Fremont, Ohio climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Fremont's normal year runs from 19°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 38.2 inches of precipitation and 26 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.4°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 29°C, 970 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFremont
- Station IDUSC00332974
- Location41.33°N 83.12°W
- Elevation600 ft (183 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population15,814
On October 23, the normal high in Fremont is 61°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 34%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Fremont.
- Jan 34° 19°
- Feb 37° 20°
- Mar 47° 28°
- Apr 60° 38°
- May 72° 49°
- Jun 81° 60°
- Jul 85° 63°
- Aug 83° 61°
- Sep 77° 54°
- Oct 64° 42°
- Nov 50° 33°
- Dec 39° 25°
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 Fremont each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.10 in), the least in February (2.42 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F | 19°F | 26.1°F | 2.73 | 8.4 | 12 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 37°F | 20°F | 28.3°F | 2.42 | 6.9 | 10 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 47°F | 28°F | 37.3°F | 2.81 | 3.7 | 11 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 38°F | 48.9°F | 3.83 | 1.0 | 13 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 60.4°F | 3.80 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 81°F | 60°F | 70.4°F | 4.10 | 0.0 | 11 | 5 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 85°F | 63°F | 74.0°F | 3.63 | 0.0 | 10 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 83°F | 61°F | 72.0°F | 3.37 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 77°F | 54°F | 65.2°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 42°F | 53.2°F | 2.91 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 33°F | 41.5°F | 2.77 | 0.9 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 39°F | 25°F | 31.6°F | 2.60 | 5.3 | 11 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 41°F | 50.7°F | 38.20 | 26.2 | 129 | 21 | 126 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −7°C | −3.3°C | 69 mm | 21 cm |
| February | 3°C | −7°C | −2.1°C | 61 mm | 18 cm |
| March | 8°C | −2°C | 2.9°C | 71 mm | 9 cm |
| April | 16°C | 3°C | 9.4°C | 97 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 22°C | 10°C | 15.8°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 15°C | 21.3°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 17°C | 23.3°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 16°C | 22.2°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 12°C | 18.4°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 6°C | 11.8°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 10°C | 0°C | 5.3°C | 70 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 4°C | −4°C | −0.2°C | 66 mm | 13 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00332974; 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 Fremont?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. 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 USC00332974.
When is the last frost in Fremont?
In Fremont, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 26 in half of years and after May 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 23 in half of years and before October 8 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 261 year in 10 after May 13; 9 in 10 after April 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 231 year in 10 before October 8; 9 in 10 before November 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 179 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 203 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 14 in half of springs and before November 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fremont in zone 6b in ZIP code 43420, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Fremont's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (23 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 USC00332974; 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 Fremont?
In a normal year in Fremont, 21 days a year reach 90°F, 126 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 129 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 21a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 126a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 38high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 129a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 11a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1901) is 110°F, on July 24, 1934; the lowest is −20°F, on January 19, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2011, with 58.10 in; the snowiest season is 2007–08, with 46.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00332974; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00332974. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Fremont?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Fremont, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and December the cloudiest (55%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 56% | 1.6 |
| February | 62% | 2.5 |
| March | 64% | 3.5 |
| April | 69% | 4.7 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 77% | 6.2 |
| July | 81% | 6.2 |
| August | 80% | 5.4 |
| September | 78% | 4.4 |
| October | 69% | 2.9 |
| November | 65% | 1.9 |
| December | 55% | 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 Fremont need?
A normal year in Fremont brings 6,028 heating degree days, 12% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 874 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 3,170 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,206 | 0 |
| February | 1,028 | 0 |
| March | 861 | 1 |
| April | 487 | 5 |
| May | 200 | 59 |
| June | 31 | 192 |
| July | 3 | 284 |
| August | 7 | 223 |
| September | 90 | 96 |
| October | 378 | 14 |
| November | 704 | 0 |
| December | 1,034 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,028 | 874 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00332974. 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 Fremont been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 50.6°F, 0.1°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 50.7°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.6°F | +1.9°F | 40.55 | – |
| 2022 | 51.1°F | +0.4°F | 35.33 | – |
| 2023 | 52.8°F | +2.1°F | 38.45 | – |
| 2024 | 54.1°F | +3.4°F | 32.39 | – |
| 2025 | 50.6°F | −0.1°F | 38.55 | – |
Over 91 complete years from 1902 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.5°F per century (+0.08°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00332974; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Fremont's climate compare?
Fremont is warmer than 30 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Ohio, and wetter than 17. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.7°F is warmer than 44%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Fremont 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 Fremont share this climate record?
17 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.
- Clyde, OH6,360 people · 8 mi E
- Ballville, OH3,853 people · 1 mi SW
- Oak Harbor, OH2,790 people · 12 mi N
- Gibsonburg, OH2,486 people · 11 mi W
- Stony Prairie, OH1,843 people · 2 mi NW
- Elmore, OH1,371 people · 13 mi NW
- Green Springs, OH1,302 people · 6 mi SE
- Bettsville, OH586 people · 9 mi SW
- Lindsey, OH455 people · 8 mi NW
- Rocky Ridge, OH306 people · 14 mi N
- Helena, OH208 people · 9 mi W
- Vickery, OH202 people · 10 mi E
- Burgoon, OH181 people · 8 mi SW
- Kansas, OH175 people · 11 mi SW
- Old Fort, OH131 people · 7 mi S
- Hessville, OH67 people · 8 mi NW
- Wightmans Grove, OH27 people · 7 mi NE
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 Fremont's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Fremont. This page uses Fremont; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Agricultural Station USC00332976 | 4 mi SW | 664 ft | 50.9°F | 20°F | 84°F | 34.9 | – | April 21 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Fremont's climate
What is the coldest month in Fremont?
January, with a normal high of 34°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Fremont?
Yes: 26 inches in a normal year, falling on 18 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (8.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Fremont?
June, with 4.10 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.42 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Fremont in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Fremont in zone 6b in ZIP code 43420, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Fremont's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Fremont?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 26; in one year in ten it comes after May 13. Waiting until May 13 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Ohio climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Tiffin, OH15 miles from this station, 50.9°F a year
- Sandusky, OH22 miles from this station, 52.0°F a year
- Bowling Green, OH25 miles from this station, 50.8°F a year
- Norwalk, OH27 miles from this station, 50.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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