Waverly, Ohio climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Waverly's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 43.6 inches of precipitation and 12 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.2°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,106 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWaverly
- Station IDUSC00338830
- Location39.11°N 82.98°W
- Elevation572 ft (174 m)
- Population4,115
On October 23, the normal high in Waverly is 65°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Waverly.
- Jan 40° 22°
- Feb 44° 24°
- Mar 54° 31°
- Apr 66° 41°
- May 75° 52°
- Jun 83° 61°
- Jul 86° 65°
- Aug 85° 63°
- Sep 80° 55°
- Oct 68° 43°
- Nov 55° 32°
- Dec 44° 27°
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 Waverly each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.43 in), the least in November (2.90 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 22°F | 30.7°F | 3.20 | 5.0 | 9 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 44°F | 24°F | 33.9°F | 3.13 | 3.5 | 9 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 31°F | 42.4°F | 4.25 | 0.9 | 10 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 41°F | 53.7°F | 4.10 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 52°F | 63.5°F | 4.43 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 83°F | 61°F | 72.1°F | 4.37 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 86°F | 65°F | 75.5°F | 4.20 | 0.0 | 9 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 85°F | 63°F | 73.9°F | 3.49 | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 80°F | 55°F | 67.1°F | 2.95 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 43°F | 55.1°F | 3.15 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 55°F | 32°F | 43.5°F | 2.90 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| December | 44°F | 27°F | 35.6°F | 3.39 | 2.0 | 10 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 43°F | 53.9°F | 43.56 | 11.5 | 107 | 26 | 124 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −6°C | −0.7°C | 81 mm | 13 cm |
| February | 7°C | −5°C | 1.1°C | 80 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 12°C | 0°C | 5.8°C | 108 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 19°C | 5°C | 12.1°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 11°C | 17.5°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 18°C | 24.2°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 17°C | 23.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 13°C | 19.5°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 6°C | 12.8°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | 0°C | 6.4°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 7°C | −3°C | 2.0°C | 86 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00338830; 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 Waverly?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00338830.
When is the last frost in Waverly?
In Waverly, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 21 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 211 year in 10 after May 9; 9 in 10 after April 4
- 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 182 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 205 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 9 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Waverly in zone 6b in ZIP code 45690, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Waverly's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (27 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 USC00338830; 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 Waverly?
In a normal year in Waverly, 26 days a year reach 90°F, 124 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 107 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 26a 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
- 21high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 107a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 7a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 107°F, on July 28, 1930; the lowest is −31°F, on January 18, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 54.96 in; the snowiest season is 1950–51, with 40.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00338830; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00338830. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Waverly?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Waverly, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (80%) and December the cloudiest (56%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 57% | 1.7 |
| February | 60% | 2.5 |
| March | 64% | 3.6 |
| April | 70% | 4.8 |
| May | 72% | 5.5 |
| June | 77% | 6.1 |
| July | 78% | 5.9 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.5 |
| October | 71% | 3.1 |
| November | 69% | 2.2 |
| December | 56% | 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 Waverly need?
A normal year in Waverly brings 5,089 heating degree days, 5% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,080 cooling degree days, 19% 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 3,634 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,063 | 0 |
| February | 872 | 0 |
| March | 702 | 2 |
| April | 354 | 15 |
| May | 130 | 83 |
| June | 14 | 227 |
| July | 1 | 326 |
| August | 4 | 280 |
| September | 65 | 128 |
| October | 327 | 19 |
| November | 645 | 0 |
| December | 912 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,089 | 1,080 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00338830. 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 Waverly been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 54.8°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.9°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.3°F | +1.4°F | 44.30 | – |
| 2022 | 54.1°F | +0.2°F | 42.06 | 13.3 |
| 2023 | 56.0°F | +2.1°F | 38.62 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 57.1°F | +3.2°F | 40.91 | 5.1 |
| 2025 | 54.8°F | +0.9°F | 45.10 | 22.1 |
Over 111 complete years from 1884 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -0.8°F per century (−0.05°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00338830; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Waverly's climate compare?
Waverly is warmer than 90 of the other 98 places with their own NOAA record in Ohio, and wetter than 72. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.9°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Waverly 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 Waverly share this climate record?
2 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.
- Piketon, OH2,173 people · 3 mi S
- Bainbridge, OH747 people · 17 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 Waverly's climate
What is the coldest month in Waverly?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in Waverly?
Yes: 12 inches in a normal year, falling on 8 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (5.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Waverly?
May, with 4.43 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.90 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Waverly in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Waverly in zone 6b in ZIP code 45690, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Waverly's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Waverly?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 21; 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
- Jackson, OH15 miles from this station, 51.5°F a year
- Lucasville, OH16 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Chillicothe, OH18 miles from this station, 53.5°F a year
- Portsmouth, OH25 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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