Cambridge, Ohio climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cambridge's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 41.3 inches of precipitation and 17 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.5°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,050 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCambridge
- Station IDUSC00331197
- Location40.01°N 81.58°W
- Elevation800 ft (244 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population10,036
On October 23, the normal high in Cambridge is 63°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 33%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cambridge.
- Jan 38° 21°
- Feb 42° 23°
- Mar 53° 30°
- Apr 66° 40°
- May 75° 50°
- Jun 82° 59°
- Jul 85° 63°
- Aug 84° 61°
- Sep 78° 54°
- Oct 66° 42°
- Nov 53° 33°
- Dec 42° 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 Cambridge each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.46 in), the least in February (2.41 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F | 21°F | 29.4°F | 3.25 | 5.5 | 13 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 42°F | 23°F | 32.4°F | 2.41 | 5.3 | 11 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 53°F | 30°F | 41.6°F | 3.27 | 3.1 | 12 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 40°F | 53.2°F | 3.84 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 50°F | 62.6°F | 4.23 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 82°F | 59°F | 70.3°F | 4.46 | 0.0 | 12 | 3 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 85°F | 63°F | 73.9°F | 4.04 | 0.0 | 11 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 84°F | 61°F | 72.5°F | 3.49 | 0.0 | 9 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 54°F | 65.7°F | 3.47 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 42°F | 54.1°F | 2.87 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 53°F | 33°F | 42.9°F | 3.00 | 0.5 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| December | 42°F | 26°F | 34.0°F | 2.99 | 3.0 | 12 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 42°F | 52.7°F | 41.32 | 17.4 | 136 | 18 | 111 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −6°C | −1.4°C | 83 mm | 14 cm |
| February | 6°C | −5°C | 0.2°C | 61 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 12°C | −1°C | 5.3°C | 83 mm | 8 cm |
| April | 19°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 10°C | 17.0°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.3°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 17°C | 23.3°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 16°C | 22.5°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 12°C | 18.7°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 6°C | 12.3°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 12°C | 0°C | 6.1°C | 76 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 6°C | −4°C | 1.1°C | 76 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00331197; 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 Cambridge?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, August, September and October. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USC00331197.
When is the last frost in Cambridge?
In Cambridge, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 28 in half of years and after May 15 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 in half of years and before October 3 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 281 year in 10 after May 15; 9 in 10 after April 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 3; 9 in 10 before October 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 172 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 196 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 15 in half of springs and before October 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cambridge in zone 6b in ZIP code 43725, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cambridge's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (29 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Ohio · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00331197; 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.
How hot and how cold does it get in Cambridge?
In a normal year in Cambridge, 18 days a year reach 90°F, 111 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 136 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 18a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 111a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 23high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 136a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 7a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1963) is 102°F, on July 16, 1988; the lowest is −32°F, on January 19, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2011, with 54.71 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 51.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00331197; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00331197. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cambridge?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cambridge, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (53%).
| 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 Cambridge need?
A normal year in Cambridge brings 5,324 heating degree days, 1% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 883 cooling degree days, 3% 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 3,372 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,102 | 0 |
| February | 911 | 0 |
| March | 728 | 1 |
| April | 366 | 12 |
| May | 143 | 69 |
| June | 22 | 180 |
| July | 2 | 278 |
| August | 5 | 236 |
| September | 75 | 97 |
| October | 348 | 12 |
| November | 663 | 0 |
| December | 959 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,324 | 883 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00331197. 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 Cambridge been warmer than normal lately?
Over 47 complete years from 1964 to 2020, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.7°F per century (+0.32°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cambridge's climate compare?
Cambridge is warmer than 72 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Ohio, and wetter than 44. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.7°F is warmer than 52%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cambridge 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 Cambridge share this climate record?
9 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.
- Byesville, OH2,347 people · 3 mi SE
- New Concord, OH2,340 people · 9 mi W
- Buffalo, OH748 people · 7 mi SE
- Senecaville, OH414 people · 8 mi SE
- Pleasant City, OH390 people · 8 mi S
- Cumberland, OH314 people · 12 mi S
- Lore City, OH278 people · 7 mi E
- Old Washington, OH222 people · 7 mi E
- Kimbolton, OH78 people · 10 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Cambridge's climate
What is the coldest month in Cambridge?
January, with a normal high of 38°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Cambridge?
Yes: 17 inches in a normal year, falling on 11 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (5.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Cambridge?
June, with 4.46 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.41 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cambridge in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cambridge in zone 6b in ZIP code 43725, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Cambridge's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Cambridge?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 28; in one year in ten it comes after May 15. Waiting until May 15 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Ohio climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Zanesville, OH17 miles from this station, 53.0°F a year
- Barnesville, OH21 miles from this station, 51.3°F a year
- Caldwell, OH21 miles from this station, 51.5°F a year
- Philo, OH22 miles from this station, 53.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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