Lancaster, OH Weather Forecast
Fairfield County, Ohio
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lancaster, 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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Lancaster, OH at a glance
Lancaster is home to about 41,422 people in Fairfield County, across 19 square miles. It ranks 30th by population of 358 places in Ohio with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Baltimore, 8 miles away.
- County
- Fairfield County
- Population
- 41,422 2023 est.
- Land area
- 19 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,175
- Forecast point
- 39.7252°N, 82.6052°W
How well can the network see Lancaster?
The nearest Doppler radar is KILN (Wilmington, OH), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 5,300 ft above Lancaster. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Lancaster can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KLHQ (Lancaster/Fairfield Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Lancaster
- Baltimore, OH8 mi
- Lithopolis, OH13 mi
- Pickerington, OH14 mi
- Canal Winchester, OH14 mi
- Buckeye Lake, OH16 mi
- Logan, OH17 mi
- Groveport, OH18 mi
- Ashville, OH19 mi
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