Indianapolis, IN Weather Forecast
Marion County, Indiana
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Indianapolis, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Indianapolis, IN at a glance
Indianapolis is home to about 879,293 people in Marion County, across 361 square miles. It is the largest of 175 places in Indiana with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Beech Grove, 5 miles away.
- County
- Marion County
- Population
- 879,293 2023 est.
- Land area
- 361 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,436
- Forecast point
- 39.7767°N, 86.1459°W
How well can the network see Indianapolis?
The nearest Doppler radar is KIND (Indianapolis, IN), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 430 ft above Indianapolis. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Indianapolis show up clearly. Indianapolis is closer to its radar than 96% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KIND (Indianapolis Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Indianapolis
- Beech Grove, IN5 mi
- Speedway, IN6 mi
- Lawrence, IN10 mi
- Cumberland, IN11 mi
- Greenwood, IN12 mi
- Carmel, IN13 mi
- Avon, IN13 mi
- Plainfield, IN13 mi
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