Plainfield, Massachusetts Weather
Plainfield, Massachusetts — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Plainfield, Hampshire County.
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About Plainfield, Massachusetts
Plainfield unfolds as a landscape of considerable, even rugged, beauty, where the rolling hills, cloaked in a dense tapestry of deciduous forest, give way to steeper slopes that define the very character of the land. It lies 14.1 miles east of Berkshire, MA (from Berkshire, MA: bearing 89°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-west of Buckland. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean, sharp scent of pine needles and damp earth, a perfume unique to these elevated reaches of Hampshire County. Streams, born from the high ground, carve their way through the terrain, their waters clear and cold, tumbling over moss-covered stones in a ceaseless, murmuring song that is the constant soundtrack to this quiet corner of western Massachusetts. The houses, often set back from the narrow, winding roads, appear as thoughtful, deliberate presences against the wilder backdrop, each a small testament to human persistence in a place shaped by the primal forces of nature. The history of Plainfield is deeply entwined with the land it occupies, a place where agriculture, once the lifeblood, has gradually yielded to a more subtle embrace of the natural world. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil, found themselves wrestling with the challenging topography, their efforts yielding crops and livestock that sustained generations. Today, while the echoes of that agrarian past remain, the economy of Plainfield finds its pulse in a more dispersed fashion, with residents often commuting to surrounding towns or pursuing livelihoods connected to the digital age or artisanal crafts, their work a quiet counterpoint to the enduring cycles of the seasons. The distinctive character of Plainfield, a place that asks for a slower, more observant approach to life, is perhaps its most enduring legacy, a quiet defiance of the hurried pace that often defines the modern world.
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| Location | Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.515363°N, 72.916208°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 01070 |
| Area Code | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plainfield, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plainfield, Massachusetts, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Plainfield includes coordinates 42.515363°N, 72.916208°W, situated in Hampshire County. ZIP code 01070. Telephone area code: 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
