Monticello, AR 71655 Weather

Drew County5:36 PM CDT33.62°N, 91.79°W

Current conditions

Sunny
80°
Sunny
Feels like 79°
High 82°·Low 51°
WindNNE 5 mph
Humidity24%
Dew point40°
Cloud cover3%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset6:26 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Sunny, with a high near 82. North northeast wind around 5 mph.

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 51. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 83. East northeast wind around 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 4 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 80°
  2. 6 PM Clear 77°
  3. 7 PM Clear 72°
  4. 8 PM Clear 66°
  5. 9 PM Clear 63°
  6. 10 PM Clear 61°
  7. 11 PM Clear 59°
  8. Fri12 AM Clear 58°
  9. 1 AM Clear 58°
  10. 2 AM Clear 58°
  11. 3 AM Clear 57°
  12. 4 AM Clear 54°
  13. 5 AM Clear 54°
  14. 6 AM Sunny 53°
  15. 7 AM Sunny 52°
  16. 8 AM Sunny 53°
  17. 9 AM Sunny 60°
  18. 10 AM Sunny 68°
  19. 11 AM Sunny 73°
  20. 12 PM Sunny 76°
  21. 1 PM Sunny 79°
  22. 2 PM Sunny 80°
  23. 3 PM Sunny 81°
  24. 4 PM Sunny 82°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny51°82°
  2. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny52°83°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny52°83°
  4. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny52°79°
  5. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny50°78°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny51°79°
  7. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny50°80°
  8. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny57°83°
  9. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy52°67°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy49°69°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:18 AM
Sunset 6:26 PM
Daylight 11 h 8 min (−1 min 56 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 88% lit
Moonrise 4:20 PM Moonset 3:36 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low74° / 51°
Record high93° (1939)
Record low24° (1887)
Wettest2.45 in (2009)
Yesterday83° / 45°
Month to date<0.01 in (normal 2.80 in)

Monticello Municipal Ap, records since 1876. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LZK, issued 5 hrs ago

Key Messages

Issued at 118 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

-Near-normal to above-normal temperatures will continue through at least this weekend for much of the state.

-No appreciable rainfall is expected through the forecast period with drought conditions persisting.

-Low afternoon relative humidity values and drying fuels may contribute to daily elevated fire danger concerns through at least Friday.

Discussion

Issued at 118 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

No significant changes to note w/ the new fcst update... Current WV sat imgry depicted Wrn US troughing, w/ ridging flow over the Cntrl CONUS. Objective sfc analysis indicated broad high pressure extending over much of the Great Lakes, Midwest, and Mid-South, promoting settled weather for the region the past few days.

Thru the fcst PD, model consensus remains centered on aforementioned upper level ridging persisting across the central CONUS, keeping a persistence-style fcst in place, w/ daily high temps in the upper 70s to low 80s...typically above-normal for most locations...and lows in the upper 40s to low 50s, and no appreciable rainfall expected.

Concerning drought and fire danger, a lack of forecast rainfall, and any recent substantial rainfall wl foster drying ground fuels (noted by fcst ERC values approaching >90th percentile over portions of Srn AR), and persisting to deteriorating drought conditions for much of the state. Additionally, very low afternoon RH values of 25 percent or less may contribute to daily elevated fire danger concerns through at least this weekend.

For the long term...Early next week, the aforementioned west coast trof wl slowly translate Ewrd over the Four Corners and Cont Divide by Mon, weakening as it does so. Locally, the center of the upper level high wl also shift Ewrd, positioning SWrly H500 flow acrs the Srn Great Plains. At most, this may drive some increasing low-level cloud cover over the FA thru the early portion of next week, and bring some slightly cooler temperatures, but unfortunately, no precip chances to mention.

Aviation

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1157 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

VFR conditions prevailing through the period under clear skies with light winds prevailing out of the easterly to southeasterly direction through this afternoon.

Preliminary Point Temps

Batesville AR 48 80 48 80 / 0 0 0 0 Camden AR 46 84 48 85 / 0 0 0 0 Harrison AR 50 78 50 79 / 0 0 0 0 Hot Springs AR 50 82 50 83 / 0 0 0 0 Little Rock AR 51 82 51 82 / 0 0 0 0 Monticello AR 50 82 52 82 / 0 0 0 0 Mount Ida AR 46 82 47 83 / 0 0 0 0 Mountain Home AR 48 77 49 77 / 0 0 0 0 Newport AR 50 81 49 81 / 0 0 0 0 Pine Bluff AR 47 82 48 83 / 0 0 0 0 Russellville AR 50 81 50 82 / 0 0 0 0 Searcy AR 49 81 48 82 / 0 0 0 0 Stuttgart AR 50 83 50 83 / 0 0 0 0

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