West Baden Springs, Indiana Weather
West Baden Springs, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for West Baden Springs, Orange County.
Full aviation weather for West Baden Springs is published on the French Lick Municipal Airport (KFRH) page, 7 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 West Baden Springs 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 West Baden Springs: Paoli Municipal Airport (KI42) 13 km · Orleans Airport (K7I4) 18 km · Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport (KBFR) 34 km · Salem Municipal Airport (KI83) 40 km · Huntingburg Airport (KHNB) 46 km
Conditions reported at KFRH describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West Baden Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West Baden Springs.
About West Baden Springs, Indiana
West Baden Springs resides in a hollow where the land begins to gather itself, a gentle slope leading down to the banks of the Little Creek. It lies 30.2 miles east-south-east of Daviess, IN (from Daviess, IN: bearing 108°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west of Paoli. The air here carries the scent of damp earth after a rain, a subtle sweetness of pine needles and the distant perfume of honeysuckle in the warmer months. Oak and maple trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, form a verdant canopy that filters the sunlight into shifting patterns on the worn asphalt of the main street. The houses, many of them weathered wood, stand with a quiet dignity, some adorned with porch swings that seem to sway with an invisible breeze, others with window boxes overflowing with geraniums. The story of West Baden Springs is intrinsically tied to its mineral waters, once believed to hold restorative powers that drew visitors from across the nation. Grand hotels rose and fell with the fortunes of these springs, leaving behind echoes of a more opulent era, a faint shimmer of forgotten glamour. The local economy, once buoyed by the influx of tourists seeking cures and leisure, has since diversified, with many residents finding work in nearby towns or in the growing tourism that now centers around the restored architectural marvel of the French Lick Resort and the natural beauty of the Hoosier National Forest. The quiet hum of everyday life in West Baden Springs is punctuated by the occasional train whistle in the distance, a reminder of connections to the wider world, and the persistent murmur of the creek, a constant, soothing presence.
Live animated radar for West Baden Springs 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 | West Baden Springs, Orange County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 38.565332°N, 86.611103°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47469 |
| Area Code | 317 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This West Baden Springs, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Baden Springs, 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 West Baden Springs includes coordinates 38.565332°N, 86.611103°W, situated in Orange County. ZIP code 47469. Telephone area code: 317. 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.
