Climate and average weather in Middletown

In Middletown, the summers are humid, hot, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid August to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Middletown typically varies from 24°F to 84°F, and is rarely below 3°F or above 92°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Middletown for warm-weather activities are from early May to mid June and mid August to mid October.

Hottest
Jul
84°
Coldest
Jan
24°
Wettest
Apr
4.7 in
Driest
Sep
2.7 in
Rain / yr
43.1 in
125 wet days
Daylight
9.2–14.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
656 ft
39.5°N
Clearest
Sep
49% cloud

Middletown is city in Butler and Warren counties in southwestern Ohio, United States.

Density
713/km²
people per km²
Founded
1833

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Middletown weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid August to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Middletown, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.5 months, from May 15 to September 28, with daily high temperatures above 72°F. The hottest month of the year in Middletown is July, with an average high of 84°F and low of 67°F.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from December 1 to March 2, with daily high temperatures below 46°F. The coldest month of the year in Middletown is January, with an average low of 24°F and high of 38°F.

Days typically run about 17°F warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 19°F) in September.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan3824
Feb4126
Mar5134
Apr6445
May7355
Jun8164
Jul8467
Aug8366
Sep7758
Oct6546
Nov5237
Dec4229

How hot and cold Middletown really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 13°F (around January 22), with roughly 137 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 32°F) 17 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan38381424
Feb41411726
Mar51512734
Apr64644045
May73735555
Jun82816464
Jul85846767
Aug84836666
Sep77775858
Oct65654346
Nov52523037
Dec41422129

Average hourly temperature in Middletown

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 84°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 24°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Middletown weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan38° / 24°3.310.34.39.50.0
Feb41° / 26°2.99.23.710.40.3
Mar51° / 34°4.111.3211.72.5
Apr64° / 45°4.712.50.5135.2
May73° / 55°4.612.8014.16.2
Jun81° / 64°4.212.3014.75.9
Jul84° / 67°3.611.2014.55.4
Aug83° / 66°3.29.9013.66.0
Sep77° / 58°2.78012.37.2
Oct65° / 46°3.08.40.110.96.0
Nov52° / 37°3.39.10.89.82.8
Dec42° / 29°3.610.139.30.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Middletown gets about 43.1 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.0 months, from around Mar 5 to Aug 4, peaking in May at about 43% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 6.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 4.7 in over about 13 wet days; September is the driest, with 2.7 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 2 · 43%Oct 6 · 23%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3310
Feb329
Mar3711
Apr4113
May4113
Jun4112
Jul3611
Aug3210
Sep278
Oct288
Nov309
Dec3310

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Middletown collects about 43.1 in of rain across 125 wet days — roughly 3.6 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 4.7 in, while September is the driest at just 2.7 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3.32.94.14.74.64.23.63.22.73.03.33.6
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3.3104
Feb2.994
Mar4.1112
Apr4.7131
May4.6130
Jun4.2120
Jul3.6110
Aug3.2100
Sep2.780
Oct3.080
Nov3.391
Dec3.6103

Snow in Middletown

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Middletown averages about 14 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 6 to Apr 10 — about 5.1 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 8 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 29 in of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 16
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan48
Feb48
Mar24
Apr10
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov11
Dec37

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Middletown, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 28 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around November 9. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 58% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 10 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around May 27. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 71% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 5 · 59%Jan 8 · 28%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3070
Feb3268
Mar3565
Apr3763
May3961
Jun4951
Jul5446
Aug5545
Sep5842
Oct4951
Nov3961
Dec2971

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 13, brings about 14 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 9 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.58:025:32
Feb10.47:396:06
Mar11.76:576:38
Apr13.06:077:09
May14.15:297:39
Jun14.75:158:01
Jul14.55:277:59
Aug13.65:557:29
Sep12.36:246:40
Oct10.96:545:51
Nov9.87:295:17
Dec9.37:575:10

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Middletown averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 13 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.1 months, from around Jun 15 to Nov 15. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 13 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is December, down near 6 sunny days — about 54% fewer than the September peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedSep 2813 daysDec 136 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan6Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May7Gloomy
Jun8Mixed
Jul10Mixed
Aug11Mixed
Sep13Mixed
Oct11Mixed
Nov8Mixed
Dec6Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Middletown, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.4 months, from around May 14 to September 23. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 76% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 24 to May 13, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 19 · 100%Jul 19 · 22%oppressivemuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan991000
Feb991000
Mar982000
Apr898200
May59161780
Jun241723315
Jul816253318
Aug1122242815
Sep422316153
Oct8310520
Nov973000
Dec991000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Middletown is typically calm, near 7 mph, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around Oct 17 to May 15. The windiest month is April, averaging about 8 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 16 to Oct 16, with August the calmest month at about 5 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyApr 11 · 8 mphAug 6 · 5 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan8light breeze
Feb8light breeze
Mar8light breeze
Apr8light breeze
May7calm
Jun6calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep6calm
Oct7calm
Nov8light breeze
Dec8light breeze

Best time to visit Middletown

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Middletown throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late August, Middletown is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Middletown for general outdoor tourist activities run from early May to mid June and again from mid August to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 23 · 7.3

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.3poor
Mar2.5poor
Apr5.2fair
May6.2good
Jun5.9good
Jul5.4fair
Aug6.0good
Sep7.1good
Oct6.0good
Nov2.8poor
Dec0.3poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Middletown for hot-weather activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 28 · 7.1

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Middletown, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 84°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 38°F), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Middletown sees daytime highs around 84°F and nights near 67°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Middletown by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Middletown peaks around June 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 9Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Middletown

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar50
Apr60.5
May7.54.5
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54
Sep61.5
Oct2.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Middletown by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Middletown is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (October, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1217 µg/m³Oct 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb12Good
Mar12Good
Apr12Good
May14Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Middletown typically lasts about 268 days, from around March 10 to December 2 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 14 to October 26.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 1050%Apr 1490%Oct 2690%Dec 250%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan2531
Feb2928
Mar5831
Apr9012
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct953
Nov6830
Dec3831

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Middletown banks about 3,491 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr131
May432
Jun679
Jul799
Aug751
Sep525
Oct173
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Middletown receives about 4.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.7 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 27. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.7 kWh/m² — roughly 73% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 306.4 kWhDec 171.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.0Dim
Feb2.9Moderate
Mar4.0Moderate
Apr5.1Bright
May5.7Bright
Jun6.2Intense
Jul6.2Intense
Aug5.6Bright
Sep4.6Bright
Oct3.3Moderate
Nov2.2Moderate
Dec1.7Dim

Where is Middletown?

Middletown sits at 39.5°N, 84.4°W, 656 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Springboro, 9.3 mi away.

Topography around Middletown

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Middletown.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Middletown has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 ft around an average of 686 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 538 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 876 ft.

The land around Middletown is covered by trees (37%), artificial surfaces (28%) and grassland (25%) within 2 miles, trees (37%), grassland (30%) and cropland (24%) within 10 miles, and cropland (44%) and trees (36%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
276 ft
10 miles
538 ft
50 miles
876 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Springboro 9.3 mi · Miamisburg 11 mi · Mason 12 mi · Lebanon 12 mi · Hamilton 12 mi · Fairfield 14 mi · Centerville 15 mi · Forest Park 17 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Middletown (39.5151°, -84.3983°, elevation 656 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).