Wadsworth climate — normals and trends
Wadsworth (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 1,066 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Wadsworth averages 110 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.
Wadsworth has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 123 to 97 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -30.4 °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.
Climate normals · ERA5
WadsworthOhio
- coords
- 41.03°, -81.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
14.9°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,066mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
142 d/yr
Annual snowfall
84.4 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
39.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
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
Hottest day
38.0 °C
25 June 1988
Coldest day
-30.4 °C
19 January 1994
Wettest day
110 mm
14 September 1979
Windiest day
47.7 km/h
9 March 1942
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
19 January 1949
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
15 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-36.4 °C
19 January 1994
Snowiest day
21.8 cm
25 November 1950
Sunniest day
15.0 h
18 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.8 °C | -2.7 °C | 47 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 2.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 92 mm | +21 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | +5.1 °C | 64 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 135 mm | +29 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | -1.3 °C | 142 mm | +35 mm |
| Jun | 27.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 129 mm | +24 mm |
| Jul | 28.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 102 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 26.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 35 mm | -51 mm |
| Sep | 25.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 48 mm | -32 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 103 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 9.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 55 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 70 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wadsworth?
Wadsworth has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 1,066 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wadsworth?
The hottest day measured in Wadsworth between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wadsworth?
The coldest day measured in Wadsworth between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -30.4 °C.
Does it snow in Wadsworth?
Yes. Wadsworth gets on average 84.4 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Wadsworth warmed?
Yes: Wadsworth warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wadsworth?
The wettest day measured in Wadsworth between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1979, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wadsworth?
The windiest day measured in Wadsworth between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1942, with winds reaching 47.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wadsworth?
The warmest month in Wadsworth is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Wadsworth?
Wadsworth receives on average 1,066 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wadsworth?
Wadsworth gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wadsworth?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wadsworth between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1950, with 21.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wadsworth?
Yes: Wadsworth has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wadsworth?
In Wadsworth, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 15 July 1995, and the lowest was -36.4 °C on 19 January 1994.
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