Clay City, Indiana Weather
Clay City, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clay City, Spencer County.
Full aviation weather for Clay City is published on the Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field (KKY8) page, 17 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 Clay City 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 Clay City: Huntingburg Airport (KHNB) 18 km · Perry County Municipal Airport (KTEL) 24 km · Boonville Airport (KI91) 32 km · Owensboro Daviess County Airport (KOWB) 42 km · Evansville Regional Airport (KEVV) 51 km
Conditions reported at KKY8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Clay City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clay City.
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.
Live animated radar for Clay City 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
