Lafayette, Ohio Weather
Lafayette, Ohio — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lafayette, Medina County.
Full aviation weather for Lafayette is published on the Medina Municipal Airport (K1G5) page, 14 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette: Wadsworth Municipal Airport (K3G3) 18 km · Columbia Airport (K4G8) 24 km · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (KCLE) 36 km · Akron Fulton International Airport (KAKR) 40 km · Kent State University Airport (K1G3) 44 km
Conditions reported at K1G5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lafayette specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lafayette.
About Lafayette, Ohio
Lafayette, Ohio, rests on the land where the earth begins its slow, deliberate roll towards the larger Ohio River basin. It lies 4.6 miles south-west of Medina, OH (from Medina, OH: bearing 234°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south of York Township. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like rumpled blankets under a sky that can shift from the brilliant, crisp blue of a winter morning to the bruised purples and golds of a summer sunset. Old barns, their paint weathered to the colour of bone and rust, stand sentinel against the wind, their silos like stoic fingers pointing skyward. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and, in the spring, the sweet, almost intoxicating perfume of apple blossoms from the scattered orchards. These are not dramatic vistas, but rather the quiet, enduring beauty of agricultural heartland, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with a steady, patient rhythm. The story of Lafayette is one of agricultural perseverance and quiet industry, a legacy stretching back to settlers who saw in this fertile ground the promise of a living. The local economy, long tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, still finds its pulse in the land, though the hum of modern machinery has replaced the creak of the plow. This is a place that remembers its roots, where the past is not a distant echo but a familiar presence, felt in the sturdy architecture of its older homes and the enduring spirit of its people. While no grand monuments mark its history, the true landmarks of Lafayette are the fields themselves, the enduring grace of the landscape, and the deep, quiet strength of a community woven from the very fabric of the earth.
Live animated radar for Lafayette 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 | Lafayette, Medina County, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 41.099222°N, 81.935141°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 43140, 44256, 45854 |
| Area Code | 440, 234, 330 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lafayette, Ohio Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lafayette, 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 Lafayette includes coordinates 41.099222°N, 81.935141°W, situated in Medina County. ZIP code 43140, 44256, 45854. Telephone area code: 440, 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.
