Akron, Ohio climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Akron's normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 41.6 inches of precipitation and 47 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.9°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,056 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAkron Canton Airport
- Station IDUSW00014895
- Location40.92°N 81.43°W
- Elevation1,208 ft (368 m)
- From the center12 miles
- Population189,664
On October 14, the normal high in Akron is 64°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 38%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Akron.
- Jan 36° 20°
- Feb 39° 22°
- Mar 48° 29°
- Apr 62° 40°
- May 72° 50°
- Jun 80° 59°
- Jul 84° 63°
- Aug 83° 62°
- Sep 76° 55°
- Oct 63° 44°
- Nov 51° 34°
- Dec 40° 26°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Akron each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.43 in), the least in February (2.44 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F | 20°F | 27.9°F | 2.92 | 13.4 | 18 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 39°F | 22°F | 30.2°F | 2.44 | 12.0 | 15 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 48°F | 29°F | 38.9°F | 3.23 | 7.6 | 14 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 40°F | 50.8°F | 3.86 | 1.7 | 15 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 50°F | 61.3°F | 4.13 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 80°F | 59°F | 69.9°F | 4.43 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 84°F | 63°F | 73.9°F | 4.14 | 0.0 | 12 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 83°F | 62°F | 72.3°F | 3.61 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 76°F | 55°F | 65.4°F | 3.50 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 44°F | 53.7°F | 3.34 | 0.3 | 12 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 34°F | 42.5°F | 3.08 | 3.3 | 13 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| December | 40°F | 26°F | 33.0°F | 2.89 | 8.9 | 16 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 42°F | 51.6°F | 41.57 | 47.2 | 160 | 11 | 120 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −6°C | −2.3°C | 74 mm | 34 cm |
| February | 4°C | −6°C | −1.0°C | 62 mm | 30 cm |
| March | 9°C | −1°C | 3.8°C | 82 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 17°C | 4°C | 10.4°C | 98 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 22°C | 10°C | 16.3°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 15°C | 21.1°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 17°C | 23.3°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 17°C | 22.4°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 13°C | 18.6°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 7°C | 12.1°C | 85 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 10°C | 1°C | 5.8°C | 78 mm | 8 cm |
| December | 4°C | −3°C | 0.6°C | 73 mm | 23 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00014895; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Akron?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00014895.
When is the last frost in Akron?
In Akron, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 24 in half of years and after May 11 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 26 in half of years and before October 11 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 241 year in 10 after May 11; 9 in 10 after April 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 261 year in 10 before October 11; 9 in 10 before November 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 184 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 208 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 13 in half of springs and before November 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Akron in zone 6b across its 16 ZIP code areas (6b in 44313, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Akron's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (30 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Ohio · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00014895; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
What hardiness zone is each Akron ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Akron's 16 ZIP code areas are all in zone 6b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
| ZIP code | Zone | Land in Akron |
|---|---|---|
| 44301 | 6b | 9.2 km² |
| 44302 | 6b | 2.3 km² |
| 44303 | 6b | 5.5 km² |
| 44304 | 6b | 3.4 km² |
| 44305 | 6b | 17.2 km² |
| 44306 | 6b | 18.3 km² |
| 44307 | 6b | 5.1 km² |
| 44308 | 6b | 1.2 km² |
| 44310 | 6b | 16.0 km² |
| 44311 | 6b | 4.8 km² |
| 44312 | 6b | 8.9 km² |
| 44313 | 6b | 28.4 km² |
| 44314 | 6b | 11.3 km² |
| 44319 | 6b | 5.8 km² |
| 44320 | 6b | 16.0 km² |
| 44325 | 6b | 0.8 km² |
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Akron?
In a normal year in Akron, 11 days a year reach 90°F, 120 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 160 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 120a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 40high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 160a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 16a normal year
The highest temperature in Akron's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1887) is 104°F, on August 6, 1918; the lowest is −25°F, on January 19, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1990, with 65.70 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 82.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00014895; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record CAKthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Akron, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 61°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 61°F; the driest air comes in January (20°F). February is the windiest month (10.5 mph on average), and August has the most clear or nearly clear hours (39%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20°F | 74% | 64% | 10.4 mph | 19% | 57% |
| February | 24°F | 71% | 60% | 10.5 mph | 20% | 56% |
| March | 32°F | 64% | 49% | 10.1 mph | 24% | 46% |
| April | 41°F | 62% | 47% | 9.3 mph | 26% | 36% |
| May | 54°F | 68% | 53% | 8.0 mph | 26% | 33% |
| June | 61°F | 69% | 53% | 7.3 mph | 33% | 20% |
| July | 61°F | 70% | 52% | 6.9 mph | 28% | 21% |
| August | 60°F | 72% | 53% | 6.9 mph | 39% | 20% |
| September | 50°F | 73% | 55% | 8.0 mph | 37% | 26% |
| October | 38°F | 71% | 57% | 9.1 mph | 29% | 41% |
| November | 29°F | 74% | 64% | 10.2 mph | 15% | 59% |
| December | 23°F | 77% | 69% | 10.4 mph | 15% | 63% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00014895. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Akron?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Akron, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (53%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 428th (with 16 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 53% | 1.6 |
| February | 59% | 2.4 |
| March | 62% | 3.4 |
| April | 67% | 4.7 |
| May | 70% | 5.4 |
| June | 75% | 6.0 |
| July | 78% | 6.0 |
| August | 79% | 5.4 |
| September | 77% | 4.4 |
| October | 68% | 2.9 |
| November | 65% | 2.0 |
| December | 53% | 1.3 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Akron need?
A normal year in Akron brings 5,700 heating degree days, 6% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 870 cooling degree days, 4% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,247 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,150 | 0 |
| February | 973 | 0 |
| March | 810 | 1 |
| April | 434 | 8 |
| May | 177 | 64 |
| June | 30 | 177 |
| July | 2 | 277 |
| August | 7 | 233 |
| September | 84 | 96 |
| October | 364 | 13 |
| November | 677 | 0 |
| December | 992 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,700 | 870 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00014895. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Akron been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 50.5°F, 1.1°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 51.6°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.9°F | +2.3°F | 41.04 | 32.5 |
| 2022 | 52.6°F | +1.0°F | 38.52 | 54.0 |
| 2023 | 52.7°F | +1.1°F | 37.46 | 16.0 |
| 2024 | 53.9°F | +2.3°F | 40.66 | 18.7 |
| 2025 | 50.5°F | −1.1°F | 35.00 | 47.1 |
Over 80 complete years from 1944 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.6°F per century (+0.20°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00014895; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Akron's climate compare?
Akron is warmer than 52 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Ohio, and wetter than 49. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.6°F is warmer than 48%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Akron is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Akron share this climate record?
25 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Canton, OHalso near: Akron Fulton International Airport (17 mi, 52.3°F a year); Stow (23 mi, 49.2°F a year)69,211 people · 8 mi SE
- Massillon, OH32,750 people · 10 mi SW
- Green, OH27,476 people · 3 mi NW
- Alliance, OH21,523 people · 16 mi E
- North Canton, OH17,677 people · 3 mi SE
- New Franklin, OH13,859 people · 8 mi W
- Louisville, OH9,793 people · 10 mi SE
- Perry Heights, OH8,672 people · 8 mi S
- Uniontown, OH7,571 people · 3 mi NE
- Canal Fulton, OH5,382 people · 8 mi W
- Reedurban, OH4,808 people · 8 mi S
- Greentown, OH3,714 people · 2 mi E
- Hartville, OH3,439 people · 6 mi NE
- Richville, OH2,971 people · 11 mi S
- Middlebranch, OH2,370 people · 5 mi E
- Navarre, OH1,833 people · 14 mi S
- North Industry, OH1,653 people · 13 mi S
- East Canton, OH1,513 people · 12 mi SE
- Clinton, OH1,196 people · 10 mi W
- Meyers Lake, OH725 people · 7 mi S
- Robertsville, OH248 people · 16 mi SE
- Hills and Dales, OH245 people · 6 mi S
- Marlboro, OH211 people · 12 mi E
- North Lawrence, OH176 people · 12 mi SW
- Harrisburg, OH162 people · 11 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Akron's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Akron. This page uses Akron Canton Airport; the other differs by site and elevation, and the linked ones have pages of their own:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron Fulton International Airport USW00014813 | 4 mi SE | 1,044 ft | 52.3°F | 21°F | 85°F | 32.5 | – | April 24 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Akron's climate
What is the coldest month in Akron?
January, with a normal high of 36°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Akron?
Yes: 47 inches in a normal year, falling on 45 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (13.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Akron?
June, with 4.43 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.44 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Akron in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Akron in zone 6b across its 16 ZIP code areas (6b in 44313, the largest). By the same method at Akron's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Akron?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 24; in one year in ten it comes after May 11. Waiting until May 11 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Akron in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Ohio climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Akron Fulton International Airport, OH9 miles from this station, 52.3°F a year
- Stow, OH15 miles from this station, 49.2°F a year
- Ravenna, OH17 miles from this station, 49.1°F a year
- Wooster, OH27 miles from this station, 50.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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