Kipton, Ohio Weather
Kipton, Ohio — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kipton, Lorain County.
Full aviation weather for Kipton is published on the Lorain County Regional Airport (KLPR) page, 13 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 Kipton 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 Kipton: Elyria Airport (K1G1) 18 km · Norwalk Huron County Airport (K5A1) 21 km · Columbia Airport (K4G8) 29 km · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (KCLE) 41 km · Willard Municipal Airport (K8G1) 44 km
Conditions reported at KLPR describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kipton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kipton.
About Kipton, Ohio
Kipton lies spread across the gentle, rolling terrain of northern Ohio, where the land breathes with a quiet, agricultural rhythm. It lies 12.2 miles south-west of Elyria, OH (from Elyria, OH: bearing 236°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-south-west of Amherst. Fields of corn and soybeans, their stalks whispering in the breeze, unfurl like vast, verdant carpets under a sky that often stretches in an unbroken blue expanse. The air here carries the clean scent of turned earth and the distant, sweet perfume of blossoming clover, a subtle fragrance that clings to the afternoons. Scattered farmsteads, their silos standing like stoic sentinels against the horizon, punctuate the landscape, their weathered barns hinting at generations of diligent stewardship. The light at dusk, when it descends, is a soft, buttery gold, pooling in the hollows and gilding the edges of the distant treelines, imbuing the very air with a palpable stillness. The story of Kipton is one woven from the threads of westward expansion and the enduring spirit of its farming families. Early settlers were drawn to this fertile ground, their labor shaping the very contours of the land, leaving behind a legacy of cultivated fields and sturdy homesteads. The local economy, though it has seen shifts over the decades, remains rooted in agriculture, with the bounty of the soil still a significant presence, feeding both the immediate region and markets further afield. While Kipton may not boast grand monuments or bustling urban centers, its character is defined by the quiet strength of its people and a shared connection to the land that has sustained them. The distinctive hum of agricultural machinery in the distance, a constant undercurrent to the day, serves as a gentle reminder of this enduring relationship, a testament to the practical, grounded heart of Kipton.
Live animated radar for Kipton 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 | Kipton, Lorain County, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 41.268107°N, 82.302106°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 44049 |
| Area Code | 216 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kipton, Ohio Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kipton, 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 Kipton includes coordinates 41.268107°N, 82.302106°W, situated in Lorain County. ZIP code 44049. Telephone area code: 216. 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.
