Harrod, Ohio Weather
Harrod, Ohio — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Harrod, Allen County.
Full aviation weather for Harrod is published on the Ada Airport (K0D7) page, 12 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 Harrod 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 Harrod: Hardin County Airport (KI95) 26 km · Bellefontaine Regional Airport (KEDJ) 38 km · Wyandot County Airport (K56D) 55 km
Conditions reported at K0D7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Harrod specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Harrod.
About Harrod, Ohio
Harrod rests in a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, a broad expanse of Ohio farmland where the sky feels vast and the horizon stretches with an almost palpable quiet. It lies 9.9 miles east-south-east of Lima, OH (from Lima, OH: bearing 104°T), and is situated 6.8 miles south-west of Ada. The land here is a patchwork of cultivated fields, their colors shifting with the seasons from the fresh green of spring shoots to the deep gold of mature corn, punctuated by the darker, richer hues of tilled earth. Scattered woodlands, primarily oak and maple, break the uniformity, their leafy canopies offering shade and a welcome contrast to the open fields. The air, particularly in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a subtle perfume of soil and growing things that seems to seep into the very bones of the place. Even the houses, mostly modest and well-kept, seem to belong to the land, their colors muted against the broader palette of nature. This corner of Allen County, where Harrod resides, was shaped by the relentless ambition of agriculture and the quiet industry that supported it. The land's fertility, a gift of glacial deposits and eons of decomposition, drew early settlers who saw in its potential a future of prosperity, a vision that largely came to pass through generations of corn, soybean, and wheat cultivation. While the immediate vicinity of Harrod may not boast grand historical monuments, its story is written in the enduring presence of family farms and the small, essential businesses that serve them – the grain elevators standing like stoic sentinels, the local hardware stores, the diners where conversation flows as freely as the coffee. The rhythm of Harrod is dictated by the needs of the soil and the cycles of the sun, a steady, unhurried beat that has persisted through changing times, a testament to the enduring appeal of a life lived close to the land.
Live animated radar for Harrod 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 | Harrod, Allen County, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 40.70644°N, 83.92133°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 45850 |
| Area Code | 234, 330 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Harrod, Ohio Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harrod, 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 Harrod includes coordinates 40.706440°N, 83.921330°W, situated in Allen County. ZIP code 45850. Telephone area code: 234, 330. 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.
