Rockport, Indiana Weather
Rockport, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rockport, Spencer County.
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About Rockport, Indiana
Rockport spreads itself along the Ohio River, a modest collection of buildings where the land, a rich, dark loam, slopes gently toward the water’s edge. It lies 8.3 miles north-north-east of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 25°T), and is situated 5.8 miles north-north-west of Thruston. The air here carries the humid breath of summer and the crisp bite of winter, a predictable rhythm dictated by the seasons and the broad, indifferent flow of the river. Farms, their fields of corn and soybeans stretching like rumpled blankets, press in on the edges of Rockport, their green and gold hues a constant reminder of the land’s yielding bounty. The sky above is often a vast canvas, shifting from the pale wash of morning to the bruised purples and oranges of twilight, casting long shadows that stretch and shrink with the sun’s slow progress. The history of Rockport is intimately tied to the Ohio River, a lifeline that brought settlers and commerce in equal measure. For a time, its riverfront buzzed with steamboats, the air thick with the shouts of roustabouts and the clang of cargo. Though the age of grand passenger liners has long since passed, the river remains the economic heart of Rockport, supporting barge traffic that hauls coal and grain, a quiet but persistent hum beneath the daily routines. Abraham Lincoln spent his formative years in this region, a fact that draws a steady stream of visitors to the nearby Lincoln State Park, a place where the past feels palpable in the rustling leaves and the quiet paths. The local economy, while diverse, still leans heavily on agriculture and the steady, if unglamorous, work of the river.
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| Location | Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 37.883106°N, 87.049441°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47832, 47635 |
| Area Code | 765, 812 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rockport, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rockport, 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 Rockport includes coordinates 37.883106°N, 87.049441°W, situated in Spencer County. ZIP code 47832, 47635. Telephone area code: 765, 812. 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.
