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Thornton, Arkansas

City in Calhoun County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Thornton

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 45 miles off.

26Good
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Thornton

None in the last 24 hours; 0.42 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.42in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Thornton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CamdenCDH

At an airfield/18.9 mi away/130 ft/182 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank635of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Thornton 4.5 SEAR-CN-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/255 ft/57 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FordyceFRDA4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/285 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank55of 678

Station report

The weather at Camden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.9 mi from Thornton, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 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 Camden, 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 CDHFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAMDENSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECamden, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CDHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Camden: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDHFIG. B THE AIR AT CAMDENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.3 FTEMPERATURE 62.0 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLECamden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Camden, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDHFIG. C THE WIND AT CAMDENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECamden, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Fordyce (FRDA4), 5.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Arkansas

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

Near Thornton

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

Near Thornton

River and lake gauges