Manchester, Indiana Weather
Manchester, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Manchester, Montgomery County.
Full aviation weather for Manchester is published on the Frankfort Clinton County Regional Airport (KFKR) page, 35 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Manchester have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Manchester: Purdue University Airport (KLAF) 35 km · Boone County Airport (K6I4) 41 km · Indianapolis Executive Airport (KTYQ) 56 km · Sheridan Airport (K5I4) 59 km
Conditions reported at KFKR describe the airfield itself. Weather 35 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Manchester specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Manchester.
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.
Live animated radar for Manchester and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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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 | September 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, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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. 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.
