Rockport, Indiana Weather
Rockport, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rockport, Spencer County.
Full aviation weather for Rockport is published on the Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field (KKY8) page, 19 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. 6 airfields within reach of Rockport 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 Rockport: Owensboro Daviess County Airport (KOWB) 19 km · Boonville Airport (KI91) 29 km · Perry County Municipal Airport (KTEL) 35 km · Huntingburg Airport (KHNB) 42 km · Evansville Regional Airport (KEVV) 46 km
Conditions reported at KKY8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rockport specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rockport.
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.
Live animated radar for Rockport 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
