Ross, Indiana Weather
Ross, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ross, Lake County.
Full aviation weather for Ross is published on the Hobart Sky Ranch Airport (K3HO) page, 10 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 Ross 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 Ross: Gary/Chicago International Airport (KGYY) 10 km · Lansing Municipal Airport (KIGQ) 13 km · Bult Field (KC56) 30 km · Porter County Municipal Airport (KVPZ) 32 km · Lowell Airport (KC97) 35 km
Conditions reported at K3HO describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ross specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ross.
About Ross, Indiana
Ross, Indiana, lies in a quiet corner of Lake County, where the land begins to subtly soften its Midwestern flatness, hinting at the rolling terrain that lies just beyond the horizon. It lies 3.7 miles north-west of Merrillville, IN (from Merrillville, IN: bearing 324°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north-west of Lake. The sky here seems to stretch wider, a vast, ever-changing canvas that presides over fields of corn and soybeans, their green stalks rustling in the breeze like hushed conversations. Ditches, often overgrown with Queen Anne's lace and stubborn milkweed, trace the edges of these agricultural expanses, channeling the slow, patient flow of water towards the larger waterways that thread through the county. Evenings in Ross carry a particular stillness, a deepening of the shadows that lengthen across the asphalt roads, and the air itself often holds the faint, sweet scent of cut grass and the distant hum of unseen tractors. The history of Ross is tied to the agricultural heartland that surrounds it, a place where generations have worked the soil and built a life from its bounty. While not a bustling metropolis, the local economy has long been anchored in farming, with families passing down knowledge and land through the years. A quiet practicality defines the character of Ross; life moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land. The distinctive whisper of wind through the tall prairie grasses, a sound that might have greeted the earliest settlers, still carries a certain resonance today, a reminder of the enduring spirit of this place and the deep roots it has in the Indiana soil.
Live animated radar for Ross 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 | Ross, Lake County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 41.526703°N, 87.37476°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 46408, 46319 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ross, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ross, 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 Ross includes coordinates 41.526703°N, 87.374760°W, situated in Lake County. ZIP code 46408, 46319. Telephone area code: 260. 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.
