Paulding, Ohio climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Paulding's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 37.0 inches of precipitation and 24 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.2°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 30°C, 940 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPaulding
- Station IDUSC00336465
- Location41.12°N 84.59°W
- Elevation725 ft (221 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population3,532
On October 23, the normal high in Paulding is 61°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 36%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Paulding.
- Jan 33° 17°
- Feb 36° 19°
- Mar 47° 27°
- Apr 61° 37°
- May 72° 49°
- Jun 81° 60°
- Jul 85° 62°
- Aug 83° 60°
- Sep 78° 53°
- Oct 65° 42°
- Nov 50° 32°
- Dec 38° 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 Paulding each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.44 in), the least in February (2.03 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F | 17°F | 24.7°F | 2.43 | 7.3 | 13 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 36°F | 19°F | 27.3°F | 2.03 | 7.5 | 10 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 47°F | 27°F | 37.2°F | 2.56 | 4.1 | 11 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 37°F | 49.0°F | 3.47 | 0.1 | 13 | <1 | 9 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 60.7°F | 4.44 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 81°F | 60°F | 70.5°F | 4.01 | 0.0 | 12 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 85°F | 62°F | 73.7°F | 3.64 | 0.0 | 11 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 83°F | 60°F | 71.5°F | 3.62 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 53°F | 65.2°F | 2.92 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 42°F | 53.1°F | 2.80 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 32°F | 40.7°F | 2.78 | 0.9 | 11 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| December | 38°F | 23°F | 30.4°F | 2.30 | 3.7 | 12 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 40°F | 50.3°F | 37.00 | 23.6 | 139 | 16 | 136 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −8°C | −4.1°C | 62 mm | 19 cm |
| February | 2°C | −7°C | −2.6°C | 52 mm | 19 cm |
| March | 8°C | −3°C | 2.9°C | 65 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 16°C | 3°C | 9.4°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 22°C | 10°C | 15.9°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 16°C | 21.9°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 12°C | 18.4°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 5°C | 11.7°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 10°C | 0°C | 4.8°C | 71 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 3°C | −5°C | −0.9°C | 58 mm | 9 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00336465; 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 Paulding?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, 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 USC00336465.
When is the last frost in Paulding?
In Paulding, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 25 in half of years and after May 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 19 in half of years and before October 3 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 251 year in 10 after May 10; 9 in 10 after April 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 191 year in 10 before October 3; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 175 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 199 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 13 in half of springs and before October 30 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paulding in zone 6a in ZIP code 45879, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Paulding's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (26 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 USC00336465; 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 Paulding?
In a normal year in Paulding, 16 days a year reach 90°F, 136 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 139 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 16a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 136a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 45high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 139a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1914) is 111°F, on July 14, 1936; the lowest is −25°F, on January 21, 1984.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1997, with 45.45 in; the snowiest season is 2013–14, with 63.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00336465; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00336465. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Paulding?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Paulding, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and December the cloudiest (56%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 58% | 1.6 |
| February | 63% | 2.5 |
| March | 65% | 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 | 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 Paulding need?
A normal year in Paulding brings 6,160 heating degree days, 15% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 850 cooling degree days, 6% 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 3,144 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,251 | 0 |
| February | 1,056 | 0 |
| March | 864 | 1 |
| April | 485 | 5 |
| May | 190 | 57 |
| June | 25 | 192 |
| July | 3 | 274 |
| August | 10 | 211 |
| September | 91 | 97 |
| October | 381 | 13 |
| November | 729 | 0 |
| December | 1,074 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,160 | 850 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00336465. 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 Paulding been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 50.6°F, 0.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.3°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 49.8°F | −0.5°F | 33.74 | 16.2 |
| 2023 | 52.4°F | +2.1°F | 31.45 | 10.7 |
| 2024 | 53.2°F | +2.9°F | 36.24 | 5.5 |
| 2025 | 50.6°F | +0.3°F | 29.02 | 17.7 |
Over 89 complete years from 1915 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.0°F per century (+0.11°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00336465; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Paulding's climate compare?
Paulding is warmer than 25 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Ohio, and wetter than 10. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.3°F is warmer than 42%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Paulding 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 Paulding share this climate record?
9 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.
- Continental, OH1,085 people · 17 mi E
- Oakwood, OH539 people · 11 mi E
- Grover Hill, OH380 people · 9 mi SE
- Melrose, OH229 people · 9 mi E
- Dupont, OH206 people · 16 mi E
- Cloverdale, OH169 people · 17 mi SE
- Latty, OH161 people · 3 mi S
- Haviland, OH159 people · 7 mi S
- Broughton, OH109 people · 4 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 Paulding's climate
What is the coldest month in Paulding?
January, with a normal high of 33°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Paulding?
Yes: 24 inches in a normal year, falling on 19 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (7.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Paulding?
May, with 4.44 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.03 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Paulding in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Paulding in zone 6a in ZIP code 45879, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Paulding's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Paulding?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 25; in one year in ten it comes after May 10. Waiting until May 10 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Ohio climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Woodburn, IN14 miles from this station, 49.8°F a year
- Hicksville, OH14 miles from this station, 50.2°F a year
- Defiance, OH17 miles from this station, 50.0°F a year
- Van Wert, OH19 miles from this station, 51.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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