Lafe, Arkansas Weather
Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Lafe weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 2Overcast——84°68°—
- WednesdayJun 3Overcast——84°59°0°
- ThursdayJun 4Overcast——82°65°-2°
- FridayJun 5Overcast——82°62°0°
- SaturdayJun 6Light Drizzle10%—82°68°0°
- SundayJun 7Drizzle41%—86°72°+4°
- MondayJun 8Drizzle57%0.01″87°71°+1°
Ozone at AQI 73 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. AQI up 15 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Levels should ease through evening.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 73 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 73
- UV peak
- 4.0 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 73
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 7.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.90
- Wind
- breezy
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If bees stay at home, rain will soon come; if they fly away, fine will be the day.
- Moonrise
- 2:55 AM
- Moonset
- 12:15 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies pulse through the magnolias
Lafe at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 5°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 24 (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.