Cardington, Ohio — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cardington, Morrow County.
Full aviation weather for Cardington is published on the Morrow County Airport (K4I9) page, 4 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 Cardington 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 Cardington: Chapman Memorial Field (K6CM) 27 km · Galion Municipal Airport (KGQQ) 32 km · Knox County Airport (K4I3) 37 km · Wynkoop Airport (K6G4) 37 km · Shelby Community Airport (K12G) 45 km
Conditions reported at K4I9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cardington specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cardington.
Cardington rests in a gentle embrace of rolling hills, where fields of corn and soybeans unfurl like green and gold carpets under a sky that often stretches in vast, unblemished blue. It lies 13.8 miles east-south-east of Marion, OH (from Marion, OH: bearing 116°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south-west of Mount Gilead. The land here, smoothed by ancient glaciers, slopes softly towards the Olentangy River, its banks lined with venerable oak and maple trees that whisper secrets on the breeze. A quietude pervades the air, broken only by the distant hum of farm machinery or the cheerful chatter of neighbors on a porch. The light at dusk, a warm amber wash, settles over the clapboard houses and manicured lawns, imbuing Cardington with a palpable sense of peace. This place, born from the industrious spirit of early settlers, carries a legacy of agriculture and modest commerce. The fertile soil, a gift of the glacial past, continues to sustain a vibrant farming community, its bounty a constant in the local economy. Throughout its history, Cardington has been a hub for milling and trade, its businesses serving the surrounding countryside. Though the pace of life remains deliberately unhurried, a deep-rooted sense of connection to the land and to each other underpins the character of Cardington, a quiet testament to enduring values.
Live animated radar for Cardington 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 | Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 40.500616°N, 82.893515°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 43315 |
| Area Code | 614 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cardington, Ohio, 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 Cardington includes coordinates 40.500616°N, 82.893515°W, situated in Morrow County. ZIP code 43315. Telephone area code: 614. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.