Southport, Indiana Weather
Southport, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Southport, Marion County.
Full aviation weather for Southport is published on the Indy South Greenwood Airport (KHFY) page, 5 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 Southport 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 Southport: Indianapolis International Airport (KIND) 15 km · Eagle Creek Airpark (KEYE) 23 km · Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport (KUMP) 31 km · Hendricks County Gordon Graham Field (K2R2) 31 km · Himsel Army Airfield (KHBE) 37 km
Conditions reported at KHFY describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Southport specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Southport, Indiana
Southport itself is a place that feels both grounded and open, a gentle spread of land where the sky seems to linger a little longer at dusk, painting the western horizon in soft, bruised purples and pale oranges. It lies 3.7 miles north-north-west of Greenwood, IN (from Greenwood, IN: bearing 342°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-south-east of Indianapolis. The terrain here is a quiet hum of fertile ground, a subtle rolling that suggests the slow, persistent work of water and wind over ages. Mature trees, their branches reaching like weathered hands, punctuate the residential streets, offering dappled shade in the summer and stark silhouettes against the winter sky. The air, especially after a spring rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and burgeoning green, a promise whispered from the very land itself. This locality has seen its share of change, its roots stretching back to a time when agriculture was the undisputed king, the rich soil yielding its bounty to generations of farmers. While the fields have given way to neighborhoods and businesses, a legacy of hard work and community spirit remains, a subtle undercurrent in the everyday hum of Southport. The local economy, a mosaic of small businesses and service industries, reflects this enduring pragmatization, a steady pulse rather than a roaring engine. Occasionally, one might stumble upon a relic of its past, a weathered barn or an old stone wall, quiet reminders of the lives and labor that shaped this particular corner of Marion County.
Live animated radar for Southport 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 | Southport, Marion County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 39.665045°N, 86.127764°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47460, 46227 |
| Area Code | 317, 260 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Southport, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southport, 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 Southport includes coordinates 39.665045°N, 86.127764°W, situated in Marion County. ZIP code 47460, 46227. Telephone area code: 317, 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. 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.
