Otway, Ohio Weather
Otway, Ohio — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Otway, Scioto County.
Full aviation weather for Otway is published on the Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport (KPMH) page, 30 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 Otway 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 Otway: Alexander Salamon Airport (KAMT) 33 km · Pike County Airport (KEOP) 40 km · Highland County Airport (KHOC) 47 km · Ashland Regional Airport (KDWU) 52 km · James A Rhodes Airport (KJRO) 54 km
Conditions reported at KPMH describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Otway specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Otway.
About Otway, Ohio
Otway rests in a hollow, a place where the land seems to pull itself inward, a gathering of weary hills that cradle the small settlement. It lies 50.6 miles north-west of Huntington, WV (from Huntington, WV: bearing 308°T), and is situated 13.8 miles north-west of Portsmouth. The Ohio River, a broad, muddy artery, marks the southern edge of this quiet country, its presence a constant murmur in the air, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant industry. The terrain is a study in patient erosion, deep ravines carved by countless seasons of rain, their slopes thick with a tenacious growth of oak and maple, their leaves catching the low-slung sun in a thousand shades of emerald and rust. The air itself feels thick and slow here, particularly in the late afternoons, as if the very atmosphere is weighted by the surrounding greenery and the steady, almost imperceptible flow of the great river. This pocket of Scioto County carries the quiet weight of its past, a history tied to the rhythms of agriculture and the long, slow boom and bust of river trade. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile bottomlands and the promise of transport, established farms that still dot the landscape, their fields of corn and soybeans stretching out like patchwork quilts under the vast, indifferent sky. While the days of steamboat commerce have largely faded, the river remains a vital artery, and the local economy, though modest, finds its pulse in the soil and the ongoing, if less grand, movement of goods. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling centers of commerce, but rather a resilient spirit that has learned to live in harmony with the land's enduring character, a quiet stubbornness that mirrors the deep roots of the ancient trees that guard the hillsides.
Live animated radar for Otway 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 | Otway, Scioto County, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 38.866462°N, 83.187404°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 45657 |
| Area Code | 937 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Otway, Ohio Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Otway, 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 Otway includes coordinates 38.866462°N, 83.187404°W, situated in Scioto County. ZIP code 45657. Telephone area code: 937. 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.
