West Plains, MO Weather Forecast
Howell County, Missouri
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for West Plains, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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West Plains, MO at a glance
West Plains is home to about 12,598 people in Howell County, across 13 square miles. It ranks 66th by population of 211 places in Missouri with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Mountain View, 20 miles away.
- County
- Howell County
- Population
- 12,598 2023 est.
- Land area
- 13 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 947
- Forecast point
- 36.7374°N, 91.8680°W
How well can the network see West Plains?
The nearest Doppler radar is KSGF (Springfield, MO), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 8,400 ft above West Plains. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for West Plains looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KUNO (West Plains Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near West Plains
- Mountain View, MO20 mi
- Cherokee Village, AR35 mi
- Mountain Grove, MO35 mi
- Horseshoe Bend, AR37 mi
- Mountain Home, AR40 mi
- Ava, MO47 mi
- Licking, MO53 mi
- Pocahontas, AR60 mi
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