Lakewood, Indiana Weather
Lakewood, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lakewood, Carroll County.
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About Lakewood, Indiana
Lakewood lies where the land begins to soften its Midwestern resolve, yielding to the gentle roll of Indiana’s Carroll County terrain. It lies 19.6 miles north-north-east of Lafayette, IN (from Lafayette, IN: bearing 18°T), and is situated 4.1 miles south of Monticello. Here, the horizon stretches wide, a vast canvas painted with fields of corn and soybeans that shimmer under the broad, often luminous sky. The air itself carries a certain stillness, a quiet hum of earth and wind, broken only by the distant call of a crow or the rustle of leaves in the mature oak and maple trees that line the few, winding roads. Lakewood's character is etched not in grand monuments but in the subtle curves of the landscape, the way the afternoon sun slants across the open stretches, casting long, patient shadows. The history of this place is bound to the earth, to the farmers who have coaxed sustenance from its soil for generations. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile ground and the steady presence of nearby waterways, established a life here that was as much about endurance as it was about prosperity. While no single great industry defines Lakewood, its economy has long been anchored in agriculture, a persistent rhythm of planting, tending, and harvesting that shapes the local calendar. The land here remembers the passage of time through the slow, steady growth of its crops and the enduring strength of its older farmsteads, their weathered barns standing as quiet sentinels against the changing seasons.
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| Location | Lakewood, Carroll County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 40.686427°N, 86.759733°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47960, 47802 |
| Area Code | 765 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lakewood, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lakewood, 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 Lakewood includes coordinates 40.686427°N, 86.759733°W, situated in Carroll County. ZIP code 47960, 47802. Telephone area code: 765. 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.
