Clay Center, Ohio Weather
Clay Center, Ohio — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clay Center, Ottawa County.
Full aviation weather for Clay Center is published on the Toledo Executive Airport (KTDZ) page, 10 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 Clay Center 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 Clay Center: Wood County Airport (K1G0) 29 km · Fremont Airport (K14G) 31 km · Toledo Suburban Airport (KDUH) 31 km · Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (KTOL) 37 km · Fostoria Metropolitan Airport (KFZI) 42 km
Conditions reported at KTDZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Clay Center specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clay Center.
About Clay Center, Ohio
Clay Center rests in the broad, fertile plains of Ottawa County, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet contentment. It lies 12.2 miles south-east of Toledo, OH (from Toledo, OH: bearing 125°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-east of Oregon. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons that feel impossibly distant, their green and gold hues shifting with the moods of the sky. The terrain is predominantly flat, a gentle swell that encourages the slow, steady flow of the Portage River as it meanders through the periphery of the settlement. Even the air here feels different, carrying a faint, earthy scent of turned soil and the distant promise of rain, a subtle perfume that clings to the skin. The houses, mostly modest and well-maintained, stand with a quiet dignity, their porches often holding the stillness of an afternoon nap. The history of Clay Center is inextricably tied to the rich agricultural heritage of this corner of Ohio, a legacy shaped by generations of farmers who coaxed sustenance from this yielding earth. The local economy remains deeply rooted in agribusiness, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels along the railway lines that once transported the bounty of the land to wider markets. While the agricultural rhythm is the town's dominant pulse, a subtle undercurrent of resilience runs through Clay Center, a quiet pride in its ability to endure and adapt. The nearby lake, though not directly bordering the settlement, exerts a palpable influence, drawing visitors and locals alike to its shores, imbuing the region with a subtle vacation feel on warm summer days, a fleeting splash of color against the more permanent palette of the farms.
Live animated radar for Clay Center 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 41.563383°N, 83.361872°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 43408 |
| Area Code | 614 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clay Center, Ohio Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clay Center, 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 Clay Center includes coordinates 41.563383°N, 83.361872°W, situated in Ottawa County. ZIP code 43408. 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.
