Danville, Ohio climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Danville's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 42.4 inches of precipitation and 42 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.4°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,077 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDanville (2 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00332044
- Location40.44°N 82.30°W
- Elevation970 ft (296 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population1,006
On October 23, the normal high in Danville is 61°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 35%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Danville.
- Jan 34° 17°
- Feb 38° 18°
- Mar 48° 26°
- Apr 61° 36°
- May 70° 46°
- Jun 79° 56°
- Jul 82° 59°
- Aug 81° 57°
- Sep 75° 49°
- Oct 63° 38°
- Nov 50° 29°
- Dec 39° 23°
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 Danville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.89 in), the least in February (2.51 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F | 17°F | 25.5°F | 3.13 | 12.9 | 14 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 38°F | 18°F | 28.0°F | 2.51 | 10.6 | 12 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 48°F | 26°F | 37.1°F | 3.29 | 6.5 | 12 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 36°F | 48.1°F | 3.96 | 1.2 | 14 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 70°F | 46°F | 58.4°F | 4.68 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | 2 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 79°F | 56°F | 67.4°F | 4.89 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 82°F | 59°F | 70.8°F | 4.24 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 81°F | 57°F | 69.2°F | 3.41 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 75°F | 49°F | 62.3°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 38°F | 50.7°F | 2.89 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 29°F | 39.8°F | 2.98 | 2.3 | 11 | <1 | 20 | 10 h |
| December | 39°F | 23°F | 31.0°F | 3.21 | 8.1 | 14 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 38°F | 49.0°F | 42.42 | 41.6 | 144 | 8 | 145 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −8°C | −3.6°C | 80 mm | 33 cm |
| February | 3°C | −8°C | −2.2°C | 64 mm | 27 cm |
| March | 9°C | −3°C | 2.8°C | 84 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 16°C | 2°C | 8.9°C | 101 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 21°C | 8°C | 14.7°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 13°C | 19.7°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 15°C | 21.6°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 14°C | 20.7°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 10°C | 16.8°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 3°C | 10.4°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 10°C | −1°C | 4.3°C | 76 mm | 6 cm |
| December | 4°C | −5°C | −0.6°C | 82 mm | 21 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00332044; 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 Danville?
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 USC00332044.
When is the last frost in Danville?
In Danville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 2 in half of years and after May 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 8 in half of years and before September 24 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
- May 21 year in 10 after May 19; 9 in 10 after April 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 81 year in 10 before September 24; 9 in 10 before October 21
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 157 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 178 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 22 in half of springs and before October 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Danville in zone 6a in ZIP code 43014, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Danville's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (28 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 USC00332044; 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 Danville?
In a normal year in Danville, 8 days a year reach 90°F, 145 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 144 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 145a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 35high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 144a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 19a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1963) is 102°F, on June 26, 1988; the lowest is −35°F, on January 19, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1990, with 58.31 in; the snowiest season is 1995–96, with 77.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00332044; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00332044. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Danville?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Danville, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (80%) and December the cloudiest (54%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 55% | 1.6 |
| February | 60% | 2.4 |
| March | 62% | 3.4 |
| April | 68% | 4.7 |
| May | 72% | 5.5 |
| June | 76% | 6.1 |
| July | 79% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 77% | 4.4 |
| October | 69% | 3.0 |
| November | 65% | 2.0 |
| December | 54% | 1.4 |
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 Danville need?
A normal year in Danville brings 6,344 heating degree days, 18% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 558 cooling degree days, 39% 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 2,673 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,224 | 0 |
| February | 1,036 | 0 |
| March | 864 | 0 |
| April | 509 | 2 |
| May | 238 | 33 |
| June | 50 | 124 |
| July | 11 | 190 |
| August | 20 | 150 |
| September | 135 | 53 |
| October | 449 | 6 |
| November | 755 | 0 |
| December | 1,054 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,344 | 558 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00332044. 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 Danville been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 50.6°F, 1.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 49.0°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.6°F | +1.6°F | 43.28 | 30.0 |
Over 52 complete years from 1964 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.1°F per century (+0.28°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00332044; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Danville's climate compare?
Danville is warmer than 6 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Ohio, and wetter than 61. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.0°F is warmer than 36%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Danville is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm 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 Danville share this climate record?
8 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.
- Apple Valley, OH5,125 people · 2 mi W
- Loudonville, OH2,778 people · 14 mi N
- Gambier, OH2,338 people · 6 mi SW
- Butler, OH938 people · 12 mi NW
- Howard, OH442 people · 2 mi SW
- Bladensburg, OH308 people · 11 mi S
- Martinsburg, OH223 people · 12 mi S
- Brinkhaven, OH112 people · 6 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.
Questions about Danville's climate
What is the coldest month in Danville?
January, with a normal high of 34°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow in Danville?
Yes: 42 inches in a normal year, falling on 27 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (12.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Danville?
June, with 4.89 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.51 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Danville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Danville in zone 6a in ZIP code 43014, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Danville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Danville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 2; in one year in ten it comes after May 19. Waiting until May 19 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Ohio climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Fredericktown, OH12 miles from this station, 48.5°F a year
- Centerburg, OH21 miles from this station, 50.0°F a year
- Millersburg, OH21 miles from this station, 50.2°F a year
- Newark Water Works, OH25 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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