Brookston, Indiana Weather
Brookston, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Brookston, White County.
Full aviation weather for Brookston is published on the White County Airport (KMCX) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Brookston 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 Brookston: Purdue University Airport (KLAF) 22 km · Logansport Cass County Airport (KGGP) 43 km · Frankfort Clinton County Regional Airport (KFKR) 45 km · Galveston Airport (K5I6) 52 km
Conditions reported at KMCX describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brookston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Brookston, Indiana
Brookston lies where the land begins its slow, deliberate tilt toward the Wabash River, a gentle shaping of the earth that feels as old as the corn stalks that will soon stand sentinel. It lies 12.4 miles north of West Lafayette, IN (from West Lafayette, IN: bearing 10°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-east of White. The sky here is a vast canvas, often bruised with the purples and oranges of a coming storm, or stretched taut and pale blue on a summer’s afternoon. Fields of soybeans and corn unfurl like rumpled blankets to the horizon, broken only by the occasional cluster of trees that mark a farmstead or the sliver of a creek bed, its dry bones exposed in the heat. The air carries the scent of turned earth and distant woodsmoke, a quiet perfume that clings to the broad, open spaces. This stretch of White County has long been a place of patient cultivation, its history rooted in the fertile soil that draws settlers and sustains them. Brookston itself, though modest, remembers its past through the weathered barns and the sturdy, unassuming houses that line its streets, each with a story whispered on the wind. The local economy, like so many in this region, breathes with the cycles of agriculture, the bounty of the land dictating the rhythm of life. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling avenues, but rather a quiet dignity in the way the community carries on, a steadfastness that mirrors the enduring strength of the Indiana landscape.
Live animated radar for Brookston 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 | Brookston, White County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 40.602814°N, 86.867234°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47923 |
| Area Code | 765 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brookston, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brookston, 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 Brookston includes coordinates 40.602814°N, 86.867234°W, situated in White County. ZIP code 47923. Telephone area code: 765. 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.
