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United States / Ohio / No Metro Area / Monroe County / Stafford / Zip Codes
Stafford, OH has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. The average high during the summer months is around 80°F and the average low during winter is around 20°F. Precipitation is moderate throughout the year with an annual average of about 40 inches, most of which falls from April to October. The area receives an average of 158 sunny days per year, allowing for plenty of outdoor activities throughout the year.

Stafford, Ohio gets 43 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

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

On average, there are 163 sunny days per year in Stafford. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Stafford gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 137 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 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 20
Rain: averages 43 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 28 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Stafford is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Ohio.

9 Summer - 5 Winter
June, September and August are the most pleasant months in Stafford, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

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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 Stafford with an average high temperature of 82.9°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Ohio. In Stafford, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Stafford are June, September and August.
In Stafford, there are 6.0 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Ohio.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Stafford with an average of 19.5°. This is about average compared to other places in Ohio.
In Stafford, there are 123.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Ohio.
In Stafford, there are 3.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Ohio.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Stafford 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 Stafford with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.5 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 29% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 42.7 inches in Stafford means that it is wetter than most places in Ohio.
December is the rainiest month in Stafford with 13.5 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 8.9 rainy days. There are 137.0 rainy days annually in Stafford, which is rainier than most places in Ohio. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 27.7 inches in Stafford means that it is snowier than most places in Ohio. January is the snowiest month in Stafford with 9.7 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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