Napoleon, Ohio Weather
Napoleon, Ohio — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Napoleon, Henry County.
Full aviation weather for Napoleon is published on the Fulton County Airport (KUSE) page, 24 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 Napoleon 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 Napoleon: Defiance Memorial Airport (KDFI) 26 km · Ruhes Airport (KR47) 33 km · Williams County Airport (K0G6) 33 km · Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (KTOL) 34 km · Wood County Airport (K1G0) 41 km
Conditions reported at KUSE describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Napoleon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Napoleon, Ohio
Napoleon sits at the confluence of the Maumee River and the historic Portage River, a place where the flat, fertile plains of Northwest Ohio begin to gently roll. It lies 24.6 miles west of Bowling Green, OH (from Bowling Green, OH: bearing 273°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north of Holgate. The land here, a rich loam born of ancient lakebeds, stretches out under a vast, ever-changing sky, the kind that can hold both the fiercest summer sun and the most delicate fall frost. Wide fields of corn and soybeans, their greens and golds a shifting mosaic through the seasons, dominate the horizon, broken only by the occasional cluster of sturdy oaks or the straight lines of drainage ditches that crisscross the landscape. The air, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and ripening crops, a perfume unique to this agricultural heartland. This is a place shaped by water and by the steady hand of those who learned to coax abundance from its soil. The Maumee River, once a vital artery for trade and transport, still flows with a quiet determination, its banks lined with trees that have witnessed generations of change. The legacy of the Great Black Swamp, a formidable natural barrier that once defined this region, has long since been tamed and transformed into some of the most productive farmland in the United States. The economy of Napoleon remains deeply rooted in agriculture, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels along the railway lines, and processing plants humming with activity. Yet, the town also carries echoes of its industrial past, with remnants of manufacturing hinting at a more varied economic story, a testament to the resilience and adaptability of its people.
Live animated radar for Napoleon 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 | Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 41.392273°N, 84.125224°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 43545 |
| Area Code | 740 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Napoleon, Ohio Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Napoleon, 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 Napoleon includes coordinates 41.392273°N, 84.125224°W, situated in Henry County. ZIP code 43545. Telephone area code: 740. 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.
