Ellettsville, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ellettsville, Monroe County.
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Ellettsville rests in the rolling heart of Monroe County, a landscape defined by the gentle rise and fall of Hoosier terrain. It lies 7.1 miles north-west of Bloomington, IN (from Bloomington, IN: bearing 312°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-south-east of Spencer. Here, the earth breathes with a quiet resilience, its contours softened by a generous cloak of deciduous trees that blaze with fiery hues in autumn and stand stark and skeletal against the winter sky. Creeks, often mere whispers of water in drier months, swell with spring rains, their banks lined with ferns and mosses that speak of a damp, fertile earth. The air, particularly in the lingering light of a summer evening, carries a sweet, earthy scent, a blend of mown hay and the distant perfume of honeysuckle, a subtle balm to the senses. It is a place where the horizon feels both expansive and intimate, the sky a vast canvas above fields that stretch towards wooded bluffs. The story of Ellettsville is one of enduring roots, intertwined with the bounty of the land and the industrious spirit of its people. Limestone, quarried from the very bedrock beneath, has long been a cornerstone of its economy, its pale, sturdy stone gracing buildings far beyond Ellettsville’s own borders. This quarrying heritage has shaped not just the architecture but the character of the place, a testament to generations who worked the earth and its stone with a steady hand. Nearby, the sprawling campus of Indiana University in Bloomington casts a wider shadow, yet Ellettsville maintains its own distinct identity, a place where the pace of life allows for a deeper connection to the seasons and the quiet hum of local commerce, from the familiar glow of neighborhood diners to the industrious clatter of workshops.
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| Location | Ellettsville, Monroe County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 39.233935°N, 86.625001°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47429 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ellettsville, 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 Ellettsville includes coordinates 39.233935°N, 86.625001°W, situated in Monroe County. ZIP code 47429. 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. 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.