Kent weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Kent, Ohio: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at AKRON FULTON INTERNATIONAL AP, 15 km from Kent; records cover 1887–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 32.5 in826 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 29
- First fall freeze
- Oct 18
- Heating degree days
- 5,538
- Cooling degree days
- 934
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 1°−17° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Kent in January
Highs average 37°3° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1906)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2026)
- Heating degree days
- 1120
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kent in February
Highs average 40°4° and lows 22°−5°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2017)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 952
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kent in March
Highs average 49°10° and lows 30°−1°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1910)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 796
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Kent in April
Highs average 62°17° and lows 40°4°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1915)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 426
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Kent in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 51°10°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1895)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 168
- Cooling degree days
- 65
Kent in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°15°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1952)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 27
- Cooling degree days
- 190
Kent in July
Highs average 85°30° and lows 64°18°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1936)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 298
Kent in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 62°17°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1918)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 251
Kent in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 55°13°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1939)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 75
- Cooling degree days
- 102
Kent in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 44°7°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2019)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1887)
- Heating degree days
- 345
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Kent in November
Highs average 52°11° and lows 35°1°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1950)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 658
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Kent in December
Highs average 41°5° and lows 27°−3°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2001)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 964
- Cooling degree days
- 0