Today’s field call
Concrete weather in NW Arkansas today
Concrete is all about the pour and the cure — rain during placement, plastic-shrinkage cracking in hot dry wind, and a freeze before it sets are the three ways weather ruins a slab.
Limited
Use caution for concrete across NW Arkansas today — rain in the forecast during pour/finish — plan a dry window and check radar. Worth a real check.
NW Arkansas metro-wide · your exact area can run different
Hour-by-hour, work hours. • = workable, precaution applies.
Forecast refreshed each morning.
All 6 spots we forecast in NW Arkansas
| Location | Today | Why & rain odds |
|---|---|---|
| Benton County north | ||
| Bentonville | Limited | rain in the forecast during pour/finish — plan a dry window and check radar · 50% chance |
| Bella Vista | Limited | dangerous heat for finishing crews · 45% chance |
| Rogers–Springdale corridor | ||
| Rogers | Limited | rain in the forecast during pour/finish — plan a dry window and check radar · 51% chance |
| Springdale | Limited | rain in the forecast during pour/finish — plan a dry window and check radar · 53% chance |
| Fayetteville area | ||
| Fayetteville | Limited | base drying after rain · 52% chance |
| Siloam Springs area | ||
| Siloam Springs | Limited | base drying after rain · 40% chance |
Chance = odds, over work hours, of rain heavy enough to disrupt a concrete day. Not recommended is our call, not a rule — the risk to the work is real, so we'd wait; limited means it's workable with care. Either way it's your crew, so check the sky and radar before you commit.
This is today's snapshot. The next 7 days for your area — the closest point we forecast to your ZIP, with the reasons behind every caution and stop, refreshed each morning — are what the free Sunday brief delivers.
What's driving the today call
What's limiting work
- rain in the forecast during pour/finish — plan a dry window and check radar
- dangerous heat for finishing crews
- base drying after rain
Precautions & technique
- high heat — rest and water cycles
- hot — keep mix under 95° at discharge, cure fast
Forecast-derived estimate, not a live sensor reading.
What the temperature means for concrete today
Today's 90° high is about normal for July (a 89° typical). See the breakdown above for what's driving the call today.
Source≈10-yr ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo), 2015–2024
Get the full 7-day concrete plan for your ZIP
Your area's likely workdays, caution windows, and weather stops — with the reasons — before you schedule the crew.
Next 7 days, NW Arkansas-wide
This is the metro-wide shape. The free Sunday brief pins each day to the area we forecast nearest your ZIP — with the reasons behind every caution and stop — for every trade you run.
What controls a concrete day in NW Arkansas
Around NW Arkansas, the concrete calendar tracks the weather more than the date — NW Arkansas sees an Ozark-plateau pattern — cool, wet springs and warm summers with afternoon pop-up storms. Hot, dry, windy stretches are when to watch plastic-shrinkage cracking, and if it turns cold, cold-weather protection comes in.
Most of these thresholds trace to the manufacturer specs and industry standards cited above; where no published number exists, we use a clearly-labeled conservative cutoff. Either way the physics is the same anywhere. What's specific to NW Arkansas is when they line up, which is exactly what the live area-by-area call at the top of this page tracks each day.
When concrete gets tricky in NW Arkansas
The wettest stretch here is typically May — the hardest time to line up a dry concrete cure window. It stays warm enough year-round that cold-weather protection rarely comes in — it's rain and summer heat that set the NW Arkansas concrete calendar. Source ≈10-yr ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo), 2015–2024
Common questions
How cold is too cold to pour concrete in NW Arkansas?
Below about 40°F, ACI 306R cold-weather protection applies (blankets, heated enclosures) and cure slows sharply — that's a protect-the-pour trigger, not an automatic stop. The real danger is a freeze within roughly 48 hours, before the concrete reaches about 500 psi. Our call flags both the cold and an early freeze in the cure window.
Can you pour concrete before rain in NW Arkansas?
Rain during placement or before the surface has set marks and weakens it (ACI 301). Plan a dry window through placement and initial set — our daily call flags rain across the pour and the cure horizon.
What is the evaporation-rate warning for concrete?
Hot, dry, windy conditions pull water out of fresh concrete and cause plastic-shrinkage cracking. We compute the ACI 305R evaporation rate: around 0.1 lb/ft²/hr we flag fogging and wind-break precautions, and at 0.2 we'd wait.