Toledo, OH Climate


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Toledo, OH has a humid continental climate with cold winters and hot summers. The average high temperature in July is about 84 degrees while the average low in January is around 20 degrees. Rainfall averages around 33 inches per year, and snowfall averages about 40 inches annually. Winters are often snowy with occasional lake-effect snow showers coming off Lake Erie. Summers can be quite hot and humid with temperatures occasionally reaching into the 90s.

Toledo, Ohio gets 34 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Toledo averages 31 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 180 sunny days per year in Toledo. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Toledo gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 124 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 85 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 19
Rain: averages 34 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 31 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Toledo is 6.9 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Ohio.

9 Summer - 4.7 Winter
June, September and August are the most pleasant months in Toledo, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateToledo, OhioUnited States
  34.2 in.38.1 in.
  31.0 in.27.8 in.
  124.1 days106.2 days
  180 days205 days
  84.5°85.8°
  18.8°21.7°
  6.97
  3.74.3
  610 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 Toledo with an average high temperature of 84.5°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Ohio. In Toledo, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Toledo are September, June and August.
In Toledo, there are 14.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Ohio.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Toledo with an average of 18.8°. This is colder than most places in Ohio.
In Toledo, there are 122.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Ohio.
In Toledo, there are 3.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Ohio.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Toledo but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.
May is the wettest month in Toledo with 3.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 30% of yearly precipitation and 19% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 34.2 inches in Toledo means that it is one of the driest places in Ohio.
April is the rainiest month in Toledo with 11.9 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 9.0 rainy days. There are 124.1 rainy days annually in Toledo, which is less rainy than most places in Ohio. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 31.0 inches in Toledo means that it is snowier than most places in Ohio. January is the snowiest month in Toledo with 9.7 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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I am a renter and the people are cold and disrespectful to you when you are disabled and single. They want to tell you want to do.They want you to make friends when the  More

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Perfect for parents with older children. We moved to Toledo, OH from Madison, WI months before the COVID quarantine in 2020. We cross-compared possible living areas in  More

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Toledoly Terrible! People are aggressive and understanding, after you are nice enough to them for way too long. The city looks like the bad parts of Detroit but does  More

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