Manchester, Indiana Weather
Manchester, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Manchester, Montgomery County.
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About Manchester, Indiana
Manchester rests in a gentle cradle of rolling farmland, where the earth, a rich, dark loam, yields generously to the plow. It lies 22.1 miles south of Lafayette, IN (from Lafayette, IN: bearing 184°T), and is situated 4.2 miles north-north-west of Crawfordsville. The sky here feels vast, an expansive blue dome that stretches to horizons softened by distant stands of oak and maple. In the late afternoon, the sun slants low, casting long, drowsy shadows across fields of corn and soybeans, and lending a golden hue to the weathered clapboard of farmhouses. The air carries the faint, sweet scent of drying hay, mingling with the earthy perfume of freshly turned soil, a testament to the enduring agricultural heart of this place. The history of Manchester is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of this land, a story of pioneers who cleared the forests and coaxed sustenance from the fertile ground. Its economy has long been anchored in the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock, a steady, dependable pulse that has sustained generations. While not a bustling metropolis, Manchester possesses a quiet resilience, a community character forged by shared seasons and the practicalities of rural life. The small businesses along its main street, with their unpretentious storefronts, speak of a local economy that thrives on neighborhood support and the quiet industry of its residents, who understand the value of hard work and the satisfaction of a harvest well-earned.
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| Location | Manchester, Montgomery County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 40.097819°N, 86.904174°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47001, 47933, 47041 |
| Area Code | 765, 317, 463 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Manchester, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Manchester, 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 Manchester includes coordinates 40.097819°N, 86.904174°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 47001, 47933, 47041. Telephone area code: 765, 317, 463. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
