West Plains, Missouri Weather
West Plains, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for West Plains, Howell County.
Full aviation weather for West Plains is published on the West Plains Regional Airport (KUNO) page, 17 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 West 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 West Plains: Willow Springs Memorial Airport (K1H5) 30 km · Mountain View Airport (KMNF) 32 km · Thayer Memorial Airport (K42M) 34 km · Cabool Memorial Airport (KTVB) 49 km · Horseshoe Bend Airport (K6M2) 57 km
Conditions reported at KUNO describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West Plains specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West Plains.
About West Plains, Missouri
West Plains, Missouri, unfolds across a landscape shaped by the gentle, rolling Ozark hills, where the sky often seems a vast, pale blue canvas brushed with the softest white clouds. It lies 86.6 miles east-south-east of Springfield, MO (from Springfield, MO: bearing 112°T), and is situated 19.4 miles south-south-east of Willow Springs. The terrain here is a subtle undulation, a series of low ridges and shallow valleys that cradle fields of hay and corn, interspersed with stands of oak and hickory that turn a fiery spectacle of color in the autumn. The air itself carries a particular quietude, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, a stillness broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the whir of cicadas in the summer heat. The very light seems to possess a softer quality, filtering through the leaves to cast elongated shadows that stretch across the roads and pastures, imbuing the scene with a sense of enduring peace. The history of West Plains is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Howell County, its economy long anchored by farming and livestock. For generations, the land has provided, nurturing families and shaping the character of the place, a resilience evident in its sturdy, unpretentious buildings and the friendly, direct manner of its people. The Howell County Courthouse stands as a stately, red-brick sentinel in the heart of downtown, a reminder of the region's past and its continued civic life. Beyond the fields, the nearby Ozark National Scenic Riverways offer a wilder beauty, a network of crystal-clear springs and rivers that have drawn visitors for their natural splendor and recreational opportunities, a counterpoint to the more settled rhythms of West Plains itself.
Live animated radar for West 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 | West Plains, Howell County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 36.728115°N, 91.852371°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65775 |
| Area Code | 417 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This West Plains, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Plains, Missouri, 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 West Plains includes coordinates 36.728115°N, 91.852371°W, situated in Howell County. ZIP code 65775. Telephone area code: 417. 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.
