Stillwell, Indiana Weather
Stillwell, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Stillwell, LaPorte County.
Full aviation weather for Stillwell is published on the La Porte Municipal Airport (KPPO) page, 11 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 Stillwell 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 Stillwell: Michigan City Municipal Airport (KMGC) 24 km · Starke County Airport (KOXI) 26 km · South Bend International Airport (KSBN) 29 km · Plymouth Municipal Airport (KC65) 33 km · Andrews University Airpark (KC20) 48 km
Conditions reported at KPPO describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stillwell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stillwell.
About Stillwell, Indiana
Stillwell lies on the broad, flat plains of northwestern Indiana, a place where the sky seems to stretch on forever, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of farmhouses and wind turbines that spin their slow, deliberate arcs. It lies 18.4 miles south-east of Michigan City, IN (from Michigan City, IN: bearing 125°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-south-east of La Porte. The land here is a rich, dark loam, a testament to centuries of glacial sculpting, now meticulously parceled into fields of corn and soybeans that ripple like a green and gold sea under the often-brilliant sun. A quiet stillness often settles over Stillwell, broken only by the distant drone of a tractor or the sudden, startling call of a red-tailed hawk riding the thermals overhead. The air itself carries a certain weight, a blend of fertile earth and the humid breath of the nearby Great Lakes, especially potent in the languid days of late summer. The history of Stillwell is rooted in the fertile soil that continues to define its economy, a legacy of agricultural endeavors stretching back to the early settlers who carved their livelihoods from this abundant land. While farming remains the bedrock, the proximity to larger urban centers has fostered a subtle diversification, with many residents commuting to jobs in manufacturing and logistics, their lives a quiet echo of the industrial hum just beyond the horizon. The absence of grand historical monuments allows the landscape itself to tell the story of Stillwell, its enduring character shaped by the relentless cycles of planting and harvest, and the hardy spirit of those who have called this open country home. There's a palpable sense of continuity here, a quiet understanding that the land, and the people who tend it, are bound together in a long, unbroken thread.
Live animated radar for Stillwell 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 | Stillwell, LaPorte County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 41.555877°N, 86.602796°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 46350 |
| Area Code | 260 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stillwell, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stillwell, 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 Stillwell includes coordinates 41.555877°N, 86.602796°W, situated in LaPorte County. ZIP code 46350. 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.
