Galena, Indiana Weather
Galena, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Galena, Floyd County.
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About Galena, Indiana
Galena rests in a hollow, a place where the land folds in on itself, cradling the scattered homes. It lies 5.3 miles north-north-west of Floyd, IN (from Floyd, IN: bearing 328°T), and is situated 8.0 miles west-south-west of Saint Joseph. The surrounding hills, cloaked in a dense green of oak and maple, rise and fall like the backs of sleeping giants, their slopes etched with the faint lines of old logging trails. In the summer, the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of honeysuckle and the distant hum of cicadas, a sound that seems to soak into the very stillness of the afternoon. The creek, a shallow ribbon of silver even in the driest months, meanders through the valley floor, its banks fringed with wild iris and the occasional flash of a kingfisher's brilliant blue. This particular corner of Floyd County carries the quiet weight of its past, a history whispered in the weathered clapboard of the few remaining older buildings. Once, a modest but vital grist mill turned the creek's energy into flour, serving the scattered farms that dotted these hills. The land here is unforgivingly beautiful, its fertile pockets yielding corn and soybeans when the weather is kind, but always reminding its inhabitants of the robust, untamed nature that surrounds them. Life in Galena moves with the slow, deliberate cadence of the seasons, a rhythm dictated by the sun and the soil, a stark contrast to the hurried world beyond its quiet valleys.
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| Location | Galena, Floyd County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 38.351732°N, 85.941635°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Kentucky/Louisville) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47124 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Galena, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Galena, 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 Galena includes coordinates 38.351732°N, 85.941635°W, situated in Floyd County. ZIP code 47124. Telephone area code: 317. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).
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.
