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

September 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

Recent News

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…

Brown and dried out corn and corn stock.

Ohio farms feel pressure from weather extremes

Ideastream Public Media | By Shay Frank | Published September 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM EDT

Aaron Wilson, OSU Extension climate specialist, says Ohio farmers are feeling the effects of…

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Education and Outreach Director, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
Assistant State Climatologist
State Climatologist of Ohio; Assistant Professor - Ag Weather and Climate Field Specialist, Department of Extension - CFAES
Faculty Member, Geography Department