Ohio 2026-27

One state, two winters

Chardon averages 113.7 inches a season. Cincinnati averages 23.3. Same state, 4.6 times the snow. Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA.

The snowbelt

The number nobody agrees on

One aggregator says Chardon gets 47.5 inches. Ohio State said 106, the Weather Service says 70 to over 100, NOAA's own station says 113.7.

Cleveland

The airport misses it

Cleveland Hopkins normals 63.8 inches, sitting west of the city and out of the fetch. Twenty-five miles east and 350 feet up, the total nearly doubles.

But

This town set the record low

Mansfield, March 2008. In the 2023-24 El Nino it took 8.4 inches for the entire season, 20% of its own average and the lowest ever measured there.

The exception

Cincinnati barely flinches

In the three strongest El Ninos it held 81% of its average, the best in Ohio, while Dayton kept 36%. Full 77-year record in the guide.

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