Plains, Georgia Weather
Plains, Georgia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Plains, Sumter County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Plains. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Plains is published on the Jimmy Carter Regional Airport (KACJ) page, 21 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. 2 airfields within reach of 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 Plains: Marion County Airport (K82A) 30 km
Conditions reported at KACJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Plains specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Plains.
About Plains, Georgia
Plains, Georgia, is a place where the sky feels vast and the land stretches out with a quiet, persistent beauty. It lies 34.4 miles north-north-west of Albany, GA (from Albany, GA: bearing 336°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west-south-west of Americus. The terrain here is gently rolling, a soft undulation of earth that supports wide fields of crops, the green rows marching towards a horizon often softened by a haze of heat or the dusty gold of late afternoon. Ancient Live Oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss like the beards of old men, punctuate the landscape, offering shade and a sense of deep time. The air, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of turned soil, ripening cotton, and the faint, sweet perfume of honeysuckle climbing over weathered fences. Even the silence in Plains has a texture, a fullness broken only by the distant drone of a tractor or the chirping chorus of unseen insects. The history of Plains is deeply intertwined with the agricultural heart of Southwest Georgia, a story told in the rich, red earth and the enduring spirit of its people. For generations, farming has been the lifeblood of this community, with peanuts and cotton being the crops that have shaped its economy and its character. The legacy of this agrarian past is visible in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of its homes and businesses, many bearing the patina of decades. While the world outside has spun through rapid changes, Plains has held onto a certain steadiness, a feeling of continuity that resonates in its unhurried pace of life. It’s a place where community ties run deep, forged through shared seasons of planting and harvest, and where the simple act of a neighborly wave still holds genuine warmth.
Live animated radar for 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 | Plains, Sumter County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 32.034051°N, 84.392691°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 31780 |
| Area Code | 229 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plains, Georgia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plains, Georgia, 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 Plains includes coordinates 32.034051°N, 84.392691°W, situated in Sumter County. ZIP code 31780. Telephone area code: 229. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
