Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Athens 5 NW (USC00330274), Ohio, United States, with 88 years of record.
Key Facts for Athens 5 NW
Athens 5 NW (USC00330274) is a weather station in Ohio, United States at 39.38 latitude and -82.18 longitude, 210 m (689 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1893 to 1980, 88 years of record.
1,464 records set at Athens 5 NW still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Athens 5 NW set a daily record low maximum temperature of -7.8 C (18.0 F) on 20 December 1980.
About the Station
Location: Ohio, United States, 39.38 latitude, -82.18 longitude.
Elevation: 210 m (689 ft).
Period of record: 1893 to 1980, 88 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Athens 5 NW. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Athens 5 NW, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
23.9 C (75.0 F)
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
24.4 C (75.9 F)
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
30.6 C (87.1 F)
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
35.0 C (95.0 F)
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
37.8 C (100.0 F)
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
41.1 C (106.0 F)
3.9 C (39.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
40.0 C (104.0 F)
2.8 C (37.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
38.9 C (102.0 F)
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
29.4 C (84.9 F)
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
23.9 C (75.0 F)
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Athens 5 NW still stand. 1936 holds the most, with 58.
Standing records at Athens 5 NW by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1893
11
1894
23
1895
45
1896
26
1931
43
1932
34
1933
43
1934
45
1935
27
1936
58
1937
25
1938
27
1939
39
1940
42
1941
29
1942
35
1943
25
1944
25
1945
33
1946
13
1947
29
1948
8
1950
16
1951
34
1952
19
1953
34
1954
26
1955
17
1956
26
1957
24
1958
18
1959
27
1960
34
1961
27
1962
35
1963
35
1964
35
1965
24
1966
29
1967
43
1968
24
1969
11
1970
11
1971
27
1972
27
1973
13
1974
28
1975
16
1976
33
1977
43
1978
17
1979
17
1980
9
Wettest Day of Each Month
Oct: 114.3 mm (4.5 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Athens 5 NW. The most was 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 13 October 1893.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Athens 5 NW
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
63.0 mm (2.5 in)
8 January 1953
Feb
57.4 mm (2.3 in)
13 February 1966
Mar
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
9 March 1964
Apr
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
12 April 1948
May
91.7 mm (3.6 in)
24 May 1968
Jun
79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1 June 1941
Jul
92.7 mm (3.6 in)
12 July 1966
Aug
85.1 mm (3.4 in)
5 August 1938
Sep
110.5 mm (4.4 in)
13 September 1938
Oct
114.3 mm (4.5 in)
13 October 1893
Nov
43.7 mm (1.7 in)
14 November 1972
Dec
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
15 December 1948
Period of Record Coverage
1893 to 1980
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
53 years of record at Athens 5 NW, 1893 to 1980. 12 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1931, 1948, 1950, 1952 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 39 complete years at Athens 5 NW, 1932 to 1978. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 11.6 C (52.9 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1958, at 10.0 C (50.0 F), and the warmest was 1933, at 13.5 C (56.3 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.9 C (3.4 F).
Annual mean temperature at Athens 5 NW as warming stripes, 1932 to 1978
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1932
13.0 C
+1.35 C
1933
13.5 C
+1.89 C
1934
12.6 C
+1.02 C
1935
12.3 C
+0.72 C
1936
12.5 C
+0.92 C
1937
12.2 C
+0.54 C
1938
13.3 C
+1.64 C
1939
13.3 C
+1.64 C
1940
11.7 C
+0.09 C
1941
13.0 C
+1.36 C
1942
12.6 C
+1.00 C
1943
12.1 C
+0.52 C
1944
12.3 C
+0.71 C
1945
11.9 C
+0.25 C
1946
12.7 C
+1.03 C
1947
11.5 C
-0.15 C
1951
11.3 C
-0.32 C
1953
12.2 C
+0.55 C
1955
11.5 C
-0.08 C
1956
11.3 C
-0.28 C
1957
11.4 C
-0.21 C
1958
10.0 C
-1.60 C
1960
10.5 C
-1.17 C
1961
10.9 C
-0.69 C
1963
10.0 C
-1.60 C
1964
11.1 C
-0.53 C
1965
11.2 C
-0.47 C
1966
10.4 C
-1.21 C
1967
10.7 C
-0.90 C
1968
10.4 C
-1.22 C
1969
10.5 C
-1.10 C
1971
11.6 C
-0.03 C
1972
10.9 C
-0.70 C
1973
12.4 C
+0.78 C
1974
11.5 C
-0.14 C
1975
11.7 C
+0.11 C
1976
10.0 C
-1.58 C
1977
11.0 C
-0.65 C
1978
10.0 C
-1.60 C
The annual mean temperature here has fallen by 0.5 C (0.4 to 0.7) per decade over 1932 to 1978. In Fahrenheit: 0.9 F (0.7 to 1.2) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 39 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Athens 5 NW
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.5 C (-0.7 to -0.4) per decade
-0.9 F (-1.2 to -0.7) per decade
1932 to 1978
39
Fall
Mean daily maximum
-0.4 C (-0.6 to -0.3) per decade
-0.8 F (-1.1 to -0.5) per decade
1932 to 1978
39
Fall
Mean daily minimum
-0.6 C (-0.8 to -0.4) per decade
-1.1 F (-1.5 to -0.7) per decade
1932 to 1978
39
Fall
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1893 to 1980
Yearly extremes at Athens 5 NW: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1934
35.6 C (96.1 F)
53
Coldest night (TNn)
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1936
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
53
Wettest day (Rx1day)
114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1893
49.9 mm (2.0 in)
54
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
191.2 mm (7.5 in)
1968
81.9 mm (3.2 in)
54
Longest dry spell (CDD)
36 days
1963
17 days
54
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Athens 5 NW, 1893 to 1980. The record is 41.1 C (106.0 F) in 1934, marked on the chart; the median year is 35.6 C (96.1 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Athens 5 NW by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1893
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1894
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1895
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1896
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1931
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1932
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1933
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1934
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1935
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1936
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1937
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1938
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1939
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1940
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1941
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1942
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1943
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1944
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1945
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1946
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1947
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1948
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1949
n/a
1950
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1951
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1952
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1953
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1954
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1955
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1956
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1957
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1958
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1959
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1960
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1961
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1962
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1963
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1964
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1965
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1966
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1967
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1968
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1969
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1970
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1971
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1972
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1973
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1974
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1975
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1976
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1977
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1978
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1979
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1980
36.7 C (98.1 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Athens 5 NW, 1893 to 1980. The record is -33.3 C (-27.9 F) in 1936, marked on the chart; the median year is -23.3 C (-9.9 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Athens 5 NW by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1893
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1894
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1895
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1896
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1931
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1932
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1933
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1934
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1935
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1936
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1937
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1938
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1939
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1940
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1941
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1942
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1943
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1944
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1945
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1946
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1947
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1948
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1949
n/a
1950
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1951
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1952
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1953
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1954
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1955
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1956
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1957
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1958
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1959
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1960
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1961
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1962
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1963
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1964
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1965
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1966
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1967
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1968
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1969
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1970
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1971
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1972
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1973
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1974
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1975
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1976
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1977
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1978
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1979
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1980
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Athens 5 NW, 1893 to 1980. The record is 114.3 mm (4.5 in) in 1893, marked on the chart; the median year is 49.9 mm (2.0 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Athens 5 NW by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1893
114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1894
36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1895
30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1896
26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1931
38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1932
49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1933
70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1934
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1935
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1936
52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1937
45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1938
110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1939
75.9 mm (3.0 in)
1940
81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1941
79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1942
45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1943
57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1944
40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1945
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1946
56.6 mm (2.2 in)
1947
66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1948
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1949
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1950
47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1951
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1952
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1953
63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1954
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1955
57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1956
59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1957
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1958
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1959
57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1960
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1961
37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1962
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1963
48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1964
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1965
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1966
92.7 mm (3.6 in)
1967
47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1968
91.7 mm (3.6 in)
1969
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1970
44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1971
49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1972
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1973
50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1974
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1975
70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1976
59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1977
60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1978
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1979
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1980
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Athens 5 NW, 1893 to 1980. The record is 191.2 mm (7.5 in) in 1968, marked on the chart; the median year is 81.9 mm (3.2 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Athens 5 NW by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1893
5.3 mm (0.21 in)
1894
81.0 mm (3.2 in)
1895
41.4 mm (1.6 in)
1896
61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1931
62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1932
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1933
103.1 mm (4.1 in)
1934
79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1935
91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1936
81.1 mm (3.2 in)
1937
109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1938
135.6 mm (5.3 in)
1939
113.7 mm (4.5 in)
1940
168.5 mm (6.6 in)
1941
160.8 mm (6.3 in)
1942
69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1943
128.0 mm (5.0 in)
1944
89.7 mm (3.5 in)
1945
73.2 mm (2.9 in)
1946
93.0 mm (3.7 in)
1947
93.5 mm (3.7 in)
1948
140.9 mm (5.5 in)
1949
48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1950
98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1951
80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1952
70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1953
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1954
58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1955
57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1956
88.7 mm (3.5 in)
1957
60.6 mm (2.4 in)
1958
88.6 mm (3.5 in)
1959
83.5 mm (3.3 in)
1960
58.3 mm (2.3 in)
1961
73.6 mm (2.9 in)
1962
98.8 mm (3.9 in)
1963
114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1964
109.5 mm (4.3 in)
1965
83.9 mm (3.3 in)
1966
143.5 mm (5.6 in)
1967
65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1968
191.2 mm (7.5 in)
1969
59.5 mm (2.3 in)
1970
68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1971
73.2 mm (2.9 in)
1972
72.1 mm (2.8 in)
1973
111.0 mm (4.4 in)
1974
146.6 mm (5.8 in)
1975
85.7 mm (3.4 in)
1976
82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1977
77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1978
78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1979
68.9 mm (2.7 in)
1980
100.9 mm (4.0 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Athens 5 NW, 1893 to 1980. The record is 36 days in 1963, marked on the chart; the median year is 17 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Athens 5 NW by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1893
2 days
1894
13 days
1895
13 days
1896
3 days
1931
12 days
1932
16 days
1933
15 days
1934
25 days
1935
17 days
1936
26 days
1937
13 days
1938
20 days
1939
14 days
1940
15 days
1941
18 days
1942
17 days
1943
27 days
1944
18 days
1945
13 days
1946
21 days
1947
13 days
1948
18 days
1949
17 days
1950
16 days
1951
19 days
1952
23 days
1953
31 days
1954
14 days
1955
22 days
1956
15 days
1957
17 days
1958
17 days
1959
19 days
1960
13 days
1961
15 days
1962
14 days
1963
36 days
1964
25 days
1965
15 days
1966
17 days
1967
26 days
1968
18 days
1969
25 days
1970
14 days
1971
20 days
1972
11 days
1973
20 days
1974
16 days
1975
19 days
1976
20 days
1977
21 days
1978
14 days
1979
14 days
1980
14 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
39 years with a frost
Across 39 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Athens 5 NW falls on 8 May and the median first autumn frost on 4 October, which leaves a median of 150 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by -8.5 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Athens 5 NW
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1941 to 1978)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
8 May
n/a
11 May
n/a
+6.2 days per decade
First autumn frost
4 October
n/a
2 October
n/a
-2.3 days per decade
Growing days
150 days
n/a
147 days
n/a
-8.5 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
42 years, 1933 to 1978
A day with at least 53.0 mm (2.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 120.2 mm (4.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Athens 5 NW: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
53.0 mm (2.1 in)
5 years
68.0 mm (2.7 in)
10 years
79.1 mm (3.1 in)
25 years
94.4 mm (3.7 in)
50 years
106.8 mm (4.2 in)
Longer than the 42 years of record
100 years
120.2 mm (4.7 in)
Longer than the 42 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 42 years of values from 1933 to 1978.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 110.5 mm (4.4 in) in 1938; 92.7 mm (3.6 in) in 1966; 91.7 mm (3.6 in) in 1968.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.