Average Precipitation for Ohio in December

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during December at cities, communities and other locations around Ohio.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for Northern Ohio and Southern Ohio.

Northern Ohio

Average monthly precipitation in December
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
16	Akron	2.9	73
15	Ashtabula	2.3	59
18	Chardon	4.3	109
15	Chippewa Lake	2.9	74
16	Cleveland	3.0	76
11	Findlay	2.5	63
11	Fremont	2.6	66
11	Lima	2.7	69
14	Mansfield	3.0	77
11	Marion	2.7	69
12	New Philadelphia	3.4	86
12	Norwalk	2.6	65
11	Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge	2.5	64
14	Painesville on the Lake	3.1	80
14	Steubenville	3.2	80
11	Tiffin	2.6	66
12	Toledo	2.4	62
13	Wooster	2.7	69
18	Youngstown	3.2	81

Southern Ohio

December averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
13	Athens	3.2	80
10	Chilo Lock Park	3.3	84
12	Cincinnati	3.7	95
13	Columbus	3.1	80
11	Dayton	3.1	80
13	Gallipolis	3.8	97
10	Greenville	2.9	73
14	Hannibal Lock & Dam	3.6	91
14	Marietta	3.6	92
13	McConnelsville Lock	3.4	85
12	Newark	3.3	84
12	Portsmouth	3.5	89
11	Springfield	2.6	67
13	Wilmington	3.3	83
12	Zanesville	2.6	67

Average Precipitation for Ohio in December

Northern Ohio

Southern Ohio

Reference

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