Southport, Indiana Weather
Southport, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Southport, Owen County.
Full aviation weather for Southport is published on the Monroe County Airport (KBMG) 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. 4 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: Pam's Place Airport (K78I) 26 km · Putnam County Airport (KGPC) 40 km · Hendricks County Gordon Graham Field (K2R2) 58 km
Conditions reported at KBMG describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Southport specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Southport.
About Southport, Indiana
Southport rests in a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, a place where broad fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards the horizon under a sky that often seems to hold its breath before a summer storm. It lies 14.8 miles west-north-west of Bloomington, IN (from Bloomington, IN: bearing 302°T), and is situated 7.9 miles west-north-west of Ellettsville. The land itself is a patient, fertile expanse, carved by slow-moving creeks that meander through the lowlands, their banks fringed with willow and sycamore trees. In the quiet mornings, a fine mist often clings to the lowest hollows, softening the edges of the world and lending a hushed, almost reverent quality to the awakening countryside. The air here carries the scent of damp earth, cut grass, and the faint, sweet perfume of wild honeysuckle that climbs with untamed vigor along the fences and forgotten corners. The history of Southport is interwoven with the agricultural rhythms of Owen County, a place where generations have tilled the soil and found their livelihood in the bounty of the land. Its early days were shaped by the steady westward expansion, a small settlement growing into a focal point for the surrounding farms, its general store and blacksmith shop serving as vital hubs of commerce and community. The local economy, though perhaps less robust than in bygone eras, still finds its roots in agriculture, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the ongoing harvest. Southport itself retains a character of quiet resilience, a community that has weathered the changes of time with a steadfast, unpretentious grace, its residents carrying a deep, unspoken connection to the earth that sustains them.
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, Owen County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 39.276989°N, 86.761672°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 39.276989°N, 86.761672°W, situated in Owen 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.
