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Fountain Hill, Arkansas Weather

Thunderheads boil and break at dusk. Day 16 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fountain Hill weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fountain Hill, AR
Sunday, July 5 at 10:47 PM
79
°
Clear
Feels like
89°
Humidity
91%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
1:03 AM
Sunset
3:20 PM
Fountain Hill, AR
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFountain Hill, AR: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 73 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit with a 24% chance of precipitation at 8 PM.
L 73°H 95°
Fountain Hill, AR
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    13%
    90°69°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Rain
    25%
    0.40″
    95°73°+5°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    47%
    91°69°-4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Thunderstorm
    20%
    97°69°+6°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    99°71°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    98°76°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    23%
    95°75°-3°
Fountain Hill, AR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
262° · backing 125°
Direction
W
262°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 5 mph
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 mph · pk 21 mph @ 6:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 328SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fountain Hill, AR
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1006.3
+1.1 mb in 3h · rising · 29.72 inHg
Now
1006.3
mb
3h
+1.1
mb
12h
-2.7
mb
24h
-2.0
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10051009
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1009.11005.01006.4
Pressure climbing out of the rain band — clearing edging in.
Fountain Hill, AR
Air quality
53
AQI
Moderate
-1 in 6h

AQI 53 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 15.2 µg/m³ (AQI 62) with a 0.85 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in stagnant air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
15.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
18μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneGood
57μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 15.2 µg/m³ (AQI 62) with a 0.85 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in stagnant air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.85
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Fountain Hill, AR
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
26.7mi
UNLIMITED
73 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
03:47 UTC · Fountain Hill, AR · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
03:47 UTC · Fountain Hill, AR · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fountain Hill, AR
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fountain Hill, AR
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fountain Hill, AR
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
Civil dawn
5:35 AM
Sunrise
1:03 AM
Daylight
14h 17m
Sunset
3:20 PM
Civil dusk
8:50 PM
Planting note
Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.
Fountain Hill, AR
The moon
Waning Gibbous
66% illuminated
Moonrise
11:49 PM
Moonset
12:24 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fountain Hill, AR
Microseason
Jul 6–10

Thunderheads boil and break at dusk

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fountain Hill at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 79°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 6–10
  • Planting window: Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.

ZIP code: 71642

16-Day Forecast — Fountain Hill

  1. Sun90°69°13%
  2. Mon95°73°25%
  3. Tue91°69°47%
  4. Wed97°69°20%
  5. Thu99°71°8%
  6. Fri98°76°8%
  7. Sat95°75°23%
  8. Sun95°72°37%
  9. Mon102°74°21%
  10. Tue98°75°8%
  11. Wed102°76°9%
  12. Thu97°70°10%
  13. Fri105°75°13%
  14. Sat101°79°11%
  15. Sun98°73°17%
  16. Mon100°74°11%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 6, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Fountain Hill

SPC has placed Fountain Hill in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Fountain Hill

  • 71646
  • 71642

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.