Friendship, Indiana Weather
Friendship, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Friendship, Ripley County.
Full aviation weather for Friendship is published on the Madison Municipal Airport (KIMS) page, 36 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 Friendship 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 Friendship: North Vernon Airport (KOVO) 40 km · Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (KCVG) 42 km · Batesville Airport (KHLB) 42 km · Cincinnati West Airport (KI67) 46 km · Greensburg Municipal Airport (KI34) 51 km
Conditions reported at KIMS describe the airfield itself. Weather 36 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Friendship specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Friendship.
About Friendship, Indiana
Friendship rests in a landscape sculpted by the gentle roll of southern Indiana's terrain, where the land rises and falls in soft waves, often cloaked in the emerald of mature forests and the rich brown of cultivated fields. It lies 16.1 miles south-south-west of Dearborn, IN (from Dearborn, IN: bearing 212°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-north-west of Switzerland. The air here, particularly in the early mornings, carries a damp, earthy scent, a subtle perfume of decaying leaves and freshly tilled soil, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats beneath the surface. Scattered farmsteads punctuate the landscape, their weathered barns and silos standing as stoic sentinels against the vast, often startlingly blue sky, and the winding country roads seem to lead to nowhere and everywhere all at once, promising quiet discoveries around each bend. The history of Friendship is deeply entwined with the agricultural traditions of Ripley County, a place where generations have coaxed sustenance from the fertile earth. While the precise origins of its name might be lost to time, the spirit of camaraderie it suggests seems to have endured, a quiet understanding among its inhabitants. The local economy, like many in this part of Indiana, has long been tethered to the land, with corn and soybean fields dominating the visual panorama, their verdant rows stretching towards the horizon. Occasionally, a small, independent business might offer a splash of commerce, a general store or a repair shop, serving as vital hubs where the daily news is exchanged and the pulse of Friendship can be felt, a place where time seems to flow with a deliberate, unhurried grace.
Live animated radar for Friendship 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 | Friendship, Ripley County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 38.970335°N, 85.147733°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47042, 47021 |
| Area Code | 317, 463 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Friendship, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Friendship, 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 Friendship includes coordinates 38.970335°N, 85.147733°W, situated in Ripley County. ZIP code 47042, 47021. Telephone area code: 317, 463. 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.
