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United States › Ohio › Cuyahoga County › Climate Station CLEVELAND BURKE AP, OH US Distance 4.8 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Cuyahoga County home comfortable runs roughly $555 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Cuyahoga County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

80.7°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 23.5°F.

Cuyahoga County gets 33.34" of precipitation a year, and 30% of it falls in Jul, Aug, Sep.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 35.3° 23.5° 1.76"
February 37.3° 24.5° 1.53"
March 44.9° 31.2° 2.35"
April 57.1° 41.3° 3.10"
May 67.9° 53.1° 3.51"
June 76.7° 63.3° 2.84"
July 80.7° 67.9° 3.66"
August 79.7° 67.0° 3.45"
September 73.5° 60.1° 2.94"
October 62.5° 49.2° 3.24"
November 50.5° 38.4° 2.92"
December 40.1° 29.8° 2.04"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 30% falling in the wettest three months (Jul, Aug, Sep).

January 1.76"
February 1.53"
March 2.35"
April 3.10"
May 3.51"
June 2.84"
July 3.66"
August 3.45"
September 2.94"
October 3.24"
November 2.92"
December 2.04"
Annual total 33.34"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 925
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 5,513
Approximate annual cooling cost At 19.45¢/kWh, Ohio average $180
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $375

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Cuyahoga County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Cuyahoga County?

Cuyahoga County averages a high of 80.7°F in July and a low of 23.5°F in January. Annual precipitation is 33.34 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Cuyahoga County?

The wettest stretch is Jul, Aug, Sep, which accounts for 30% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Cuyahoga County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 80.7°F. That drives 925 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Cuyahoga County?

The weather station used for Cuyahoga County, CLEVELAND BURKE AP, OH US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 33.34 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station CLEVELAND BURKE AP, OH US (USW00004853), 4.8 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Ohio residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.