Plainfield, Vermont Weather
Plainfield, Vermont — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Plainfield, Washington County.
Full aviation weather for Plainfield is published on the Edward F Knapp State Airport (KMPV) page, 14 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. 4 airfields within reach of Plainfield 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 Plainfield: Morrisville-Stowe State Airport (KMVL) 32 km · Warren-Sugarbush Airport (K0B7) 37 km · Caledonia County Airport (KCDA) 46 km
Conditions reported at KMPV describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Plainfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Plainfield.
About Plainfield, Vermont
Plainfield rests where the Winooski River, a ribbon of silver in the morning sun, has patiently carved its way through the rolling hills. It lies 41.1 miles east-south-east of Burlington, VT (from Burlington, VT: bearing 109°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north-north-east of Barre. The landscape here is a deep green sigh, a patchwork of fields climbing towards wooded ridges, their summits softened by the haze of early summer. Stone walls, moss-laden and stoic, trace the boundaries of farms that have seen generations of hands work the soil. The air carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in from all sides, a quiet force shaping the lives lived within Plainfield. The history of Plainfield is written in the sturdy bones of its old farmhouses and the enduring echo of its agricultural past, a time when logging also played a significant part in shaping the local economy. The Winooski, once a powerful force for industry, now flows with a gentler purpose, its banks a favored spot for quiet reflection. A distinctive character has settled over Plainfield, a blend of pragmatic self-reliance born from the land and a quiet intellectual curiosity fostered by its proximity to academic centers. The rhythm of life here is less a hurried march and more a steady, considered stride, marked by the changing seasons and the shared understanding of those who call this particular bend of the river home.
Live animated radar for Plainfield 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 | Plainfield, Washington County, Vermont |
| Coordinates | 44.278115°N, 72.426493°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 05667 |
| Area Code | 802 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plainfield, Vermont Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plainfield, Vermont, 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 Plainfield includes coordinates 44.278115°N, 72.426493°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 05667. Telephone area code: 802. Timezone: Eastern Time.
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.
