PP-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/1,073 ft/331 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank100of 678

Long PoolLGPA4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/554 ft/188 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Russellville Municipal Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.6 mi from Hector, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 9,000 ft, broken at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Russellville Municipal Airport, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 11,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 9,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 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-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Russellville Municipal Airport: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,000 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 9,000 FTTEMPERATURE 60.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 northwest (310 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Russellville Municipal Airport, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR 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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