Charleston, AR Weather Forecast
Franklin County, Arkansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Charleston, 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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Charleston, AR at a glance
Charleston is home to about 2,690 people in Franklin County, across 3.8 square miles. It ranks 108th by population of 115 places in Arkansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lavaca, 8 miles away.
- County
- Franklin County
- Population
- 2,690 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 702
- Forecast point
- 35.2945°N, 94.0483°W
How well can the network see Charleston?
The nearest Doppler radar is KSRX (Fort Smith, AR), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 970 ft above Charleston. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Charleston show up clearly. Charleston is closer to its radar than 88% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KFSM (Fort Smith Rgnl). Far enough that current conditions for Charleston are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Charleston
- Lavaca, AR8 mi
- Booneville, AR13 mi
- Barling, AR13 mi
- Greenwood, AR14 mi
- Alma, AR17 mi
- Paris, AR18 mi
- Ozark, AR18 mi
- Fort Smith, AR19 mi
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