Brownstown, Indiana Weather
Brownstown, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Brownstown, Jackson County.
Full aviation weather for Brownstown is published on the Freeman Municipal Airport (KSER) page, 13 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 Brownstown 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 Brownstown: Salem Municipal Airport (KI83) 32 km · Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport (KBFR) 35 km · North Vernon Airport (KOVO) 42 km · Orleans Airport (K7I4) 42 km · Columbus Municipal Airport (KBAK) 44 km
Conditions reported at KSER describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brownstown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Brownstown, Indiana
Brownstown breathes a quiet stillness, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath under wide Indiana skies. It lies 20.7 miles west-south-west of Jennings, IN (from Jennings, IN: bearing 248°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-west of Seymour. Rolling hills, softened by the slow work of glaciers and time, cradle the town, their green slopes giving way to fertile bottomlands carved by meandering creeks. The air here, especially in the languid afternoons of summer, carries the sweet, earthy scent of turned soil and distant hayfields, a perfume that clings to the weathered wood of barns and the broad leaves of cornstalks. Even the silence in Brownstown has a texture, a deep hum of life that is not loud but persistent, like the pulse of the earth beneath. This is a landscape shaped by agriculture, where the legacy of pioneers who cleared the forests and coaxed life from the soil still resonates. For generations, the economy of Brownstown has been tied to the bounty of its fields, to the hardy crops that thrive in this rich loam. The town remembers its roots, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its people and the steady cadence of their lives. While industries have shifted and evolved, a fundamental connection to the land persists, a quiet pride in the work of hands and the sustenance provided by the earth, a character as dependable as the changing seasons that paint the surrounding countryside.
Live animated radar for Brownstown 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 | Brownstown, Jackson County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 38.878943°N, 86.041925°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47118, 47220 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brownstown, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brownstown, 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 Brownstown includes coordinates 38.878943°N, 86.041925°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 47118, 47220. 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. 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.
