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Piggott, Arkansas Weather

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

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

Piggott, AR
Saturday, July 4 at 5:31 PM
92
°
Overcast
Feels like
99°
Humidity
53%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
12:48 AM
Sunset
3:22 PM
Piggott, AR
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPiggott, AR: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 73 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit with a 25% chance of precipitation at 3 PM.
L 73°H 92°
Piggott, AR
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Drizzle
    27%
    0.05″
    92°74°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    25%
    87°73°-5°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    14%
    87°70°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    86°69°-1°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    10%
    91°68°+5°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Partly Cloudy
    22%
    95°72°+4°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    39%
    94°77°-1°
Piggott, AR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
198° · backing 6°
Direction
SSW
198°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 5
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 5 · pk 20 @ 11:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 176SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Piggott, AR
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1001.1
-2.2 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 29.56 inHg
Now
1001.1
mb
3h
-2.2
mb
12h
-3.2
mb
24h
-2.9
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10011005
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1005.31001.41001.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Piggott, AR
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
+15 in 6h

AQI 50 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 15 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 50 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy 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
7.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
105μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 50 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 50
UV peak
2.1 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 50

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 7.9 µg/m³, PM10 to 9.2 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.86
Wind
light
Recent rain
2h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
Piggott, AR
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
83%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
73.4mi
UNLIMITED
81 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
22:31 UTC · Piggott, 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
22:31 UTC · Piggott, AR · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Piggott, AR
Satellite · infrared · animated
Piggott, AR
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Piggott, AR
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:18 AM
Sunrise
12:48 AM
Daylight
14h 34m
Sunset
3:22 PM
Civil dusk
8:53 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Piggott, AR
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
10:51 PM
Moonset
10:10 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Piggott, AR
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Piggott at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 17°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 25 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 72454

16-Day Forecast — Piggott

  1. Sat92°74°27%
  2. Sun87°73°25%
  3. Mon87°70°14%
  4. Tue86°69°5%
  5. Wed91°68°10%
  6. Thu95°72°22%
  7. Fri94°77°39%
  8. Sat82°72°39%
  9. Sun81°65°17%
  10. Mon81°62°10%
  11. Tue84°63°10%
  12. Wed84°64°16%
  13. Thu86°67°19%
  14. Fri88°71°32%
  15. Sat85°70°26%
  16. Sun79°70°27%

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 — Piggott

SPC has placed Piggott 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 Piggott

  • 72454

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.