Bennetts Switch, Indiana Weather
Bennetts Switch, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bennetts Switch, Miami County.
Full aviation weather for Bennetts Switch is published on the Grissom Air Reserve Base (KGUS) page, 8 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. 6 airfields within reach of Bennetts Switch 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 Bennetts Switch: Kokomo Municipal Airport (KOKK) 8 km · Galveston Airport (K5I6) 12 km · Peru Municipal Airport (KI76) 23 km · Logansport Cass County Airport (KGGP) 26 km · Sheridan Airport (K5I4) 46 km
Conditions reported at KGUS describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bennetts Switch specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bennetts Switch.
About Bennetts Switch, Indiana
Bennetts Switch lies in Miami County, a place where the land itself breathes the quietude of Indiana’s agricultural heartland. It lies 6.9 miles north of Kokomo, IN (from Kokomo, IN: bearing 9°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-south-east of Grissom AFB. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch to horizons often softened by the haze of summer or the stark clarity of winter, their green or golden hues a constant, reassuring presence. The terrain here is a gentle, rolling affair, not dramatic, but possessing a subtle grace, the land sculpted by slow, patient watercourses that drain towards the Wabash River further west. Elms and oaks, ancient sentinels, punctuate the open country, their branches creating a filigree against skies that can shift from the pale, washed blue of morning to the bruised purples and oranges of a fading day, casting long, tender shadows across the cultivated earth. The history of Bennetts Switch is written in the soil and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants, a story deeply entwined with the agricultural cycles that have long defined this locality. For generations, the economy here has been rooted in the fertile ground, with farming providing the backbone of livelihood, a dependable, honest trade. The faint echo of a switch – a railroad siding where goods were once loaded and sent on their way – still whispers through the air, a reminder of a time when connectivity meant a different kind of progress. While grand monuments are absent, the enduring character of Bennetts Switch is found in the sturdy, unpretentious farmhouses and the quiet camaraderie of its people, a testament to a life lived in close communion with the land.
Live animated radar for Bennetts Switch 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.
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| Location | Bennetts Switch, Miami County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 40.585039°N, 86.11277°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 46901 |
| Area Code | 574 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bennetts Switch, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bennetts Switch, Indiana, 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 Bennetts Switch includes coordinates 40.585039°N, 86.112770°W, situated in Miami County. ZIP code 46901. Telephone area code: 574. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
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.
