Somerset, Ohio Weather
Somerset, Ohio — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Somerset, Perry County.
Full aviation weather for Somerset is published on the Perry County Airport (KI86) page, 15 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 Somerset 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 Somerset: Fairfield County Airport (KLHQ) 31 km · Rickenbacker International Airport (KLCK) 54 km · Vinton County Airport (K22I) 55 km · John Glenn Columbus International Airport (KCMH) 55 km
Conditions reported at KI86 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Somerset specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Somerset.
About Somerset, Ohio
Somerset sits in a hollow where the rolling hills of southeastern Ohio begin to deepen, their slopes cloaked in a mosaic of hardwoods and fields of corn. It lies 17.3 miles east-north-east of Lancaster, OH (from Lancaster, OH: bearing 68°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north-west of New Lexington. The air here, especially in the humid breath of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and sun-baked hay, a fragrance that clings to the weathered clapboard of its older buildings. Creeks, silver threads in the landscape, snake their way through the terrain, their banks often marked by the stoic presence of mature oak and maple trees, their branches reaching out as if to embrace the quietude of the valley. The very character of Somerset seems to be one of gentle enclosure, a place where the sky is a broad canopy framed by the verdant rise of the land, and where the passage of time feels measured by the slow cycle of seasons rather than the frantic pulse of a metropolis. This corner of Perry County holds the quiet echoes of a past shaped by agriculture and the persistent drive of its early settlers, many of them of German and Irish descent, who saw in these fertile valleys a chance to build a life. The local economy, historically tethered to the land, still finds its roots in farming, with family farms dotting the surrounding countryside, their barns standing as weathered sentinels against the sky. While larger industries have ebbed and flowed in the broader region, Somerset itself retains a distinctively small-town heartbeat, a place where the local diner serves as a de facto community center and where the pace of life allows for unhurried conversations on front porches. The presence of St. Joseph Church, with its imposing stone architecture, speaks to the enduring faith of the community, a landmark that has watched over generations of Somerset's residents.
Live animated radar for Somerset 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 | Somerset, Perry County, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 39.807012°N, 82.297094°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 43783 |
| Area Code | 740 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Somerset, Ohio Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Somerset, 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 Somerset includes coordinates 39.807012°N, 82.297094°W, situated in Perry County. ZIP code 43783. 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.
