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Lake Hamilton, Arkansas

Community in Garland County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Lake Hamilton

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 17 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Hamilton

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Hamilton, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Hamilton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Hot SpringsHOT

At an airfield/4.0 mi away/541 ft/134 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank452of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Hot Springs 5.9 SAR-GL-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/439 ft/32 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Park ServiceHOTA4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/827 ft/420 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hot Springs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.0 mi from Lake Hamilton, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,200 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hot Springs, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HOTFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOT SPRINGSSECTION, 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 2,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHot Springs, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HOTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HOT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Hot Springs: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HOTFIG. B THE AIR AT HOT SPRINGSTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 66.0 FDEW POINT 56.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEHot Springs, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HOTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HOT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hot Springs, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HOTFIG. C THE WIND AT HOT SPRINGSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHot Springs, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HOTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HOT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hot Springs, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Park Service (HOTA4), 7.1 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Arkansas

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Lake Hamilton

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

Near Lake Hamilton

River and lake gauges