The Plains, Virginia Weather
The Plains, Virginia — 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 The Plains, Fauquier County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for The Plains.
About The Plains, Virginia
The Plains unfolds across rolling Piedmont terrain, a landscape defined by gentle swells of land that cradle a patchwork of verdant fields and mature woodlands. It lies 12.8 miles west-north-west of Linton Hall, VA (from Linton Hall, VA: bearing 303°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west-north-west of Gainesville. Broadleaf trees, their canopies dense with the deep greens of summer, flank the country roads, their branches often reaching out like welcoming arms. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a sweet, earthy scent, a blend of cut grass and the distant promise of rain on warm soil. Sunlight, filtering through the leaves, paints fleeting patterns on the asphalt, a quiet dance of light and shadow that marks the passage of hours. This corner of Fauquier County has long been a place of quiet agriculture, its fertile soil historically supporting crops like tobacco and later corn and soybeans, a legacy still evident in the carefully tended fields. The local economy, though diversifying, retains a connection to the land, with equestrian pursuits adding a distinctive flair to the rural character; horses are a common sight, their sleek forms a graceful counterpoint to the sturdy farm equipment. The Plains itself, though modest in scale, serves as a focal point for these surrounding agricultural hamlets, a place where the necessities of life are met, and where a shared sense of place persists, unhurried by the demands of larger, more bustling centers.
Live animated radar for The 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 | The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.862058°N, 77.773883°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20198 |
| Area Code | 571, 703 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This The Plains, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for The Plains, Virginia, 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 The Plains includes coordinates 38.862058°N, 77.773883°W, situated in Fauquier County. ZIP code 20198. Telephone area code: 571, 703. 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.
