Pandora, Ohio climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Pandora's normal year runs from 19°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 38.7 inches of precipitation and 33 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.7°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 29°C, 982 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPandora
- Station IDUSC00336405
- Location40.95°N 83.96°W
- Elevation770 ft (235 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population1,186
On October 23, the normal high in Pandora is 61°F and the normal low 42°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 Pandora.
- Jan 33° 19°
- Feb 37° 22°
- Mar 48° 30°
- Apr 61° 40°
- May 73° 51°
- Jun 81° 61°
- Jul 84° 64°
- Aug 82° 62°
- Sep 76° 54°
- Oct 64° 44°
- Nov 50° 34°
- Dec 38° 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 Pandora each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.36 in), the least in February (2.20 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F | 19°F | 26.4°F | 2.61 | 10.6 | 14 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 37°F | 22°F | 29.4°F | 2.20 | 8.3 | 11 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 48°F | 30°F | 38.7°F | 2.61 | 4.3 | 12 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 40°F | 50.4°F | 3.80 | 0.8 | 13 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 73°F | 51°F | 61.9°F | 4.36 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 81°F | 61°F | 70.9°F | 4.28 | 0.0 | 12 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 84°F | 64°F | 73.9°F | 4.04 | 0.0 | 11 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 82°F | 62°F | 71.9°F | 3.47 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 76°F | 54°F | 65.4°F | 3.09 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 44°F | 53.8°F | 2.83 | 0.1 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 34°F | 41.7°F | 2.82 | 1.9 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 10 h |
| December | 38°F | 25°F | 31.6°F | 2.56 | 6.5 | 12 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 42°F | 51.3°F | 38.67 | 32.5 | 137 | 14 | 124 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −7°C | −3.1°C | 66 mm | 27 cm |
| February | 3°C | −6°C | −1.4°C | 56 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 9°C | −1°C | 3.7°C | 66 mm | 11 cm |
| April | 16°C | 4°C | 10.2°C | 97 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 23°C | 11°C | 16.6°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 16°C | 21.6°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 18°C | 23.3°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 16°C | 22.2°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 7°C | 12.1°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 10°C | 1°C | 5.4°C | 72 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 3°C | −4°C | −0.2°C | 65 mm | 17 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00336405; 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 Pandora?
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 USC00336405.
When is the last frost in Pandora?
In Pandora, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 23 in half of years and after May 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 22 in half of years and before October 6 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 231 year in 10 after May 9; 9 in 10 after April 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 221 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before November 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 180 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 Pandora in zone 6a in ZIP code 45877, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Pandora's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (29 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 USC00336405; 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 Pandora?
In a normal year in Pandora, 14 days a year reach 90°F, 124 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 137 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 14a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 124a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 41high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 137a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 11a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1949) is 103°F, on June 25, 1988; the lowest is −23°F, on February 26, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2011, with 54.86 in; the snowiest season is 2013–14, with 71.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00336405; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00336405. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Pandora?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Pandora, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (81%) and December the cloudiest (56%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 57% | 1.7 |
| February | 63% | 2.6 |
| March | 63% | 3.5 |
| April | 69% | 4.8 |
| May | 72% | 5.5 |
| June | 77% | 6.2 |
| July | 80% | 6.2 |
| August | 81% | 5.6 |
| September | 78% | 4.5 |
| October | 70% | 3.0 |
| November | 67% | 2.1 |
| December | 56% | 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 Pandora need?
A normal year in Pandora brings 5,843 heating degree days, 9% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 896 cooling degree days, 1% 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 3,272 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,196 | 0 |
| February | 998 | 0 |
| March | 817 | 2 |
| April | 446 | 9 |
| May | 167 | 71 |
| June | 24 | 200 |
| July | 3 | 279 |
| August | 8 | 222 |
| September | 87 | 98 |
| October | 364 | 16 |
| November | 699 | 1 |
| December | 1,034 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,843 | 896 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00336405. 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 Pandora been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 51.4°F, 0.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.3°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.8°F | +1.5°F | 38.80 | 29.8 |
| 2022 | 51.4°F | +0.1°F | 32.11 | 22.8 |
| 2023 | 53.0°F | +1.7°F | 30.42 | 17.4 |
| 2024 | 54.4°F | +3.1°F | 38.19 | 13.0 |
| 2025 | 51.4°F | +0.1°F | 30.29 | 30.0 |
Over 68 complete years from 1951 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.1°F per century (+0.12°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00336405; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Pandora's climate compare?
Pandora is warmer than 45 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Ohio, and wetter than 20. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.3°F is warmer than 46%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pandora 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 Pandora share this climate record?
12 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.
- Ottawa, OH4,422 people · 6 mi NW
- Bluffton, OH3,881 people · 5 mi SE
- Leipsic, OH2,159 people · 12 mi N
- Columbus Grove, OH2,124 people · 5 mi W
- Kalida, OH1,451 people · 12 mi W
- Glandorf, OH980 people · 8 mi NW
- Beaverdam, OH314 people · 8 mi S
- West Leipsic, OH217 people · 11 mi N
- Mount Cory, OH216 people · 7 mi E
- Vaughnsville, OH166 people · 11 mi SW
- Gilboa, OH163 people · 5 mi N
- Miller City, OH131 people · 14 mi NW
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 Pandora's climate
What is the coldest month in Pandora?
January, with a normal high of 33°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Pandora?
Yes: 33 inches in a normal year, falling on 27 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (10.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Pandora?
May, with 4.36 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.20 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pandora in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pandora in zone 6a in ZIP code 45877, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Pandora'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 Pandora?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 23; in one year in ten it comes after May 9. Waiting until May 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Ohio climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Findlay, OH16 miles from this station, 52.4°F a year
- Lima, OH17 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Hoytville, OH21 miles from this station, 50.8°F a year
- Kenton, OH28 miles from this station, 50.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
Download these normals (CSV) · JSON · How these figures are made