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Prairie Grove, Arkansas

City in Washington County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Prairie Grove

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Springdale (Springdale-Fayetteville-Bentonville) (AR), 18 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Prairie Grove

0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.14in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Prairie Grove, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Prairie Grove, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Prairie Grove 0.8 ESEAR-WS-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,186 ft/27 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Expl StationFYVA4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/1,270 ft/57 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Fayetteville/Drake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.3 mi from Prairie Grove, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM 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 Fayetteville/Drake, 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 FYVFIG. A THE SKY OVER FAYETTEVILLE/DRAKESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEFayetteville/Drake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FYVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FYV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fayetteville/Drake: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FYVFIG. B THE AIR AT FAYETTEVILLE/DRAKETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.9 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEFayetteville/Drake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FYVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FYV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fayetteville/Drake, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FYVFIG. C THE WIND AT FAYETTEVILLE/DRAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFayetteville/Drake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FYVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FYV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fayetteville/Drake, 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 Prairie Grove

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

Near Prairie Grove

River and lake gauges