Austin, Indiana Weather
Austin, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Austin, Scott County.
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About Austin, Indiana
Austin, Indiana, unfolds across a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate sculpting of water and time. It lies 17.4 miles south-south-west of Jennings, IN (from Jennings, IN: bearing 202°T), and is situated 5.4 miles north-north-west of Scottsburg. Rolling hills, cloaked in a dense tapestry of deciduous trees, give way to flatter stretches where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards the horizon, their green a vibrant punctuation mark against the soft, bruised purples of the late afternoon sky. The air here carries the humid breath of the Ohio River Valley, a scent of damp earth, ripening grain, and the distant, faint exhalation of industry. Creeks, mere silver threads from a distance, meander through the terrain, their banks thick with wild undergrowth, hinting at a hidden, untamed life beneath the cultivated surface. The very character of Austin seems etched into this land, a quiet resilience born of its geography. The history of Austin is intrinsically tied to the agricultural bounty and the industrial pulse that has ebbed and flowed through southern Indiana. Once a hub for manufacturing, particularly in the automotive sector, the town carries the echoes of a more boisterous economic past, a legacy visible in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that lines its main thoroughfares. While some of those grand factories have since fallen silent, the spirit of industry persists, now often channeled into smaller, more specialized enterprises. The local economy is a testament to adaptation, a blend of agricultural roots and a determined, if quieter, manufacturing present. Austin’s story is not one of grand pronouncements, but of persistent, everyday endeavor, a quiet unfolding of lives lived against a backdrop of verdant hills and the ever-present murmur of the rural Midwest.
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| Location | Austin, Scott County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 38.75839°N, 85.808025°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47102 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Austin, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Austin, Indiana, 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 Austin includes coordinates 38.758390°N, 85.808025°W, situated in Scott County. ZIP code 47102. Telephone area code: 317. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
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.
