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MONTHLY CLIMATE UPDATE (Released the Second Full Week of Each Month)

October 2025 Climate Summary (HTML) (pdf version)

Maps of precipitation in Ohio.

Archived Monthly Climate Summaries

SEASONAL CLIMATE UPDATE (Released the Last Week of Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec)

Summer (June - August 2025) Review (HTML) (pdf version)

Maps of precipitation and temp in ohio

Recent Conditions (Click Map for Additional Variables)

Total precipitation departure from the mean over the past 7 days

Average temperature departure from the mean over the past 7 days

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2026 Organic Grain Conference

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Thu, January 15, 2026

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Soil Health Webinar Series

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New Ohio Mesonet expands weather data access, boosts agricultural resilience

by: Tracy Turner Nov. 3, 2025

An Ohio Mesonet station collects real-time weather and soil data to help farmers and communities make more informed decisions. Photo by Laura Alloway.

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Speaker in an OSU Extension shirt addresses a field crowd beside a mesonet weather station in a grain field.

Closing Ohio’s weather gap

October 22, 2025 Country Life, Crops, Top Headline

By Brianna Smith

For farmers, weather is more than just coffee shop talk; it’s often a deciding factor in how the growing season will…

corn field

Ohio State helps farmers manage impacts as drought conditions spread across Ohio

While not yet reaching the severity of last year’s growing season, drought conditions are once again taking hold across Ohio, raising renewed concern among agricultural experts and farmers about…

Drought monitor map of ohio

Ohio faces ongoing drought despite recent rain, extreme conditions expand

Despite last week's stretch of rainfall, most of Ohio remains in a drought.

A majority of the state remains under moderate drought conditions, with parts considered as abnormally dry, in…

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Jim Degrand
Assistant State Climatologist
degrand.1@osu.edu
Jeff Rogers
Ohio State Climatologist Emeritus
rogers.21@osu.edu
photo of Jason Cervenec
Education and Outreach Director, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
cervenec.1@osu.edu
Aaron Wilson
State Climatologist of Ohio; Assistant Professor - Ag Weather and Climate Field Specialist, Department of Extension - CFAES
wilson.1010@osu.edu

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