Pleasant Plains, Arkansas Weather
Pleasant Plains, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pleasant Plains, Independence County.
Full aviation weather for Pleasant Plains is published on the Batesville Regional Airport (KBVX) page, 20 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 Pleasant Plains 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 Pleasant Plains: Bald Knob Municipal Airport (KM74) 28 km · Heber Springs Municipal Airport (KHBZ) 35 km · EFS Airport (K76A) 37 km · Searcy Municipal Airport (KSRC) 39 km · Woodruff County Airport (KM60) 45 km
Conditions reported at KBVX describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pleasant Plains specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pleasant Plains.
About Pleasant Plains, Arkansas
Pleasant Plains unfurls across a landscape of rolling hills and fertile bottomland, a place where the wide Arkansas sky feels particularly vast. It lies 45.5 miles north-north-east of Cabot, AR (from Cabot, AR: bearing 29°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south of Salado. Here, the air often carries the sweet, earthy scent of turned soil and ripening crops, a constant reminder of the land's generous spirit. The terrain slopes gently, giving way to meandering creeks that thread through stands of oak, hickory, and the occasional towering pine, their shadows lengthening and softening the afternoon light. Life in Pleasant Plains moves at a pace dictated by the seasons, a quiet hum of activity that seems to emanate from the very ground itself. This corner of Independence County has long been shaped by the bounty of its soil, its economy deeply rooted in agriculture, particularly the cultivation of cotton and soybeans that stretch out in vast, sun-drenched fields. Before the fields, however, came the earliest settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile ground and the steady flow of nearby waterways, which provided both sustenance and a means of transport. The history of Pleasant Plains is a story told in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of old farmhouses, each one a silent witness to generations of hard work and resilience. While no grand monuments mark its past, the character of Pleasant Plains is found in its enduring connection to the land and the enduring spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for Pleasant Plains 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Pleasant Plains, Independence County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.55008°N, 91.626249°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72568 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pleasant Plains, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pleasant Plains, 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 Pleasant Plains includes coordinates 35.550080°N, 91.626249°W, situated in Independence County. ZIP code 72568. Telephone area code: 501. 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.
