Ashtabula Metro Area, OH Climate

The climate in the Ashtabula, OH Metro Area is typical of the Midwest, featuring four distinct seasons each year. Summers are warm and humid with temperatures reaching into the mid-80s while winters are cold and snowy with temperatures dropping into the teens. Spring and autumn offer moderate weather with average temperatures hovering around 50°F during both seasons. Unfortunately, due to its location near Lake Erie, Ashtabula is prone to lake-effect snowstorms which can be quite severe from time to time.

Ashtabula Metro Area, Ohio gets 41 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Ashtabula Metro Area averages 79 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 160 sunny days per year in Ashtabula Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Ashtabula Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 150 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 81 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 18
Rain: averages 41 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 79 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Ashtabula metro area is 6.6 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Ohio.

9.2 Summer - 4 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the Ashtabula metro area, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Ashtabula, Ohio	United States
	41.1 in.	38.1 in.
	78.6 in.	27.8 in.
	150.1 days	106.2 days
	160 days	205 days
	80.6°	85.8°
	17.9°	21.7°
	6.6	7
	3.4	4.3
	902 ft.	2443 ft.

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the Ashtabula metro area with an average high temperature of 80.6°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Ohio. In the Ashtabula metro area, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Ashtabula metro area are June, August and July.

In the Ashtabula metro area, there are 3.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Ohio.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Ashtabula metro area with an average of 17.9°. This is colder than most places in Ohio.

In the Ashtabula metro area, there are 129.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Ohio.

In the Ashtabula metro area, there are 5.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Ohio.

Humidity in the Ashtabula metro area is generally low and comfortable. But there some days when the humidity becomes unpleasant, especially in July and August. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.

September is the wettest month in the Ashtabula metro area with 4.4 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 30% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 41.1 inches in the Ashtabula metro area means that it is wetter than most places in Ohio.

December is the rainiest month in the Ashtabula metro area with 15.2 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 10.2 rainy days. There are 150.1 rainy days annually in the Ashtabula metro area, which is one of the rainiest places in Ohio. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 78.6 inches in the Ashtabula metro area means that it is one of the snowiest places in Ohio. January is the snowiest month in the Ashtabula metro area with 23.5 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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