Fountaintown, Indiana Weather
Fountaintown, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fountaintown, Shelby County.
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About Fountaintown, Indiana
Fountaintown, Indiana, unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling farmland, where the horizon is a soft, unbroken line against a sky that often blazes with an almost startling intensity of blue. It lies 9.6 miles south-south-east of Hancock, IN (from Hancock, IN: bearing 159°T), and is situated 6.3 miles south of Greenfield. The land here breathes with a quiet, agrarian soul, its fields of corn and soybeans stretching out like vast, verdant carpets under the summer sun. Ancient oak trees, their branches gnarled and reaching like arthritic fingers, punctuate the fields and line the quiet country roads, offering dappled shade that shifts with the slow passage of the clouds. The air itself carries a subtle sweetness, a blend of damp earth after a rain shower and the distant, earthy perfume of ripening crops, a scent that clings to the skin and settles deep into the lungs. The history of Fountaintown is as deeply rooted as the oldest trees on its surrounding farms, an echo of settlers who found solace and sustenance in this fertile ground. The local economy, though modest, thrives on the enduring strength of agriculture, a testament to the enduring bounty of Shelby County’s soil. While no grand pronouncements mark its past, the quiet hum of tractors in the fields and the steady flow of grain trucks on the main thoroughfare speak of a life lived in deliberate, productive cycles. The distinctive character of Fountaintown lies not in grand monuments, but in the understated resilience of its people and the enduring beauty of its pastoral setting, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of daily life.
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| Location | Fountaintown, Shelby County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 39.694767°N, 85.783034°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 46130 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fountaintown, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fountaintown, 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 Fountaintown includes coordinates 39.694767°N, 85.783034°W, situated in Shelby County. ZIP code 46130. Telephone area code: 260. 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.
