Avon Lake climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Avon Lake?

Avon Lake has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 1,038 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Avon Lake?

The hottest day measured in Avon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1988, reaching 35.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Avon Lake?

The coldest day measured in Avon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -27.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Avon Lake?

Yes. Avon Lake gets on average 88.9 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Avon Lake warmed?

Yes: Avon Lake warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Avon Lake?

The wettest day measured in Avon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1956, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Avon Lake?

The windiest day measured in Avon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 2009, with winds reaching 62.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Avon Lake?

The warmest month in Avon Lake is July (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Avon Lake?

Avon Lake receives on average 1,038 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Avon Lake?

Avon Lake gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Avon Lake has a hot-summer humid continental climate, averaging 10.4 °C annually with 1,038 mm of rain per year.

Climate normals · ERA5

Avon LakeOhio

coords: 41.51°, -82.03°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

The normals for this period

The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.

Mean daily temperature

10.4°C

Average daily high

13.6°C

Average daily low

7.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,038mm

Sunshine / day

8.9h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

22.8km/h

Seasonal range

26.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

93 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

8 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

147 d/yr

Annual snowfall

88.9 cm

Average feels-like high

11.7 °C

Average feels-like low

4.3 °C

Average peak gust

40.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

46 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

Climate month by month

How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.

Hottest day

35.5 °C

16 July 1988

Coldest day

-27.8 °C

19 January 1994

Wettest day

77 mm

5 August 1956

Windiest day

62.3 km/h

12 February 2009

Strongest gust

114.5 km/h

16 February 1967

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

27 August 1948

Coldest feels-like

-36.3 °C

20 January 1985

Snowiest day

21.3 cm

1 March 1954

Sunniest day

15.0 h

27 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	32.0 °C23 June 2025	-17.7 °C22 January 2025	11.0 °C	1,047 mm	11	93
2024	31.4 °C22 June 2024	-14.3 °C15 January 2024	12.5 °C	1,103 mm	7	60
2023	30.4 °C5 July 2023	-10.9 °C4 February 2023	11.9 °C	1,137 mm	1	46
2022	33.1 °C15 June 2022	-17.4 °C23 December 2022	11.2 °C	1,037 mm	6	85
2021	31.4 °C28 June 2021	-12.5 °C21 February 2021	12.1 °C	1,053 mm	7	69
2020	31.3 °C9 July 2020	-9.6 °C14 February 2020	11.7 °C	1,036 mm	5	54
2019	32.1 °C20 July 2019	-20.5 °C30 January 2019	11.1 °C	1,163 mm	5	84
2018	32.7 °C1 July 2018	-15.9 °C6 January 2018	11.1 °C	1,276 mm	10	92
2017	29.8 °C17 June 2017	-12.8 °C28 December 2017	11.7 °C	1,099 mm	0	69
2016	31.4 °C13 July 2016	-20.7 °C14 February 2016	12.0 °C	985 mm	11	80
2015	31.3 °C29 July 2015	-22.2 °C20 February 2015	10.8 °C	937 mm	3	85
2014	30.3 °C5 September 2014	-25.0 °C6 January 2014	9.5 °C	927 mm	3	106
2013	31.8 °C18 July 2013	-13.3 °C22 January 2013	10.7 °C	1,112 mm	8	105
2012	33.7 °C4 July 2012	-11.7 °C20 January 2012	12.5 °C	870 mm	19	57
2011	33.6 °C21 July 2011	-16.9 °C10 February 2011	11.2 °C	1,387 mm	18	87
2010	31.9 °C23 July 2010	-13.3 °C8 February 2010	11.2 °C	881 mm	14	95
2009	31.2 °C16 August 2009	-22.6 °C16 January 2009	10.4 °C	899 mm	3	88
2008	31.4 °C6 June 2008	-16.5 °C22 December 2008	10.4 °C	1,093 mm	5	102
2007	31.7 °C18 June 2007	-17.4 °C5 February 2007	11.1 °C	1,035 mm	12	93
2006	32.1 °C1 August 2006	-12.5 °C18 February 2006	11.6 °C	1,167 mm	6	67
2005	32.3 °C27 June 2005	-17.7 °C28 January 2005	10.8 °C	1,071 mm	13	98
2004	30.0 °C8 June 2004	-18.6 °C25 January 2004	10.6 °C	1,103 mm	1	87
2003	30.4 °C21 August 2003	-19.0 °C3 March 2003	10.0 °C	1,111 mm	3	101
2002	33.8 °C1 August 2002	-11.8 °C4 March 2002	11.5 °C	936 mm	23	87
2001	32.0 °C8 August 2001	-12.5 °C3 January 2001	11.3 °C	912 mm	8	78
2000	29.3 °C10 June 2000	-16.4 °C22 December 2000	10.5 °C	1,033 mm	0	89
1999	34.1 °C31 July 1999	-17.6 °C5 January 1999	11.3 °C	839 mm	14	83
1998	32.2 °C25 June 1998	-9.2 °C23 December 1998	12.6 °C	946 mm	9	55
1997	30.9 °C14 July 1997	-18.0 °C17 January 1997	10.1 °C	1,044 mm	4	92
1996	31.3 °C7 August 1996	-17.7 °C3 February 1996	9.7 °C	1,337 mm	3	99
1995	33.1 °C14 July 1995	-16.9 °C12 February 1995	10.4 °C	911 mm	14	97
1994	31.7 °C18 June 1994	-27.8 °C19 January 1994	10.4 °C	936 mm	8	90
1993	32.8 °C5 July 1993	-15.6 °C18 February 1993	10.3 °C	1,097 mm	9	84
1992	30.6 °C10 August 1992	-15.7 °C19 January 1992	10.1 °C	1,050 mm	2	81
1991	33.6 °C20 July 1991	-15.9 °C22 January 1991	11.9 °C	768 mm	24	91
1990	32.7 °C4 July 1990	-12.6 °C24 December 1990	11.6 °C	1,343 mm	4	72
1989	31.5 °C10 July 1989	-19.9 °C22 December 1989	9.8 °C	909 mm	8	102
1988	35.5 °C16 July 1988	-20.1 °C6 February 1988	10.5 °C	851 mm	35	99
1987	32.0 °C15 August 1987	-18.0 °C24 January 1987	11.2 °C	1,053 mm	17	91
1986	31.6 °C18 July 1986	-16.5 °C28 January 1986	10.8 °C	1,092 mm	7	88
1985	32.5 °C13 August 1985	-26.7 °C20 January 1985	10.5 °C	1,106 mm	4	91
1984	31.5 °C13 June 1984	-24.1 °C21 January 1984	10.2 °C	1,088 mm	7	90
1983	31.6 °C15 July 1983	-21.9 °C25 December 1983	11.0 °C	1,059 mm	16	74
1982	31.0 °C16 July 1982	-25.2 °C17 January 1982	10.2 °C	1,132 mm	5	95
1981	31.0 °C8 July 1981	-20.4 °C4 January 1981	10.1 °C	1,109 mm	4	98
1980	32.6 °C20 July 1980	-18.7 °C2 March 1980	9.7 °C	1,073 mm	8	103
1979	30.0 °C15 July 1979	-21.3 °C17 February 1979	9.7 °C	1,151 mm	1	99
1978	33.3 °C22 July 1978	-16.8 °C4 February 1978	9.3 °C	951 mm	6	102
1977	31.7 °C7 July 1977	-23.1 °C17 January 1977	10.1 °C	1,176 mm	9	98
1976	30.5 °C14 July 1976	-20.0 °C2 February 1976	9.5 °C	978 mm	2	111
1975	30.8 °C31 July 1975	-15.6 °C10 February 1975	10.8 °C	1,176 mm	5	98
1974	32.0 °C14 July 1974	-13.6 °C13 January 1974	10.3 °C	996 mm	5	93
1973	31.7 °C3 September 1973	-17.4 °C17 February 1973	11.5 °C	1,245 mm	11	76
1972	30.9 °C20 July 1972	-21.2 °C16 January 1972	9.2 °C	1,172 mm	4	102
1971	32.7 °C28 June 1971	-19.2 °C2 February 1971	10.3 °C	797 mm	7	105
1970	30.8 °C1 July 1970	-21.0 °C8 January 1970	10.1 °C	1,030 mm	2	107
1969	31.1 °C15 July 1969	-17.3 °C1 January 1969	9.6 °C	1,036 mm	4	114
1968	31.8 °C23 August 1968	-19.1 °C21 February 1968	9.9 °C	974 mm	9	105
1967	31.0 °C15 June 1967	-17.7 °C25 February 1967	9.6 °C	1,028 mm	4	102
1966	32.2 °C3 July 1966	-18.8 °C28 January 1966	9.8 °C	981 mm	6	99
1965	31.8 °C24 July 1965	-17.1 °C3 February 1965	9.9 °C	946 mm	6	103
1964	31.8 °C20 July 1964	-13.8 °C17 February 1964	10.4 °C	960 mm	9	105
1963	31.0 °C25 July 1963	-26.2 °C24 January 1963	9.3 °C	705 mm	7	102
1962	30.4 °C18 June 1962	-20.4 °C10 January 1962	9.7 °C	1,044 mm	3	111
1961	30.9 °C1 July 1961	-20.0 °C25 January 1961	10.2 °C	1,125 mm	5	90
1960	30.0 °C29 July 1960	-18.9 °C23 December 1960	9.8 °C	946 mm	1	112
1959	32.5 °C25 August 1959	-17.2 °C5 January 1959	10.6 °C	1,110 mm	18	98
1958	29.7 °C5 July 1958	-20.1 °C17 February 1958	9.5 °C	986 mm	0	110
1957	32.1 °C17 June 1957	-19.6 °C17 January 1957	10.4 °C	1,069 mm	8	97
1956	31.1 °C8 July 1956	-14.0 °C1 February 1956	10.2 °C	1,127 mm	3	101
1955	32.9 °C31 July 1955	-15.9 °C12 February 1955	11.1 °C	898 mm	21	105
1954	32.1 °C14 July 1954	-14.4 °C12 February 1954	10.7 °C	1,152 mm	13	100
1953	34.3 °C3 September 1953	-11.0 °C18 February 1953	11.6 °C	782 mm	18	66
1952	32.6 °C22 July 1952	-13.0 °C29 January 1952	10.8 °C	971 mm	22	90
1951	31.6 °C31 August 1951	-20.1 °C2 February 1951	10.1 °C	1,130 mm	2	98
1950	30.9 °C17 August 1950	-15.4 °C27 December 1950	9.8 °C	1,248 mm	3	111
1949	32.6 °C4 July 1949	-12.4 °C30 January 1949	11.5 °C	1,104 mm	19	89
1948	34.5 °C27 August 1948	-20.4 °C19 January 1948	10.3 °C	1,170 mm	10	91
1947	31.0 °C18 August 1947	-17.1 °C5 February 1947	9.5 °C	1,055 mm	8	112
1946	30.8 °C19 July 1946	-16.8 °C27 January 1946	10.9 °C	968 mm	2	78
1945	30.3 °C28 June 1945	-16.4 °C27 January 1945	9.8 °C	1,238 mm	1	93
1944	32.3 °C28 June 1944	-15.4 °C13 February 1944	10.2 °C	913 mm	15	107
1943	30.3 °C2 August 1943	-20.3 °C20 January 1943	9.0 °C	893 mm	2	108
1942	30.3 °C17 July 1942	-19.7 °C9 February 1942	9.5 °C	1,036 mm	1	111
1941	31.2 °C30 July 1941	-19.9 °C10 February 1941	9.7 °C	731 mm	5	112
1940	32.2 °C25 July 1940	-24.1 °C19 January 1940	8.5 °C	1,120 mm	4	115

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

14.2 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

11 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

93 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1047 mm

+9 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	-1.4 °C	-1.6 °C	49 mm	-25 mm
Feb	0.8 °C	-0.2 °C	78 mm	+11 mm
Mar	10.3 °C	+4.8 °C	66 mm	-20 mm
Apr	13.8 °C	+1.8 °C	132 mm	+33 mm
May	17.1 °C	-1.5 °C	140 mm	+43 mm
Jun	24.7 °C	+0.4 °C	96 mm	-6 mm
Jul	27.6 °C	+1.1 °C	98 mm	+2 mm
Aug	24.7 °C	-0.7 °C	57 mm	-30 mm
Sep	22.8 °C	+0.9 °C	66 mm	-14 mm
Oct	17.2 °C	+1.4 °C	119 mm	+41 mm
Nov	8.9 °C	-0.3 °C	68 mm	-21 mm
Dec	2.9 °C	-0.3 °C	79 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.0 °C

23 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-17.7 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

43.4 mm

30 Oct 2025

Windiest day

54.9 km/h

29 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

94.7 km/h

29 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.7 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-24.5 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

9.0 cm

16 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

15.0 h

11 Jun 2025

What was the weather like that day?

The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.

Date

Climate at a glance

What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.

Avon Lake (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 1,038 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Avon Lake averages 93 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.

Avon Lake has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 107 to 79 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 16 July 1988) and the coldest -27.8 °C (on 19 January 1994).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Avon Lake?

Avon Lake has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 1,038 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Avon Lake?

The hottest day measured in Avon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1988, reaching 35.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Avon Lake?

The coldest day measured in Avon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -27.8 °C.

Does it snow in Avon Lake?

Yes. Avon Lake gets on average 88.9 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.

Has the climate of Avon Lake warmed?

Yes: Avon Lake warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Avon Lake?

The wettest day measured in Avon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1956, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Avon Lake?

The windiest day measured in Avon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 2009, with winds reaching 62.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Avon Lake?

The warmest month in Avon Lake is July (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Avon Lake?

Avon Lake receives on average 1,038 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Avon Lake?

Avon Lake gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Avon Lake?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Avon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1954, with 21.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Avon Lake?

Yes: Avon Lake has on average 46 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Avon Lake?

In Avon Lake, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 27 August 1948, and the lowest was -36.3 °C on 20 January 1985.

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