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Lake City, Arkansas Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Lake City, AR
Thursday, June 4 at 6:52 AM
68
°
Clear
Feels like
69°
Humidity
81%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:45 AM
Sunset
8:14 PM
Lake City, AR
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLake City, AR: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 64°H 86°
Lake City, AR
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    86°64°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    87°64°+1°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    86°68°-1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Showers
    58%
    0.03″
    85°72°-1°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Showers
    56%
    88°71°+3°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    37%
    87°74°-1°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Drizzle
    24%
    88°73°+1°
Lake City, AR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
085° · veering 57°
Direction
E
085°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
15
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 15 @ 9:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 207SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 57° from the e.
Lake City, AR
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1011.4
+2.0 mb in 3h · rising · 29.87 inHg
Now
1011.4
mb
3h
+2.0
mb
12h
+1.5
mb
24h
-1.5
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10111015
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1015.31010.91013.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing through the change line — drier air pushing in.
Lake City, AR
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
-11 in 6h

PM2.5 at 6.2 µg/m³ (AQI 34) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI down 11 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning).

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
6.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneGood
60μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.2 µg/m³ (AQI 34) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.95
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Lake City, AR
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
6%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
36.7mi
UNLIMITED
100 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
06:52 UTC ·Lake City, 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
06:52 UTC ·Lake City, AR · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Lake City, AR
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lake City, AR
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lake City, AR
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:17 AM
Sunrise
5:45 AM
Daylight
14h 29m
Sunset
8:14 PM
Civil dusk
1:45 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Lake City, AR
The moon
Waning Gibbous
86% illuminated
Moonrise
4:18 AM
Moonset
2:15 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Lake City, AR
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Lake City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 11°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 22 (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 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.

ZIP codes in Lake City

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.