Amherst, OH Weather Forecast
Lorain County, Ohio
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Amherst, 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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Amherst, OH at a glance
Amherst is home to about 12,928 people in Lorain County, across 7.1 square miles. It ranks 143rd by population of 358 places in Ohio with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lorain, 4 miles away.
- County
- Lorain County
- Population
- 12,928 2023 est.
- Land area
- 7.1 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,825
- Forecast point
- 41.4053°N, 82.2317°W
How well can the network see Amherst?
The nearest Doppler radar is KCLE (Cleveland, OH), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 1,100 ft above Amherst. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Amherst show up clearly. Amherst is closer to its radar than 86% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KLPR (Elyria/Lorain Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Amherst
- Lorain, OH4 mi
- Vermilion, OH4 mi
- Elyria, OH7 mi
- Sheffield, OH8 mi
- Oberlin, OH8 mi
- Sheffield Lake, OH9 mi
- North Ridgeville, OH11 mi
- Avon, OH12 mi
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