Mosquito Creek Lake, Ohio climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Mosquito Creek Lake's normal year runs from 18°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 42.7 inches of precipitation and 40 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.6°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,084 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMosquito Creek Lake
- Station IDUSC00335505
- Location41.30°N 80.76°W
- Elevation910 ft (277 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Mosquito Creek Lake is 60°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 43%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Mosquito Creek Lake.
- Jan 35° 18°
- Feb 38° 18°
- Mar 46° 25°
- Apr 59° 36°
- May 71° 46°
- Jun 78° 56°
- Jul 82° 60°
- Aug 81° 58°
- Sep 75° 51°
- Oct 63° 41°
- Nov 50° 32°
- Dec 40° 24°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Mosquito Creek Lake each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.78 in), the least in February (2.25 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F | 18°F | 26.2°F | 2.87 | 12.8 | 16 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 38°F | 18°F | 27.9°F | 2.25 | 8.8 | 13 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 46°F | 25°F | 35.4°F | 3.10 | 6.8 | 13 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 59°F | 36°F | 47.4°F | 3.80 | 1.2 | 14 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 71°F | 46°F | 58.5°F | 4.20 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 78°F | 56°F | 66.9°F | 4.26 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 82°F | 60°F | 71.1°F | 4.78 | 0.0 | 12 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 81°F | 58°F | 69.3°F | 3.59 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 75°F | 51°F | 63.0°F | 4.27 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 41°F | 51.5°F | 3.63 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 32°F | 41.1°F | 2.97 | 2.6 | 13 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 40°F | 24°F | 32.2°F | 2.95 | 8.0 | 14 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 39°F | 49.2°F | 42.67 | 40.2 | 156 | 8 | 133 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −8°C | −3.2°C | 73 mm | 33 cm |
| February | 3°C | −8°C | −2.3°C | 57 mm | 22 cm |
| March | 8°C | −4°C | 1.9°C | 79 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 15°C | 2°C | 8.6°C | 97 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 21°C | 8°C | 14.7°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 25°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 16°C | 21.7°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 14°C | 20.7°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 11°C | 17.2°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 5°C | 10.8°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 10°C | 0°C | 5.1°C | 75 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 4°C | −4°C | 0.1°C | 75 mm | 20 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00335505; 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.
Which months are mildest at Mosquito Creek Lake?
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 USC00335505.
When is the last frost at Mosquito Creek Lake?
In Mosquito Creek Lake, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 30 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 23 in half of years and before October 7 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 301 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 231 year in 10 before October 7; 9 in 10 before November 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 176 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 201 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 18 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mosquito Creek Lake in zone 6a in ZIP code 44410, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Ohio · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00335505; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 at Mosquito Creek Lake?
In a normal year in Mosquito Creek Lake, 8 days a year reach 90°F, 133 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 156 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
- 133a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 35high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 156a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 17a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00335505.
How sunny is it at Mosquito Creek Lake?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Mosquito Creek Lake, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (77%) and December the cloudiest (47%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 51% | 1.4 |
| February | 57% | 2.3 |
| March | 60% | 3.3 |
| April | 65% | 4.5 |
| May | 69% | 5.3 |
| June | 74% | 5.9 |
| July | 77% | 5.9 |
| August | 77% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 4.2 |
| October | 64% | 2.7 |
| November | 61% | 1.8 |
| December | 47% | 1.1 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Mosquito Creek Lake record?
A normal year at Mosquito Creek Lake brings 6,282 heating degree days, 17% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 556 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 2,707 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,202 | 0 |
| February | 1,039 | 0 |
| March | 919 | 2 |
| April | 531 | 1 |
| May | 232 | 30 |
| June | 47 | 103 |
| July | 10 | 198 |
| August | 20 | 153 |
| September | 123 | 62 |
| October | 426 | 7 |
| November | 717 | 0 |
| December | 1,017 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,282 | 556 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00335505. 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.
Have recent years at Mosquito Creek Lake been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 50.0°F, 0.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 49.2°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 49.6°F | +0.4°F | 41.59 | – |
| 2023 | 51.3°F | +2.1°F | 39.36 | – |
| 2024 | 52.6°F | +3.4°F | 48.70 | – |
| 2025 | 50.0°F | +0.8°F | 43.43 | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00335505. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Mosquito Creek Lake's climate compare?
Mosquito Creek Lake is warmer than 9 of the 99 places with their own NOAA record in Ohio, and wetter than 65. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.2°F is warmer than 37%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Mosquito Creek Lake 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 Mosquito Creek Lake share this climate record?
4 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.
- Cortland, OH7,069 people · 3 mi NE
- Howland Center, OH6,564 people · 4 mi S
- Champion Heights, OH6,299 people · 5 mi W
- Morgandale, OH1,370 people · 3 mi SW
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 Mosquito Creek Lake's climate
What is the coldest month at Mosquito Creek Lake?
January, with a normal high of 35°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow at Mosquito Creek Lake?
Yes: 40 inches in a normal year, falling on 27 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (12.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Mosquito Creek Lake?
July, with 4.78 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.25 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Mosquito Creek Lake in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Mosquito Creek Lake in zone 6a in ZIP code 44410, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Mosquito Creek Lake?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 30; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Ohio climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Youngstown, OH6 miles from this station, 49.9°F a year
- Warren, OH7 miles from this station, 48.9°F a year
- Hiram, OH13 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Jamestown, PA21 miles from this station, 48.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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