Elgin weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Elgin, Ohio: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at VAN WERT 1 S, 15 km from Elgin; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 40.4 in1025 mm
- Snow a year
- 17 in43 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 20
- First fall freeze
- Oct 22
- Heating degree days
- 5,996
- Cooling degree days
- 937
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −2°−19° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Elgin in January
Highs average 33°0° and lows 18°−8°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1950)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 1229
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elgin in February
Highs average 36°2° and lows 21°−6°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation and 5 in11 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2000)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1028
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elgin in March
Highs average 47°8° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2012)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 841
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Elgin in April
Highs average 60°16° and lows 39°4°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1899)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 464
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Elgin in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 51°11°, with 4.8 in121 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1934)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 175
- Cooling degree days
- 69
Elgin in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 61°16°, with 4.6 in117 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1988)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1894)
- Heating degree days
- 25
- Cooling degree days
- 205
Elgin in July
Highs average 85°29° and lows 64°18°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1936)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 295
Elgin in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 62°17°, with 4 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1936)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 237
Elgin in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 55°13°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1939)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 84
- Cooling degree days
- 106
Elgin in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 43°6°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1939)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 367
- Cooling degree days
- 16
Elgin in November
Highs average 50°10° and lows 33°1°, with 2.9 in75 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1950)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 713
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elgin in December
Highs average 37°3° and lows 24°−4°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation and 2.9 in7.4 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1982)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1062
- Cooling degree days
- 0