Mount Ayr, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mount Ayr, Newton County.
Flight conditions near Mount Ayr. Data source: locating…
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mount Ayr.
Mount Ayr sits in the gentle, rolling terrain of Newton County, Indiana, a landscape shaped by millennia of glacial retreat. It lies 31.5 miles east-south-east of Kankakee, IL (from Kankakee, IL: bearing 111°T), and is situated 7.8 miles west of Rensselaer. Here, the land opens up, vast fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards horizons softened by the hazy Indiana sun. The air, especially in late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening grain, a perfume unique to this agricultural heartland. Creeks, shallow and meandering, thread through the countryside, their banks often thick with a tangle of sumac and wild grasses, whispering secrets of the earth beneath. The sky above Mount Ayr is a broad canvas, often a pale, washed-out blue in summer, deepening to a bruised purple as dusk settles, the first stars pricking through the twilight. The story of Mount Ayr is one of quiet persistence and the enduring spirit of the land. This is a place where the economy is tethered to the soil, where generations have worked the rich, dark earth, coaxing life from it with practiced hands. The rhythm of the seasons dictates the life of Mount Ayr, from the hopeful green shoots of spring to the golden abundance of harvest. While no grand monuments mark its history, the weathered barns and farmhouses scattered across the landscape are silent witnesses to the lives lived and the labor poured into this ground. The local character is one of practicality and a deep-seated connection to family and community, a testament to the enduring strength found in shared experience and the simple beauty of a life lived close to the land.
Live animated radar for Mount Ayr 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Mount Ayr, Newton County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 40.951981°N, 87.299193°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47964 |
| Area Code | 765 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Ayr, 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 Mount Ayr includes coordinates 40.951981°N, 87.299193°W, situated in Newton County. ZIP code 47964. Telephone area code: 765. 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.