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This is the current conditions weather report for Mcgehee. The report was made 54 minutes ago, at 11:53 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 3 miles per hour / 5.6 kilometers per hour from the eastnortheast (070°). The temperature was 36°F / 2°C, with a dew-point at 36°F / 2°C. The temperature felt like 34°F / 1°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30.39 inHg / 1030 hPa. The relative humidity was 41%. The skies were clear.

The City of McGehee is located on U.S. Highway 65 in Southeast Arkansas approximately fifteen miles south of the site where the Arkansas River empties into the Mississippi River. McGehee is one hundred miles south of Little Rock, Arkansas.

McGehee is served by U.S. Highway 65, which runs north and south, Arkansas 4, which runs east and west, and Arkansas 1. Highway 65 links McGehee with Little Rock, Kansas City Missouri and Tulsa Oklahoma to the north and Jackson Mississippi, New Orleans Louisiana, Monroe Louisiana and the Gulf Coast to the south. Arkansas 4 East connects McGehee with Memphis Tennessee and Arkansas 4 West connects the city with Texarkana Texas and Dallas Texas.

Important in the history of the town of McGehee is the McGehee family which came to the area from Alabama in 1857. Benjamin McGehee, his wife, Sarah, a son, Abner and daughters Laura and Mary settled on land that is now a part of McGehee. Abner McGehee, son of Benjamin and Sarah McGehee purchased 240 acres of land on July 1, 1876, on which the town of McGehee was later to be located. When the railroad came into McGehee in 1878 and continued south and southwest, people began to move into the area. Abner McGehee constructed a large commissary building and entered the mercantile business to accommodate the new arrivals.

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