Upper Sandusky, OH Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Upper Sandusky's primary NOAA station, UPPER SANDUSKY.
The climate verdict for Upper Sandusky
Upper Sandusky, Ohio has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 50°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 50°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 40.2"
- yearly precipitation total
- 171 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Upper Sandusky: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00338534 · Upper Sandusky, OH 50°F mean · 40.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,744
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Huntington
- PRCP-MID 40.2"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,160 HDD
- STN-1 USC00338534
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Huntington, IN (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every OH station list.
- Upper Sandusky (this station) 50°F
- Hot Young America, IN 50°F
- Near Huntington, IN 50°F
- Near Manchester, NH 50°F
- Near Jerome, ID 50°F
Climate Living Index · Upper Sandusky
Upper Sandusky: 53/100 · grade D
Upper Sandusky publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Upper Sandusky, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 40.2 in · 5.2 from 35 in | 82/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 143 calendar days | 51/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 171 days/year | 43/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.1°F · 17.4° from 67.5°F | 41/100 · D |
Upper Sandusky · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Upper Sandusky is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 25.2°F and warmest-month mean 72.9°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 72.9°F
- Coldest month
- 25.2°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Upper Sandusky sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Upper Sandusky's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 40th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 58th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 71%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Upper Sandusky is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Upper Sandusky compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Upper Sandusky's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F (1°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 2.2" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 2.0" | 25.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 47°F (8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 2.6" | 21.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 4.2" | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 4.5" | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 5.7 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.3" | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| October | 64°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 2.8" | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (10°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.0" | 17.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 2.6" | 25.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 8, short of 90°F on every date, while 143 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 16°F near January 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 1, then returns to freezing around November 11, covering 143 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is April 22, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 31 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 115 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 17 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Upper Sandusky.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.6 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
11.7 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
Upper Sandusky spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 17%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Upper Sandusky has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.7°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 4.6" and February 2.0". The three wettest months together take 34% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Upper Sandusky, it arrives in quantity
40.2" of precipitation falls across only about 114 wet days here, averaging 0.35 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 114 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.35 inches
- Most wet days
- April, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 8
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
171 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,160
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
779
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OH closest to Upper Sandusky on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (50°F here).
- Akron, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Ansonia, CT 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Austin, NV 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Banner Elk, NC 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (40.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Angelica, NY 40.2" · 0.0" off
- Anamosa, IA 40.1" · 0.0" off
- Hanover, NH 40.1" · 0.0" off
- Bentley, IL 40.1" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Upper Sandusky's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Upper Sandusky's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,160 annual heating degree days against 779 for cooling. Its 47.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Upper Sandusky's frost-free season lasts about 171 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Upper Sandusky's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 47.7°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Upper Sandusky's 40.2 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Upper Sandusky's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Upper Sandusky, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Upper Sandusky's primary station: UPPER SANDUSKY (USC00338534). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3979044). Match rule for Upper Sandusky: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Upper Sandusky comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.