Painesville, Ohio climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Painesville's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 40.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.6°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,028 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPainesville (4 mi NW)
- Station IDUSC00336389
- Location41.75°N 81.30°W
- Elevation600 ft (183 m)
- Population20,660
On October 22, the normal high in Painesville is 63°F and the normal low 47°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 Painesville.
- Jan 37° 24°
- Feb 39° 24°
- Mar 46° 30°
- Apr 58° 40°
- May 69° 51°
- Jun 78° 62°
- Jul 82° 67°
- Aug 82° 66°
- Sep 76° 59°
- Oct 65° 49°
- Nov 53° 39°
- Dec 42° 30°
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 Painesville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.12 in), the least in February (2.15 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. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F | 24°F | 30.2°F | 3.14 | 16 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 39°F | 24°F | 31.4°F | 2.15 | 13 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 46°F | 30°F | 38.2°F | 2.83 | 13 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 58°F | 40°F | 49.2°F | 3.47 | 13 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 69°F | 51°F | 60.3°F | 3.42 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 78°F | 62°F | 69.8°F | 3.63 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 82°F | 67°F | 74.6°F | 4.12 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 82°F | 66°F | 73.7°F | 3.44 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 76°F | 59°F | 67.8°F | 3.91 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 49°F | 57.0°F | 4.04 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 53°F | 39°F | 45.7°F | 3.17 | 14 | <1 | 8 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 42°F | 30°F | 36.2°F | 3.14 | 14 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 45°F | 52.8°F | 40.46 | 147 | 5 | 100 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −5°C | −1.0°C | 80 mm |
| February | 4°C | −4°C | −0.3°C | 55 mm |
| March | 8°C | −1°C | 3.4°C | 72 mm |
| April | 15°C | 5°C | 9.6°C | 88 mm |
| May | 21°C | 11°C | 15.7°C | 87 mm |
| June | 26°C | 16°C | 21.0°C | 92 mm |
| July | 28°C | 19°C | 23.7°C | 105 mm |
| August | 28°C | 19°C | 23.2°C | 87 mm |
| September | 25°C | 15°C | 19.9°C | 99 mm |
| October | 18°C | 10°C | 13.9°C | 103 mm |
| November | 11°C | 4°C | 7.6°C | 81 mm |
| December | 6°C | −1°C | 2.3°C | 80 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Chardon (13 miles away), gets 114 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00336389; 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 Painesville?
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 (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 USC00336389.
When is the last frost in Painesville?
In Painesville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 15 in half of years and after April 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 9 in half of years and before October 30 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 151 year in 10 after April 27; 9 in 10 after April 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 91 year in 10 before October 30; 9 in 10 before November 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 209 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 230 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 4 in half of springs and before November 21 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Painesville in zone 6b in ZIP code 44077. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Painesville's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (24 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 USC00336389; 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 Painesville?
In a normal year in Painesville, 5 days a year reach 90°F, 100 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 147 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 100a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 33high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 147a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1950) is 98°F, on June 25, 1988; the lowest is −19°F, on January 19, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2024, with 60.08 in; the snowiest season is 1950–51, with 98.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00336389; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00336389. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Painesville?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Painesville, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (78%) and December the cloudiest (48%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 50% | 1.4 |
| February | 57% | 2.2 |
| March | 60% | 3.2 |
| April | 65% | 4.5 |
| May | 70% | 5.3 |
| June | 75% | 6.0 |
| July | 78% | 5.9 |
| August | 77% | 5.2 |
| September | 75% | 4.2 |
| October | 64% | 2.7 |
| November | 60% | 1.8 |
| December | 48% | 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 much heating and cooling does Painesville need?
A normal year in Painesville brings 5,353 heating degree days, 0% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 955 cooling degree days, 5% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,393 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,077 | 0 |
| February | 941 | 0 |
| March | 833 | 0 |
| April | 479 | 7 |
| May | 199 | 51 |
| June | 31 | 175 |
| July | 1 | 298 |
| August | 2 | 270 |
| September | 45 | 129 |
| October | 272 | 24 |
| November | 580 | 1 |
| December | 894 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,353 | 955 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00336389. 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 Painesville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 53.3°F, 0.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.8°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 54.5°F | +1.7°F | 45.89 |
| 2024 | 56.1°F | +3.3°F | 60.08 |
| 2025 | 53.3°F | +0.5°F | 39.58 |
Over 59 complete years from 1950 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.1°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00336389; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Painesville's climate compare?
Painesville is warmer than 75 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Ohio, and wetter than 33. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.8°F is warmer than 53%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Painesville 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 Painesville 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.
- Mentor, OH47,113 people · 5 mi SW
- North Madison, OH8,309 people · 14 mi NE
- Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH7,106 people · 4 mi SW
- Madison, OH3,424 people · 13 mi E
- Fairport Harbor, OH3,088 people · 1 mi E
- Perry, OH1,601 people · 8 mi E
- North Perry, OH911 people · 9 mi E
- Grand River, OH393 people · 1 mi SE
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 Painesville's climate
What is the coldest month in Painesville?
January, with a normal high of 37°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Painesville?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Painesville's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Chardon (13 miles away), records 114 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Painesville?
July, with 4.12 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.15 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Painesville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Painesville in zone 6b in ZIP code 44077. By the same method at Painesville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Painesville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 15; in one year in ten it comes after April 27. Waiting until April 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Painesville in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Ohio climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Kirtland, OH9 miles from this station, 49.9°F a year
- Chardon, OH12 miles from this station, 48.0°F a year
- Ashtabula, OH31 miles from this station, 48.9°F a year
- Dorset, OH33 miles from this station, 47.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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