Akron, OH Weather Forecast
Summit County, Ohio
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Akron, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Akron, OH at a glance
Akron is home to about 188,701 people in Summit County, across 62 square miles. It ranks 5th by population of 358 places in Ohio with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Tallmadge, 5 miles away.
- County
- Summit County
- Population
- 188,701 2023 est.
- Land area
- 62 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,047
- Forecast point
- 41.0805°N, 81.5214°W
How well can the network see Akron?
The nearest Doppler radar is KCLE (Cleveland, OH), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,800 ft above Akron. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Akron show up clearly. Akron is closer to its radar than 72% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KAKR (Akron/Fulton Intl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Akron
- Tallmadge, OH5 mi
- Munroe Falls, OH6 mi
- Mogadore, OH6 mi
- Fairlawn, OH6 mi
- Lakemore, OH6 mi
- Barberton, OH7 mi
- Cuyahoga Falls, OH7 mi
- Norton, OH7 mi
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