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Letona, Arkansas Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Letona, AR
Saturday, July 4 at 4:19 PM
86
°
Overcast
Feels like
98°
Humidity
79%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
12:57 AM
Sunset
3:25 PM
Letona, AR
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLetona, AR: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 69 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit with a 44% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 69°H 87°
Letona, AR
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    44%
    88°73°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    22%
    0.05″
    89°69°+1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Thunderstorm
    36%
    91°71°+2°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    10%
    89°71°-2°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    91°71°+2°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Partly Cloudy
    12%
    98°74°+7°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    27%
    100°76°+2°
Letona, AR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
164° · backing 115°
Direction
SSE
164°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
4
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 4
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
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 4 · pk 13 @ 12:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2110SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Letona, AR
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1005.6
-1.5 mb in 3h · falling · 29.70 inHg
Now
1005.6
mb
3h
-1.5
mb
12h
-1.3
mb
24h
-1.2
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10061008
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1007.71005.71005.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Letona, AR
Air quality
54
AQI
Moderate
+2 in 6hPeak ~61 @ 11 PM

AQI 54 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 68 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
9.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
118μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.9

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 68 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 68
UV peak
3.5 at earlier today
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 68

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.9 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Letona, AR
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
47.3mi
UNLIMITED
48 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
21:19 UTC · Letona, 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
21:19 UTC · Letona, AR · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Letona, AR
Satellite · infrared · animated
Letona, AR
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Letona, AR
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:28 AM
Sunrise
12:57 AM
Daylight
14h 28m
Sunset
3:25 PM
Civil dusk
8:56 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Letona, AR
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
10:55 PM
Moonset
10:18 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Letona, AR
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Letona at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 72085

16-Day Forecast — Letona

  1. Sat88°73°44%
  2. Sun89°71°22%
  3. Mon91°71°36%
  4. Tue89°71°10%
  5. Wed91°71°7%
  6. Thu98°74°12%
  7. Fri100°76°27%
  8. Sat88°70°28%
  9. Sun87°66°12%
  10. Mon84°62°10%
  11. Tue83°63°10%
  12. Wed86°65°13%
  13. Thu88°67°29%
  14. Fri90°72°23%
  15. Sat89°72°32%
  16. Sun78°70°23%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, 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 — Letona

SPC has placed Letona in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Letona

  • 72085

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.