Orestes, Indiana Weather
Orestes, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Orestes, Madison County.
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About Orestes, Indiana
Orestes, Indiana, lies low in the heartland, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet contentment. It lies 11.6 miles north-north-west of Anderson, IN (from Anderson, IN: bearing 347°T), and is situated 6.0 miles east of Elwood. Rolling fields of corn and soybeans stretch to horizons softened by the hazy Indiana sun, the rich, dark earth a constant presence, smelling of rain and potential. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a certain stillness, a gentle warmth that seems to seep into your bones. Old farmhouses, their paint faded to muted pastels, stand sentinel along gravel roads, their porches worn smooth by generations of quiet contemplation. The occasional stand of oaks, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards the sky, punctuate the agricultural tapestry, offering pockets of cool shade on a humid summer day. The history of Orestes is as deeply rooted as the crops that define its landscape, a story tied to the slow, steady expansion of agriculture and the quiet industry that supported it. Once, the nearby waterways, though modest, were lifelines, carrying goods and connecting the scattered homesteads that would eventually coalesce into the settlement. The local economy, then and now, is largely agrarian, the changing seasons dictating the rhythm of life. You can still feel the echoes of a time when the pace was dictated by the plow and the harvest, a stark contrast to the fleeting urgency of the modern world. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very soil of Orestes holds the quiet dignity of lives lived simply and honestly, a testament to the enduring spirit of this corner of Madison County.
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| Location | Orestes, Madison County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 40.269484°N, 85.728032°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 46063, 46001 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Orestes, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orestes, 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 Orestes includes coordinates 40.269484°N, 85.728032°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 46063, 46001. Telephone area code: 260. 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.
