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Bryant, Arkansas Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Bryant, AR
Wednesday, June 3 at 7:42 PM
83
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
88°
Humidity
49%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Sunset
8:18 PM
Bryant, AR
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBryant, AR: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 68 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 68°H 82°
Bryant, AR
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    84°67°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    13%
    85°68°+1°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    88°66°+3°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    24%
    85°69°-3°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    61%
    87°72°+2°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Drizzle
    52%
    95°71°+8°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Drizzle
    33%
    94°71°-1°
Bryant, AR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
077° · steady
Direction
ENE
077°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 6
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 6 · pk 22 @ 7:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 186SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Bryant, AR
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1006.4
-1.1 mb in 3h · falling · 29.72 inHg
Now
1006.4
mb
3h
-1.1
mb
12h
-1.7
mb
24h
+2.0
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10031008
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1008.31003.41005.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Bryant, AR
Air quality
38
AQI
Moderate
-1 in 6hPeak ~50 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 63 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). With UV 8.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 48 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
9.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
115μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
8.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 63 now. With UV 8.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 48 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 63
UV peak
8.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 48

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.5 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.89 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.89
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Bryant, AR
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
52%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
84.4mi
UNLIMITED
90 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
19:42 UTC ·Bryant, AR · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
19:42 UTC ·Bryant, AR · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Bryant, AR
Satellite · infrared · animated
Bryant, AR
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Bryant, AR
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
10:30 AM
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Daylight
14h 21m
Sunset
8:18 PM
Civil dusk
1:49 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Bryant, AR
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
3:43 AM
Moonset
1:27 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Bryant, AR
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bryant at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 3, 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 — Bryant

SPC has placed Bryant in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Bryant

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.