Storm Station
Thornton, Arkansas
72°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 72°·Calm 1 mph ENE
Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. East northeast wind around 0 mph.
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71%Humidity
46%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Thornton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Hwy 167 ThorntonARD05

Beside a road/1.7 mi away/361 ft/49 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank308of 344

CamdenCDH

At an airfield/18.9 mi away/130 ft/182 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Sheridan RAWSSDNA4

A remote fire weather station/34.7 mi away/269 ft/43 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank41of 344

measured daily2 instruments

Thornton 4.5 SEAR-CN-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/255 ft/57 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FordyceFRDA4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/285 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hwy 167 Thornton, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.7 mi from Thornton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

70.4 F with a dew point of 58.8 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hwy 167 Thornton: temperature 70.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 58.8, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ARD05FIG. B THE AIR AT HWY 167 THORNTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.1 FTEMPERATURE 70.4 FDEW POINT 58.8 FSPREAD 11.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEHwy 167 Thornton, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS ARD05TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ARD05-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (88 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 5 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hwy 167 Thornton, north up: blowing from 88 degrees, the east, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 3; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ARD05FIG. C THE WIND AT HWY 167 THORNTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 88°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHwy 167 Thornton, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS ARD05TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ARD05-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 361 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.53 inHg and the temperature at 57.7 F; it reports 70.4 F, 12.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Hwy 167 Thornton stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 361 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.53 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ARD05FIG. D WHERE HWY 167 THORNTON STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREHWY 167 THORNTON1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT361 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.53 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED70.4 FTITLEHwy 167 Thornton, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS ARD05TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ARD05-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Hwy 167 Thornton, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arkansas

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Thornton

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.