Nelsonville weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Nelsonville, Ohio: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Athens Ou, 19 km from Nelsonville; records cover 1893–2020.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 41.6 in1056 mm
- Snow a year
- 18 in45 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 27
- First fall freeze
- Oct 18
- Heating degree days
- 5,386
- Cooling degree days
- 768
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 2°−17° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Nelsonville in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 22°−6°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1950)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1092
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nelsonville in February
Highs average 42°6° and lows 23°−5°, with 2.9 in75 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2017)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 902
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nelsonville in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1945)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 741
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Nelsonville in April
Highs average 65°18° and lows 40°4°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1942)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 387
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Nelsonville in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 50°10°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1895)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 169
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Nelsonville in June
Highs average 80°26° and lows 59°15°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 28
- Cooling degree days
- 158
Nelsonville in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 63°17°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 241
Nelsonville in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 61°16°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1936)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 207
Nelsonville in September
Highs average 76°25° and lows 54°12°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1939)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 85
- Cooling degree days
- 85
Nelsonville in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 42°6°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1941)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 361
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Nelsonville in November
Highs average 53°12° and lows 32°0°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1938)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1938)
- Heating degree days
- 670
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nelsonville in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1982)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 941
- Cooling degree days
- 0