Versailles, Indiana Weather
Versailles, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Versailles, Ripley County.
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About Versailles, Indiana
Versailles rests in a quiet fold of southeastern Indiana, where gentle hills, softened by generations of farming, cradle the land. It lies 10.2 miles east of Jackson, IN (from Jackson, IN: bearing 87°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west-south-west of Milan. The terrain here is a study in greens and browns, a mosaic of tilled fields and mature woodlands that climb and dip with a languid grace. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of drying hay mingled with the damp earth turned by recent rains, a perfume unique to this particular corner of Ripley County. The sky overhead often seems a vast, pale blue canvas, occasionally brushed with the wispy strokes of clouds that drift with an almost imperceptible slowness, mirroring the unhurried rhythm of life below. This place, named with a curious echo of its grander European namesake, has long been tied to the land and its bounty. The local economy, historically rooted in agriculture, still sees the steady pulse of soybeans and corn ripening under the summer sun, their stalks rustling like secrets in the wind. The nearby Versailles State Park, a sprawling expanse of wooded trails and the shimmering surface of Versailles Lake, serves as a natural heart for the community, drawing visitors for its quietude and the chance to commune with the Indiana wilderness. Decades past, the railroad brought a different kind of life, a fleeting hum of commerce that has since faded, leaving behind a sense of enduring stillness that now defines Versailles.
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| Location | Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 39.071999°N, 85.251904°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47042 |
| Area Code | 317, 463 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Versailles, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Versailles, Indiana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Versailles includes coordinates 39.071999°N, 85.251904°W, situated in Ripley County. ZIP code 47042. Telephone area code: 317, 463. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
