Cates, Indiana Weather
Cates, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cates, Fountain County.
Full aviation weather for Cates is published on the Vermilion Regional Airport (KDNV) page, 32 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 Cates 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 Cates: Crawfordsville Regional Airport (KCFJ) 36 km · Edgar County Airport (KPRG) 44 km · Sky King Airport (K3I3) 50 km · Purdue University Airport (KLAF) 57 km
Conditions reported at KDNV describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cates specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cates.
About Cates, Indiana
Cates lies in a landscape that feels both ancient and ever-renewing. It lies 5.9 miles north-north-east of Howard, IN (from Howard, IN: bearing 20°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-south-west of Veedersburg. Here, the land rolls gently, a soft green quilt stitched with the darker hues of mature trees and the lighter, more vibrant shades of active fields. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a distinct scent of turned earth and distant woodsmoke, a subtle perfume that clings to everything. Sunlight, when it breaks through the common Midwestern cloud cover, has a peculiar softness, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the quiet air and casting long, benevolent shadows across the wide, unpaved lanes that crisscross the farmland. The very stillness of the place seems to hold a kind of patient energy, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. The story of Cates is a tale of agriculture and resilience, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of its existence. For generations, the fertile soil of Fountain County has been the bedrock of its economy, producing corn and soybeans that stretch to the horizon, their stalks whispering secrets to the passing breeze. While the grand pronouncements of industrial booms have largely bypassed this quiet corner of Indiana, the enduring strength of the land has sustained its people. There are no towering monuments or bustling marketplaces, but rather a quiet pride in the continuity of life, in the generations who have worked this ground and called Cates home. The occasional rumble of a tractor or the distant bark of a dog are the defining sounds, a soundtrack to a life lived in close communion with the earth.
Live animated radar for Cates 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Cates, Fountain County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 39.996706°N, 87.33779°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47952 |
| Area Code | 765 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cates, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cates, 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 Cates includes coordinates 39.996706°N, 87.337790°W, situated in Fountain County. ZIP code 47952. 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.
