Plainview, Arkansas Weather
Plainview, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Plainview, White County.
Full aviation weather for Plainview is published on the Bald Knob Municipal Airport (KM74) page, 11 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Plainview have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Plainview: Searcy Municipal Airport (KSRC) 13 km · Woodruff County Airport (KM60) 37 km · Heber Springs Municipal Airport (KHBZ) 38 km · EFS Airport (K76A) 44 km · Batesville Regional Airport (KBVX) 46 km
Conditions reported at KM74 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Plainview specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Plainview.
About Plainview, Arkansas
Plainview rests within a landscape of gentle slopes and fertile bottomlands, where the Arkansas sky stretches wide and often holds the subtle blush of dawn or the deepening hues of dusk. It lies 30.2 miles north-east of Cabot, AR (from Cabot, AR: bearing 39°T), and is situated 5.4 miles north-east of Searcy. The land here is a generous, dark loam, yielding to the persistent efforts of agriculture, and the air carries the scent of freshly turned earth after a spring rain. Across the horizon, stands of oak and hickory mark the boundaries of fields, their leaves rustling with a sound that seems to absorb the quiet hum of the afternoon. The very character of Plainview is etched into this enduring fertility, a place where the land dictates the pace and the horizon offers a constant, unvarnished prospect. The history of Plainview is inextricably tied to the rich agricultural potential of this part of White County. For generations, the cultivation of cotton and soybeans has formed the bedrock of its local economy, a tradition passed down through families who understand the subtle language of the seasons. While modern machinery has transformed the methods, the fundamental relationship between the people and the soil remains. Along the nearby waterways, the echoes of earlier lives, perhaps of river traders or early settlers navigating the waterways, can almost be heard on the breeze. Plainview continues to draw its strength from the land's bounty, a quiet testament to enduring rural life in the heart of Arkansas.
Live animated radar for Plainview and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Plainview, White County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.312584°N, 91.677081°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72865, 72026, 72081, 72857 |
| Area Code | 870, 479 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plainview, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plainview, Arkansas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Plainview includes coordinates 35.312584°N, 91.677081°W, situated in White County. ZIP code 72865, 72026, 72081, 72857. Telephone area code: 870, 479. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
