Jefferson, Indiana Weather
Jefferson, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jefferson, Clinton County.
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About Jefferson, Indiana
Jefferson rests in a broad, fertile expanse where the land begins its gentle incline toward the horizons. It lies 17.8 miles east-south-east of Lafayette, IN (from Lafayette, IN: bearing 122°T), and is situated 4.2 miles west of Frankfort. Fields of corn and soybeans, a verdant patchwork under the vast Indiana sky, stretch out in every direction, punctuated by stands of oak and maple that offer cool, dappled shade on warmer days. The air here carries the clean scent of turned earth and, in the late afternoon, a sweetness from unseen wildflowers that bloom along the roadside ditches. The houses, many of them long-established farmsteads with broad porches and sturdy barns, speak of generations who have worked this rich soil, their roofs catching the sunlight with a quiet, enduring gleam. This corner of Clinton County has long been shaped by the bounty of its agricultural landscape, its economy rooted in the cultivation of grain and the raising of livestock. The history of Jefferson is a narrative of families arriving with dreams of prosperity, clearing land, and building a life from the ground up. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring presence of the local grain elevator, a sentinel against the sky, signifies a continuous connection to the land's productivity, a steady hum that has sustained Jefferson through the years. The quiet pace of life here is not one of stagnation, but of a deep, unhurried rhythm, where community bonds are as strong as the roots of the ancient trees that dot the surrounding countryside.
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| Location | Jefferson, Clinton County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 40.279481°N, 86.590003°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 46041 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jefferson, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jefferson, 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 Jefferson includes coordinates 40.279481°N, 86.590003°W, situated in Clinton County. ZIP code 46041. 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.
