Van Wert, Ohio climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Van Wert's normal year runs from 18°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 40.4 inches of precipitation and 17 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.6°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,025 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationVan Wert (1 mi S)
- Station IDUSC00338609
- Location40.85°N 84.58°W
- Elevation790 ft (241 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population11,123
On October 23, the normal high in Van Wert is 61°F and the normal low 41°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 28%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Van Wert.
- Jan 33° 18°
- Feb 36° 21°
- Mar 47° 29°
- Apr 60° 39°
- May 72° 51°
- Jun 81° 61°
- Jul 85° 64°
- Aug 83° 62°
- Sep 77° 55°
- Oct 64° 43°
- Nov 50° 33°
- Dec 37° 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 Van Wert each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.76 in), the least in February (2.05 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F | 18°F | 25.3°F | 2.57 | 6.2 | 9 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 36°F | 21°F | 28.3°F | 2.05 | 4.5 | 8 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 47°F | 29°F | 37.9°F | 2.52 | 2.5 | 9 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 39°F | 49.8°F | 3.59 | 0.4 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 51°F | 61.6°F | 4.76 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 81°F | 61°F | 71.0°F | 4.59 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 85°F | 64°F | 74.5°F | 4.66 | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 83°F | 62°F | 72.4°F | 3.95 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 77°F | 55°F | 65.8°F | 3.15 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 43°F | 53.7°F | 2.99 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 33°F | 41.3°F | 2.94 | 0.6 | 9 | <1 | 16 | 10 h |
| December | 37°F | 24°F | 30.8°F | 2.59 | 2.9 | 9 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 42°F | 51.0°F | 40.36 | 17.1 | 106 | 18 | 125 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −8°C | −3.7°C | 65 mm | 16 cm |
| February | 2°C | −6°C | −2.1°C | 52 mm | 11 cm |
| March | 8°C | −2°C | 3.3°C | 64 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 16°C | 4°C | 9.9°C | 91 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 22°C | 11°C | 16.4°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 16°C | 21.7°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 18°C | 23.6°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 17°C | 22.4°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 13°C | 18.8°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 6°C | 12.1°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 10°C | 1°C | 5.2°C | 75 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 3°C | −4°C | −0.7°C | 66 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00338609; 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 Van Wert?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00338609.
When is the last frost in Van Wert?
In Van Wert, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 21 in half of years and after May 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 26 in half of years and before October 13 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 211 year in 10 after May 6; 9 in 10 after April 7
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 261 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 187 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 209 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 9 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Van Wert in zone 6a in ZIP code 45891, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Van Wert'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 USC00338609; 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 Van Wert?
In a normal year in Van Wert, 18 days a year reach 90°F, 125 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 106 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 18a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 125a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 42high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 106a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 7a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 110°F, on July 14, 1936; the lowest is −24°F, on January 15, 1893.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 56.32 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 83.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00338609; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00338609. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Van Wert?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Van Wert, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (81%) and December the cloudiest (57%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 58% | 1.7 |
| February | 63% | 2.6 |
| March | 65% | 3.6 |
| 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 | 57% | 1.5 |
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 Van Wert need?
A normal year in Van Wert brings 5,995 heating degree days, 12% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 937 cooling degree days, 3% more 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 3,291 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,229 | 0 |
| February | 1,028 | 0 |
| March | 841 | 1 |
| April | 464 | 8 |
| May | 175 | 69 |
| June | 25 | 205 |
| July | 2 | 295 |
| August | 6 | 237 |
| September | 84 | 106 |
| October | 367 | 16 |
| November | 713 | 0 |
| December | 1,062 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,995 | 937 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00338609. 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 Van Wert been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 51.3°F, 0.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.0°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.2°F | +1.2°F | 41.65 | – |
| 2022 | 50.8°F | −0.2°F | 38.08 | 21.7 |
| 2023 | 53.5°F | +2.5°F | 38.51 | 9.8 |
| 2024 | 54.5°F | +3.5°F | 37.88 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 51.3°F | +0.3°F | 29.28 | 21.6 |
Over 95 complete years from 1894 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.1°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00338609; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Van Wert's climate compare?
Van Wert is warmer than 40 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Ohio, and wetter than 32. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.0°F is warmer than 45%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Van Wert 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 Van Wert 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.
- Delphos, OH7,074 people · 13 mi E
- Monroeville, IN1,343 people · 17 mi NW
- Ottoville, OH967 people · 14 mi NE
- Ohio City, OH646 people · 6 mi S
- Middle Point, OH570 people · 7 mi E
- Fort Jennings, OH530 people · 15 mi E
- Venedocia, OH135 people · 8 mi SE
- Pleasant Mills, IN130 people · 15 mi W
- Elgin, OH45 people · 9 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 Van Wert's climate
What is the coldest month in Van Wert?
January, with a normal high of 33°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Van Wert?
Yes: 17 inches in a normal year, falling on 10 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (6.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Van Wert?
May, with 4.76 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.05 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Van Wert in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Van Wert in zone 6a in ZIP code 45891, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Van Wert'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 Van Wert?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 21; in one year in ten it comes after May 6. Waiting until May 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Ohio climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Decatur, IN18 miles from this station, 50.7°F a year
- Paulding, OH19 miles from this station, 50.3°F a year
- Celina, OH19 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Berne, IN22 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