Benton, AR Weather Forecast
Saline County, Arkansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Benton, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Benton, AR at a glance
Benton is home to about 37,558 people in Saline County, across 23 square miles. It ranks 12th by population of 115 places in Arkansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Bryant, 5 miles away.
- County
- Saline County
- Population
- 37,558 2023 est.
- Land area
- 23 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,640
- Forecast point
- 34.5774°N, 92.5726°W
How well can the network see Benton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLZK (Little Rock, AR), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,500 ft above Benton. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Benton show up clearly. Benton is closer to its radar than 78% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KLIT (Little Rock/Clinton Natl). Far enough that current conditions for Benton are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Benton
- Bryant, AR5 mi
- Haskell, AR6 mi
- Alexander, AR7 mi
- Shannon Hills, AR10 mi
- Little Rock, AR16 mi
- Sheridan, AR19 mi
- Malvern, AR20 mi
- Maumelle, AR21 mi
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