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Salem, Arkansas

Community in Saline County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Salem

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 13 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Salem

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Salem, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Salem, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BentonSUZ

At an airfield/5.4 mi away/377 ft/112 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank462of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Benton 4.8 NNEAR-SL-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/433 ft/56 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station FW5818, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.2 mi from Salem, Arkansas. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the north northeast (25 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 6 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station FW5818, north up: blowing from 25 degrees, the north northeast, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 6; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW5818FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION FW5818PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 25°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station FW5818, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW5818TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW5818-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 550 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.33 inHg and the temperature at 57.0 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.07 inHg means its barometer reads 29.48 inHg; it reports 74.0 F, 17.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station FW5818 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 550 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.33 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.07 and the station pressure it means, 29.48.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW5818FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION FW5818 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION FW58182 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT550 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.33 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.0 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.07 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.48 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED74.0 FTITLECitizen station FW5818, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW5818TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW5818-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 46 degrees above the horizon at 34.72 N, and the day is 11 h 09 min long. Level ground there takes 72 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station FW5818, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 46 degrees above the horizon, against 79 at the June solstice, 55 at the equinoxes and 32 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 09 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW5818FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION FW5818ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 79°EQUINOXES 55°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 32°OCT 16, 46°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 09 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 72 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 34.72 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station FW5818, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW5818TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW5818-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station FW5818, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Benton Water Plant (BENA4), 4.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Arkansas

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

Near Salem

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

Near Salem

River and lake gauges