#1Burlington
unincorporated, Lawrence County · 2,807 peopleJanuary low·July high 87°·90 freezing nights a year
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Towns with the mildest winters in Ohio
Burlington has the mildest winters of Ohio’s 935 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 25° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 20°; none of the 935 stay above freezing.
The average January low. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#125°
#T2Fayette Township
Lawrence County · 8,131 peopleJanuary low·July high 87°·109 freezing nights a year
South Point
Lawrence County · 3,640 peopleJanuary low·July high 87°·109 freezing nights a year
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January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 925 towns here).
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Which Ohio town has the mildest winters?
Burlington (unincorporated, Lawrence County): January nights average a low of 25°. Fayette Township (25°) and South Point (25°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (935 in Ohio): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Ohio page.
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