Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Ripley Exp Farm (USC00337120), Ohio, United States, with 47 years of record.
Key Facts for Ripley Exp Farm
Ripley Exp Farm (USC00337120) is a weather station in Ohio, United States at 38.79 latitude and -83.80 longitude, 268 m (880 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1959 to 2005, 47 years of record.
1,464 records set at Ripley Exp Farm still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Ripley Exp Farm set a daily record high maximum temperature of 23.3 C (73.9 F) on 29 November 2005.
About the Station
Location: Ohio, United States, 38.79 latitude, -83.80 longitude.
Elevation: 268 m (880 ft).
Period of record: 1959 to 2005, 47 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
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 Ripley Exp Farm. 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 Ripley Exp Farm, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
22.8 C (73.0 F)
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
23.9 C (75.0 F)
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
27.2 C (81.0 F)
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
31.1 C (88.0 F)
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
n/a
n/a
May
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
38.9 C (102.0 F)
2.2 C (36.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
39.4 C (102.9 F)
6.1 C (43.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
39.4 C (102.9 F)
3.9 C (39.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
32.2 C (90.0 F)
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
27.2 C (81.0 F)
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
24.4 C (75.9 F)
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Ripley Exp Farm still stand. 1988 holds the most, with 56.
Standing records at Ripley Exp Farm by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1959
22
1960
30
1961
38
1962
35
1963
45
1964
40
1965
20
1966
35
1967
46
1968
31
1969
18
1970
37
1971
28
1972
31
1973
30
1974
29
1975
22
1976
38
1977
44
1978
24
1979
44
1980
28
1981
22
1982
32
1983
31
1984
41
1985
40
1986
44
1987
25
1988
56
1989
42
1990
20
1991
44
1992
30
1993
33
1994
30
1995
13
1996
32
1997
26
1998
25
1999
29
2000
30
2001
28
2002
26
2003
13
2004
21
2005
16
All-Time Record Progression
6 new records
6 all-time records were set at Ripley Exp Farm between 17 January 1994 and 2 March 1997. Each dot is a new record.
When Ripley Exp Farm set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1994-01-17
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 45.7 cm (18.0 in)
1994-01-19
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1994-01-19
Record low minimum temperature
Record low minimum temperature -33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1994-01-20
Record snow depth
Record snow depth 55.9 cm (22.0 in)
1997-03-01
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 133.4 mm (5.3 in)
1997-03-02
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 169.7 mm (6.7 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Mar: 169.7 mm (6.7 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Ripley Exp Farm. The most was 169.7 mm (6.7 in) on 2 March 1997.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Ripley Exp Farm
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
61.2 mm (2.4 in)
23 January 1982
Feb
70.9 mm (2.8 in)
23 February 1975
Mar
169.7 mm (6.7 in)
2 March 1997
Apr
78.2 mm (3.1 in)
24 April 1975
May
94.0 mm (3.7 in)
16 May 1996
Jun
88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1 June 1997
Jul
94.5 mm (3.7 in)
9 July 1991
Aug
121.2 mm (4.8 in)
26 August 1971
Sep
103.1 mm (4.1 in)
27 September 1976
Oct
101.6 mm (4.0 in)
8 October 1959
Nov
43.7 mm (1.7 in)
27 November 2001
Dec
55.1 mm (2.2 in)
8 December 1978
Period of Record Coverage
1959 to 2005
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
47 years of record at Ripley Exp Farm, 1959 to 2005. 3 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1959, 1973, 1990.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 42 complete years at Ripley Exp Farm, 1960 to 2004. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 11.6 C (52.8 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1978, at 10.2 C (50.3 F), and the warmest was 1998, at 12.8 C (55.1 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.5 C (2.7 F).
Annual mean temperature at Ripley Exp Farm as warming stripes, 1960 to 2004
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1960
11.4 C
-0.16 C
1961
12.1 C
+0.53 C
1962
11.9 C
+0.34 C
1963
11.3 C
-0.33 C
1964
12.6 C
+1.02 C
1965
12.3 C
+0.69 C
1966
11.4 C
-0.23 C
1967
12.0 C
+0.45 C
1968
11.8 C
+0.23 C
1969
11.7 C
+0.07 C
1970
12.3 C
+0.75 C
1971
12.4 C
+0.79 C
1972
11.9 C
+0.29 C
1974
12.5 C
+0.88 C
1975
12.5 C
+0.95 C
1976
11.3 C
-0.29 C
1977
11.5 C
-0.10 C
1978
10.2 C
-1.41 C
1979
10.3 C
-1.24 C
1980
10.8 C
-0.80 C
1981
10.9 C
-0.64 C
1982
11.6 C
+0.04 C
1983
11.7 C
+0.16 C
1984
11.5 C
-0.08 C
1985
11.5 C
-0.11 C
1986
12.2 C
+0.66 C
1987
12.5 C
+0.88 C
1989
10.8 C
-0.81 C
1991
12.1 C
+0.48 C
1992
11.1 C
-0.52 C
1993
10.7 C
-0.90 C
1994
11.5 C
-0.08 C
1995
11.8 C
+0.20 C
1996
11.0 C
-0.55 C
1997
11.1 C
-0.50 C
1998
12.8 C
+1.26 C
1999
12.1 C
+0.47 C
2000
11.0 C
-0.58 C
2001
11.7 C
+0.09 C
2002
11.7 C
+0.07 C
2003
10.4 C
-1.23 C
2004
10.8 C
-0.76 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1960 to 2004 is -0.15 C (-0.30 to 0.00) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: -0.27 F (-0.54 to 0.00) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 42 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Ripley Exp Farm
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.15 C (-0.30 to 0.00) per decade
-0.27 F (-0.54 to 0.00) per decade
1960 to 2004
42
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
0.03 C (-0.16 to 0.22) per decade
0.1 F (-0.3 to 0.4) per decade
1960 to 2004
42
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
-0.3 C (-0.5 to -0.2) per decade
-0.6 F (-0.9 to -0.3) per decade
1960 to 2004
42
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
1959 to 2005
Yearly extremes at Ripley Exp Farm: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1988
34.4 C (93.9 F)
47
Coldest night (TNn)
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1994
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
47
Wettest day (Rx1day)
169.7 mm (6.7 in)
1997
65.5 mm (2.6 in)
47
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
323.7 mm (12.7 in)
1997
101.0 mm (4.0 in)
47
Longest dry spell (CDD)
44 days
1963
17 days
47
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Ripley Exp Farm, 1959 to 2005. The record is 39.4 C (102.9 F) in 1988, marked on the chart; the median year is 34.4 C (93.9 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Ripley Exp Farm by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1959
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1960
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1961
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1962
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1963
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1964
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1965
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1966
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1967
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1968
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1969
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1970
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1971
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1972
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1973
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1974
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1975
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1976
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1977
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1978
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1979
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1980
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1981
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1982
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1983
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1984
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1985
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1986
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1987
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1988
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1989
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1990
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1991
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1992
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1993
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1994
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1995
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1996
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1997
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1998
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1999
39.4 C (102.9 F)
2000
33.9 C (93.0 F)
2001
35.0 C (95.0 F)
2002
37.2 C (99.0 F)
2003
33.9 C (93.0 F)
2004
33.9 C (93.0 F)
2005
36.7 C (98.1 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Ripley Exp Farm, 1959 to 2005. The record is -33.3 C (-27.9 F) in 1994, marked on the chart; the median year is -21.1 C (-6.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Ripley Exp Farm by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1959
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1960
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1961
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1962
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1963
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1964
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1965
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1966
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1967
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1968
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1969
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1970
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1971
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1972
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1973
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1974
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1975
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1976
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1977
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1978
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1979
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1980
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1981
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1982
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1983
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1984
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1985
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1986
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1987
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1988
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1989
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1990
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1991
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1992
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1993
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1994
-33.3 C (-27.9 F)
1995
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1996
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1997
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1998
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1999
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
2000
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
2001
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
2002
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
2003
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
2004
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
2005
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Ripley Exp Farm, 1959 to 2005. The record is 169.7 mm (6.7 in) in 1997, marked on the chart; the median year is 65.5 mm (2.6 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Ripley Exp Farm by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1959
101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1960
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1961
69.3 mm (2.7 in)
1962
48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1963
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1964
118.1 mm (4.6 in)
1965
75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1966
47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1967
67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1968
82.8 mm (3.3 in)
1969
46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1970
64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1971
121.2 mm (4.8 in)
1972
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1973
51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1974
59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1975
78.2 mm (3.1 in)
1976
103.1 mm (4.1 in)
1977
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1978
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1979
80.3 mm (3.2 in)
1980
52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1981
57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1982
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1983
68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1984
88.1 mm (3.5 in)
1985
57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1986
72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1987
36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1988
47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1989
58.9 mm (2.3 in)
1990
65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1991
94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1992
69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1993
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1994
51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1995
83.8 mm (3.3 in)
1996
94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1997
169.7 mm (6.7 in)
1998
84.3 mm (3.3 in)
1999
48.8 mm (1.9 in)
2000
71.1 mm (2.8 in)
2001
91.2 mm (3.6 in)
2002
51.3 mm (2.0 in)
2003
45.5 mm (1.8 in)
2004
50.3 mm (2.0 in)
2005
68.1 mm (2.7 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Ripley Exp Farm, 1959 to 2005. The record is 323.7 mm (12.7 in) in 1997, marked on the chart; the median year is 101.0 mm (4.0 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Ripley Exp Farm by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1959
116.1 mm (4.6 in)
1960
98.1 mm (3.9 in)
1961
162.7 mm (6.4 in)
1962
120.2 mm (4.7 in)
1963
88.7 mm (3.5 in)
1964
206.2 mm (8.1 in)
1965
139.6 mm (5.5 in)
1966
102.1 mm (4.0 in)
1967
97.6 mm (3.8 in)
1968
178.5 mm (7.0 in)
1969
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1970
104.4 mm (4.1 in)
1971
144.8 mm (5.7 in)
1972
64.4 mm (2.5 in)
1973
112.0 mm (4.4 in)
1974
93.3 mm (3.7 in)
1975
101.0 mm (4.0 in)
1976
135.7 mm (5.3 in)
1977
102.8 mm (4.0 in)
1978
101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1979
107.0 mm (4.2 in)
1980
70.9 mm (2.8 in)
1981
87.7 mm (3.5 in)
1982
82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1983
152.6 mm (6.0 in)
1984
114.5 mm (4.5 in)
1985
112.6 mm (4.4 in)
1986
86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1987
61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1988
77.8 mm (3.1 in)
1989
110.8 mm (4.4 in)
1990
86.2 mm (3.4 in)
1991
120.9 mm (4.8 in)
1992
94.7 mm (3.7 in)
1993
83.3 mm (3.3 in)
1994
94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1995
87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1996
98.3 mm (3.9 in)
1997
323.7 mm (12.7 in)
1998
191.0 mm (7.5 in)
1999
73.2 mm (2.9 in)
2000
97.5 mm (3.8 in)
2001
102.9 mm (4.1 in)
2002
90.2 mm (3.6 in)
2003
95.1 mm (3.7 in)
2004
78.1 mm (3.1 in)
2005
138.7 mm (5.5 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Ripley Exp Farm, 1959 to 2005. The record is 44 days in 1963, marked on the chart; the median year is 17 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Ripley Exp Farm by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1959
24 days
1960
16 days
1961
19 days
1962
12 days
1963
44 days
1964
22 days
1965
21 days
1966
17 days
1967
18 days
1968
18 days
1969
14 days
1970
14 days
1971
13 days
1972
14 days
1973
14 days
1974
15 days
1975
13 days
1976
23 days
1977
22 days
1978
17 days
1979
11 days
1980
12 days
1981
13 days
1982
19 days
1983
13 days
1984
20 days
1985
24 days
1986
18 days
1987
27 days
1988
16 days
1989
12 days
1990
12 days
1991
22 days
1992
19 days
1993
18 days
1994
13 days
1995
18 days
1996
11 days
1997
19 days
1998
13 days
1999
16 days
2000
19 days
2001
18 days
2002
15 days
2003
17 days
2004
21 days
2005
26 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
42 years with a frost
Across 42 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Ripley Exp Farm falls on 26 April and the median first autumn frost on 16 October, which leaves a median of 178 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by -0.9 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Ripley Exp Farm
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1972 to 2004)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
26 April
n/a
25 April
n/a
-0.5 days per decade
First autumn frost
16 October
n/a
14 October
n/a
-1.4 days per decade
Growing days
178 days
n/a
178 days
n/a
-0.9 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
45 years, 1960 to 2005
A day with at least 62.9 mm (2.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 163.3 mm (6.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Ripley Exp Farm: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
62.9 mm (2.5 in)
5 years
84.0 mm (3.3 in)
10 years
100.0 mm (3.9 in)
25 years
123.0 mm (4.8 in)
50 years
142.2 mm (5.6 in)
Longer than the 45 years of record
100 years
163.3 mm (6.4 in)
Longer than the 45 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, 45 years of values from 1960 to 2005.
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: 169.7 mm (6.7 in) in 1997; 121.2 mm (4.8 in) in 1971; 118.1 mm (4.6 in) in 1964.
Station Changes
1 suspected
One change was suspected in the annual mean temperature of Ripley Exp Farm, at 1998. Each is measured against neighbouring stations.
Relative to 5 neighbouring stations, the station's annual mean temperature from 1998 ran 0.4 C (0.8 F) lower than in the years before (possible change).
Suspected changes in the annual mean temperature at Ripley Exp Farm, against neighbouring stations
Year
Shift (C)
Shift (F)
Strength
Neighbours
1998
-0.4
-0.8
possible
5
Possible change at the station (a move, a new instrument or a new site); the record is kept as measured. A "likely" change has a larger test statistic than a "possible" one. Neither says why the station differs from its neighbours. How changes are found, and the largest ones.
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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.