Licking, OH climate
Licking has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 20°, and about 17 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Licking feels like
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Licking weather by month
Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.
| Month | High | Low | Rain + melt | Snow | Wet days | 30-yr range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 20° | 3.0" | 5.4" | 15 | 20° – 40° |
| February | 41° | 23° | 2.4" | 6.2" | 13 | 19° – 41° |
| March | 51° | 31° | 3.6" | 2.1" | 13 | 34° – 52° |
| April | 64° | 40° | 3.8" | 0.1" | 14 | 46° – 57° |
| May | 73° | 50° | 4.2" | 0 | 15 | 55° – 69° |
| June | 81° | 59° | 4.4" | 0 | 12 | 65° – 73° |
| July | 85° | 62° | 4.6" | 0 | 11 | 69° – 78° |
| August | 83° | 61° | 3.6" | 0 | 10 | 67° – 76° |
| September | 77° | 53° | 3.2" | 0 | 9 | 62° – 70° |
| October | 65° | 42° | 2.9" | 0 | 11 | 50° – 60° |
| November | 52° | 33° | 2.8" | 0.3" | 11 | 36° – 48° |
| December | 41° | 26° | 3.1" | 2.9" | 14 | 22° – 44° |
| Year | 63° | 41° | 41.5" | 17.0" | 147 |
“Wet days” have at least 0.01" of rain or melted snow. “Snow on ground” counts days with 1" or more. The 30-year range is the coldest and warmest that month’s average temperature got between 1991 and 2020.
Rain and snow in Licking
Licking gets 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year. July is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 147 days a year.
About 178 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by April 22 and the first one by October 18. That leaves about 178 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 50% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Licking
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Licking, 84% of that work is heating and 16% is cooling, so the furnace matters far more than the air conditioner.
Degree days measure how far each day’s average temperature falls below or rises above 65°, added up over a year. Source: NOAA station normals.
Licking and its neighbors
Licking borders 9 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 0.4°. Franklin has the coldest January nights (20°) and Hebron the hottest July afternoons (85°). Licking’s January low is 20° and its July high 85°.
Temperatures and rain come from NOAA’s 5 km grid, so each town gets its own value.