Mackey, Indiana Weather
Mackey, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mackey, Gibson County.
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About Mackey, Indiana
Mackey rests on land that remembers the slow, insistent work of glaciers, a landscape of subtle rises and dips, where the rich, dark earth, still holding the memory of ancient forests, now yields to the broad, sun-drenched fields of corn and soybeans. It lies 14.2 miles north-north-west of Warrick, IN (from Warrick, IN: bearing 330°T), and is situated 6.5 miles south-south-west of Oakland City. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a particular stillness, broken only by the drone of a distant combine or the sharp, clear call of a crow. The horizon is a wide, unbroken line, a testament to the agricultural heart of this place, and the sky, a vast canvas, often burns with a soft, ember-like glow as the sun dips below the flat expanse. Evenings settle with a quiet grace, the light softening the edges of the barns and silos that punctuate the fields, painting the world in hues of ochre and muted gold. The history of Mackey is bound to the land and the waterways that once served as its arteries, a story of settlers drawn by the fertile soil and the promise of a life carved from the wilderness. Though not a hub of major industry today, the legacy of agriculture is its enduring backbone, with generations of families tending the same plots, their lives a quiet continuation of the past. The local economy, rooted in the bounty of the earth, thrives on the cycles of planting and harvest, a rhythm dictated by the sun and the rain. While no grand monuments mark its existence, the character of Mackey is found in the sturdy, unpretentious farmhouses and the friendly nods exchanged on dusty country roads, a place where community is built on shared labor and the quiet understanding of the land.
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| Location | Mackey, Gibson County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 38.252269°N, 87.391681°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47660, 47654 |
| Area Code | 812 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mackey, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mackey, 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 Mackey includes coordinates 38.252269°N, 87.391681°W, situated in Gibson County. ZIP code 47660, 47654. Telephone area code: 812. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
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.
