Five Points, Ohio Weather
Five Points, Ohio — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Five Points, Athens County.
Full aviation weather for Five Points is published on the Ohio University Airport (KUNI) page, 16 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. 4 airfields within reach of Five Points 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 Five Points: Vinton County Airport (K22I) 19 km · Perry County Airport (KI86) 38 km · Fairfield County Airport (KLHQ) 58 km
Conditions reported at KUNI describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Five Points specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Five Points.
About Five Points, Ohio
Five Points unfolds across a landscape sculpted by ancient rivers and the persistent shaping of Appalachian foothills. It lies 31.9 miles south-east of Lancaster, OH (from Lancaster, OH: bearing 141°T), and is situated 6.9 miles west-north-west of Athens. The land here breathes a deep, verdant stillness, where rolling hills, cloaked in a dense quilt of deciduous forest, descend into valleys that cradle small, serpentine creeks. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, arrives in diffused shafts, painting the undergrowth with a muted, earthy glow, and the air often carries the damp, loamy scent of decaying leaves and the promise of rain. The terrain itself suggests a patient, unhurried formation, with broad shoulders of earth giving way to steeper inclines, a testament to the slow, powerful forces that have shaped this corner of southeastern Ohio. The history of Five Points is inextricably linked to the land's bounty and the hard work it demanded. Originally settled by those drawn to the fertile soil and the promise of small-scale agriculture, the area has seen its fortunes ebb and flow with the changing tides of industry. While coal mining once cast a long shadow, its presence now largely a memory etched into the contours of the hills, the economy of Five Points has adapted, with a resilient spirit finding sustenance in local businesses and the continued, though perhaps less dominant, agricultural pursuits. The distinctive character of Five Points is not one of grand pronouncements, but of quiet endurance, a place where the echoes of past endeavors mingle with the steady hum of everyday life, a gentle persistence in the face of time.
Live animated radar for Five Points 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 | Five Points, Athens County, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 39.352294°N, 82.22626°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 44677, 44903, 43551, 45066 |
| Area Code | 740, 513 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Five Points, Ohio Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Five Points, 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 Five Points includes coordinates 39.352294°N, 82.226260°W, situated in Athens County. ZIP code 44677, 44903, 43551, 45066. Telephone area code: 740, 513. 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.
