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Ohio Weather Records

5 official all-time records

The official all-time extremes for Ohio, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 113°F at Gallipolis (near) to -39°F at Milligan.

Maximum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
113°FJuly 21, 1934Gallipolis (near)333029E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Minimum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
-39°FFebruary 10, 1899Milligan335310E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
10.75 inchesAugust 7, 1995 to August 8, 1995Lockington Dam (nr. Sidney, Shelby Co. OH)EA

Value is published in the August 1995 Storm Data publication and is from a reliable gauge. Higher 24-hr amounts may have occurred in conjunction with a line of severe storms that impacted Northwest Ohio on July 4-5, 1969.

Maximum 24-Hour Snowfall

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
30 inchesApril 20, 1901Warren 3S338769N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum Snow Depth

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
47 inchesNovember 14, 1996Chardon331458N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State Climate Extremes Committee records.