Plain, Wisconsin Weather
Plain, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Plain, Sauk County.
Full aviation weather for Plain is published on the Tri-County Regional Airport (KLNR) 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 Plain 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 Plain: Richland Airport (K93C) 21 km · Elroy Municipal Airport (K60C) 51 km · Boscobel Airport (KOVS) 53 km
Conditions reported at KLNR describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Plain specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Plain.
About Plain, Wisconsin
Plain unfurls across a landscape shaped by the patient sculpting of ancient glaciers. It lies 10.6 miles south-west of Sauk, WI (from Sauk, WI: bearing 214°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north of Spring Green. Rolling hills, cloaked in a quilt of emerald pastures and darker swathes of mature woodlands, rise and fall with a gentle, persistent grace. The air here, especially in the soft luminescence of late afternoon, carries the clean scent of sun-baked earth and the distant hum of unseen life, a subtle sweetness that hints at fertile soil. Open fields, vast and inviting, stretch towards horizons punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of oak and maple, their branches reaching towards a sky that often burns with an intense, clear blue. Creeks, like silver threads, meander through the valleys, their banks edged with the vibrant green of riparian growth, reflecting the sky in their unhurried passage. The history of Plain is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its agricultural roots and the quiet resilience of its people. For generations, this land has been the heart of a farming community, its economy deeply intertwined with the bounty of the soil, yielding crops that have sustained families and fed the wider region. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons, a steady, predictable beat that has seen generations of families work the same fields, their stories woven into the very fabric of the place. Though small, Plain retains a distinctive character, a sense of being a place where community still holds sway, and where the enduring legacy of hard work and connection to the land is a visible, palpable force.
Live animated radar for Plain 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 | Plain, Sauk County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43.278878°N, 90.043735°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 53577 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plain, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plain, Wisconsin, 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 Plain includes coordinates 43.278878°N, 90.043735°W, situated in Sauk County. ZIP code 53577. Telephone area code: 715. 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.
