Stow, Ohio climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Stow's normal year runs from 18°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 41.6 inches of precipitation 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, 1,056 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationStow (4 mi SE)
- Station IDUSC00338062
- Location41.13°N 81.45°W
- Elevation1,060 ft (323 m)
- From the center3 miles
- Population34,101
On October 23, the normal high in Stow is 58°F and the normal low 38°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Stow.
- Jan 33° 18°
- Feb 36° 19°
- Mar 46° 25°
- Apr 60° 37°
- May 70° 47°
- Jun 78° 56°
- Jul 82° 60°
- Aug 81° 59°
- Sep 74° 52°
- Oct 61° 41°
- Nov 49° 32°
- Dec 39° 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 in Stow 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 (4.20 in), the least in February (2.55 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F | 18°F | 25.9°F | 3.09 | – | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 36°F | 19°F | 27.7°F | 2.55 | – | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 46°F | 25°F | 35.7°F | 3.18 | – | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 37°F | 48.2°F | 3.69 | – | <1 | 11 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 70°F | 47°F | 58.8°F | 4.12 | – | <1 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 78°F | 56°F | 67.4°F | 4.08 | – | 1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 82°F | 60°F | 71.3°F | 4.20 | – | 4 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 81°F | 59°F | 70.0°F | 3.48 | – | 1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 74°F | 52°F | 63.3°F | 3.79 | – | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 61°F | 41°F | 51.1°F | 3.34 | – | <1 | 2 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 49°F | 32°F | 40.3°F | 2.99 | – | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| December | 39°F | 24°F | 31.4°F | 3.07 | – | <1 | 24 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 39°F | 49.2°F | 41.58 | – | 7 | 133 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −8°C | −3.4°C | 78 mm |
| February | 2°C | −7°C | −2.4°C | 65 mm |
| March | 8°C | −4°C | 2.1°C | 81 mm |
| April | 15°C | 3°C | 9.0°C | 94 mm |
| May | 21°C | 8°C | 14.9°C | 105 mm |
| June | 26°C | 14°C | 19.7°C | 104 mm |
| July | 28°C | 16°C | 21.8°C | 107 mm |
| August | 27°C | 15°C | 21.1°C | 88 mm |
| September | 24°C | 11°C | 17.4°C | 96 mm |
| October | 16°C | 5°C | 10.6°C | 85 mm |
| November | 9°C | 0°C | 4.6°C | 76 mm |
| December | 4°C | −4°C | −0.3°C | 78 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Ravenna (9 miles away), gets 45 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00338062; 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 Stow?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September.
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 USC00338062.
When is the last frost in Stow?
In Stow, 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 21 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 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 211 year in 10 before October 7; 9 in 10 before November 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 173 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 195 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 20 in half of springs and before November 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stow in zone 6b in ZIP code 44224. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Stow's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (15 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 USC00338062; 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 Stow?
In a normal year in Stow, 7 days a year reach 90°F and 133 nights fall to 32°F or colder.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 7a 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
- 43high of 32°F or less
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00338062.
How sunny is Stow?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Stow, 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 Stow need?
A normal year in Stow brings 6,312 heating degree days, 17% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 601 cooling degree days, 34% 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 2,758 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,213 | 0 |
| February | 1,044 | 0 |
| March | 910 | 0 |
| April | 507 | 2 |
| May | 226 | 32 |
| June | 42 | 113 |
| July | 10 | 206 |
| August | 15 | 168 |
| September | 124 | 73 |
| October | 439 | 8 |
| November | 741 | 0 |
| December | 1,042 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,312 | 601 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00338062. 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 Stow been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 52.4°F, 3.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 49.2°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.9°F | +1.7°F | 36.52 |
| 2022 | 49.2°F | at normal | 35.82 |
| 2023 | 51.2°F | +2.0°F | 36.58 |
| 2024 | 52.4°F | +3.2°F | 35.67 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00338062. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Stow's climate compare?
Stow is warmer than 9 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Ohio, and wetter than 51. 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, Stow 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 Stow share this climate record?
18 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.
- Cuyahoga Falls, OHalso near: Akron Fulton International Airport (11 mi, 52.3°F a year); Ravenna (14 mi, 49.1°F a year)50,979 people · 6 mi NW
- Hudson, OH23,073 people · 7 mi N
- Twinsburg, OH19,504 people · 13 mi N
- Tallmadge, OH18,412 people · 2 mi SE
- Macedonia, OH12,139 people · 13 mi N
- Fairlawn, OH7,773 people · 9 mi W
- Montrose-Ghent, OH5,946 people · 10 mi W
- Reminderville, OH5,345 people · 14 mi N
- Munroe Falls, OH4,987 people · 1 mi NE
- Richfield, OH3,720 people · 12 mi NW
- Northfield, OH3,560 people · 15 mi N
- Oakwood, OH3,496 people · 17 mi N
- Silver Lake, OH2,509 people · 2 mi N
- Boston Heights, OH1,405 people · 9 mi N
- Twinsburg Heights, OH1,082 people · 12 mi N
- Glenwillow, OH988 people · 16 mi N
- Pigeon Creek, OH966 people · 12 mi W
- Peninsula, OH517 people · 9 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 Stow's climate
What is the coldest month in Stow?
January, with a normal high of 33°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow in Stow?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Stow's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Ravenna (9 miles away), records 45 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Stow?
July, with 4.20 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.55 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Stow in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Stow in zone 6b in ZIP code 44224. By the same method at Stow's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Stow?
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
- Akron Fulton International Airport, OH7 miles from this station, 52.3°F a year
- Ravenna, OH9 miles from this station, 49.1°F a year
- Akron, OH15 miles from this station, 51.6°F a year
- Hiram, OH25 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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