Clay City, Indiana Weather
Clay City, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clay City, Spencer County.
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About Clay City, Indiana
Clay City lies in a quiet fold of southern Indiana, where the land begins to soften its edges after the more dramatic rises of the north. It lies 16.9 miles east of Warrick, IN (from Warrick, IN: bearing 88°T), and is situated 3.3 miles south-west of Santa Claus. Gentle hills, cloaked in the deep green of summer hardwoods and the russet blush of autumn maples, slope down to the meandering paths of small creeks. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the earthy scent of damp soil and sun-baked cornfields, a perfume that clings to the broad porches of the houses and the wide verandas of the few businesses lining the main road. Life in Clay City unfolds with a deliberate, unhurried grace, like the slow drift of clouds across a vast, pale blue sky, each day a familiar echo of the one before. The story of Clay City is inextricably linked to the rich clay deposits that gave it its name, a bounty that fueled a once-thriving brick and tile industry. Those kilns, now silent and weathered sentinels against the horizon, stand as monuments to a time when the town hummed with the steady work of shaping the earth. While the industry has largely receded, the spirit of self-reliance and hard work remains, evident in the well-tended gardens and the friendly nods exchanged on the street. The local economy now leans more towards agriculture, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching out under the wide Indiana sky, and a scattering of small businesses that serve the daily needs of the residents. A palpable sense of community pervades Clay City, a shared understanding that binds neighbors together, fostering a quiet resilience that has weathered the changing tides of industry and time.
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| Location | Clay City, Spencer County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 38.082553°N, 86.951662°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47550, 47841 |
| Area Code | 812, 765 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clay City, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clay City, 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 Clay City includes coordinates 38.082553°N, 86.951662°W, situated in Spencer County. ZIP code 47550, 47841. Telephone area code: 812, 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. 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.
