Mineral, Ohio Weather
Mineral, Ohio — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mineral, Athens County.
Full aviation weather for Mineral is published on the Ohio University Airport (KUNI) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Mineral 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 Mineral: Vinton County Airport (K22I) 15 km · Perry County Airport (KI86) 41 km · Fairfield County Airport (KLHQ) 59 km · Pike County Airport (KEOP) 60 km
Conditions reported at KUNI describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mineral specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mineral.
About Mineral, Ohio
Mineral, Ohio, lies in a landscape where the earth itself seems to exhale the damp scent of loam and decaying leaves. It lies 32.3 miles south-south-east of Lancaster, OH (from Lancaster, OH: bearing 146°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west of Athens. Rolling hills, softened by a thousand seasons of rain and sun, cradle the small settlement, their slopes cloaked in a dense tapestry of oak, maple, and pine. Creeks, their waters the color of weak tea from tannins leached from the soil, thread their way through the valleys, their murmurs a constant, low hum beneath the rustle of wind in the upper branches. The air here, especially after a summer shower, carries a clean, elemental coolness, a palpable presence that clings to the skin and fills the lungs. Even in the bright midday sun, the shadows cast by the ancient trees hold a peculiar depth, a hint of the darker, wilder places that still hold sway beyond the cleared fields and the quiet streets of Mineral. This place carries the deep, resonant echo of its past, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the very grain of the land and the bones of its industry. For generations, the earth beneath Mineral yielded its bounty, first through the veins of coal that fueled furnaces far and wide, and then through the relentless extraction of salt, a resource that once brought a different kind of prosperity to this corner of Athens County. The legacy of these endeavors is visible in the subtle contours of the land, in the remnants of old mine shafts and the weathered facades of buildings that speak of hard work and a resilient spirit. While the mines and salt operations have largely faded, a quiet industriousness persists, a continuation of the land's promise, now often found in smaller enterprises and a deep connection to the agricultural rhythms of the surrounding countryside. The pace of life in Mineral is unhurried, a steady beat in sync with the turning seasons, where neighbors still know each other by name and the shared history of the land binds them together.
Live animated radar for Mineral 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 | Mineral, Athens County, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 39.32396°N, 82.264594°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 45766 |
| Area Code | 937 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mineral, Ohio Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mineral, 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 Mineral includes coordinates 39.323960°N, 82.264594°W, situated in Athens County. ZIP code 45766. Telephone area code: 937. Timezone: Eastern Time.
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.
