Penntown, Indiana Weather
Penntown, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Penntown, Ripley County.
Full aviation weather for Penntown is published on the Batesville Airport (KHLB) page, 16 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. 4 airfields within reach of Penntown 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 Penntown: Greensburg Municipal Airport (KI34) 37 km · Mettel Field (KCEV) 48 km · North Vernon Airport (KOVO) 50 km
Conditions reported at KHLB describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Penntown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Penntown.
About Penntown, Indiana
Penntown rests in a gentle fold of Ripley County, where the land begins to hint at the rolling terrain of southern Indiana. It lies 9.2 miles north-west of Dearborn, IN (from Dearborn, IN: bearing 320°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-south-east of Batesville. The sky here often stretches wide, a canvas for the slow drift of clouds, and the air carries the scent of damp earth and growing things after a rain. Fields of corn and soybeans, their green hues deepening as summer progresses, unfurl across the landscape, punctuated by stoic stands of oak and maple trees that offer their shade and a rustle of conversation in the breeze. The occasional farmhouse, painted in hues of white or faded barn red, surveys its domain with a quiet resilience, a sentinel to the enduring agricultural heart of the place. The history of Penntown is a story written in soil and honest labor, a legacy passed down through generations who worked this land. For many years, the fertile ground supported a robust farming community, with crops and livestock forming the backbone of the local economy. While agriculture remains, there’s a subtle shift, a quiet adaptation in how life unfolds here. The roads that wind through Penntown are arteries that once carried the produce of its farms to market, and though the scale of that trade may have changed, the spirit of self-reliance and neighborly connection persists. The very character of Penntown is in its understated endurance, a place where the past is not forgotten but lives on in the familiar contours of the land and the unhurried rhythm of its days.
Live animated radar for Penntown 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 | Penntown, Ripley County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 39.270052°N, 85.097459°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47041 |
| Area Code | 317, 463 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Penntown, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Penntown, 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 Penntown includes coordinates 39.270052°N, 85.097459°W, situated in Ripley County. ZIP code 47041. Telephone area code: 317, 463. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
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.
