Wooster climate — normals and trends
Wooster (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 1,020 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Wooster averages 108 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Wooster 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 121 to 95 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 16 July 1988) and the coldest -30.6 °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
WoosterOhio
- coords
- 40.81°, -81.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
15.2°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,020mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
108 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
20 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.1 cm
Average feels-like high
13.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
38.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 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
38.2 °C
16 July 1988
Coldest day
-30.6 °C
19 January 1994
Wettest day
115 mm
14 September 1979
Windiest day
47.6 km/h
9 March 1942
Strongest gust
107.3 km/h
30 January 2013
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
15 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-36.6 °C
19 January 1994
Snowiest day
23.8 cm
1 December 1974
Sunniest day
14.9 h
25 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.7 °C | -2.8 °C | 42 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 2.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 92 mm | +23 mm |
| Mar | 13.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 70 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 134 mm | +30 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | -1.3 °C | 139 mm | +35 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 118 mm | +21 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 88 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 26.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 35 mm | -45 mm |
| Sep | 25.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 46 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 18.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 95 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 9.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 48 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 3.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 64 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wooster?
Wooster has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 1,020 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wooster?
The hottest day measured in Wooster between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1988, reaching 38.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wooster?
The coldest day measured in Wooster between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -30.6 °C.
Does it snow in Wooster?
Yes. Wooster gets on average 75.1 cm of snow per year and has around 108 frost days.
Has the climate of Wooster warmed?
Yes: Wooster warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wooster?
The wettest day measured in Wooster between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1979, with 115 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wooster?
The windiest day measured in Wooster between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1942, with winds reaching 47.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wooster?
The warmest month in Wooster is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Wooster?
Wooster receives on average 1,020 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wooster?
Wooster gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wooster?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wooster between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1974, with 23.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wooster?
Yes: Wooster has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wooster?
In Wooster, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 15 July 1995, and the lowest was -36.6 °C on 19 January 1994.
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