Yellow Springs Ohio climate
Yellow Springs climate planning needs humid heat, air quality, winter walking, storms, and indoor choices
The catalog snapshot is 25.3°C, 67 percent humidity, and AQI 85. These are current condition fields, not annual climate averages. NOAA NCEI station records for southwest Ohio provide regional baselines for temperature, precipitation, snowfall, heating and cooling degree days, and freezing days. Use station information as regional guidance, not a guarantee for a particular home, trail, or preserve.
Warm humid days, air quality, cold weather, snow, ice, storms, power, heating and cooling, roof and tree condition, drainage, and trail surface can change the usable calendar. Pair the Little Miami trail and village parks with the community center, local programs, hospital, shopping, and home options. Ask how the home reaches care, groceries, pharmacy, and family during difficult weather.
Living through the seasons
Yellow Springs’ catalog snapshot is 25.3°C, 67 percent humidity, and AQI 85; these fields are not annual climate averages.
- Overall Comfort
- Good
2.8 / 5
- Average Summer High
- 82°F
- Days Above 90°F
- 5 days/year
- Summer Feel
- Excellent
Mild · 82°F
Excellent
4.8 / 5
- Average Winter Low
- 24°F / -5°C
- Days Below Freezing
- 121 days/year
- Winter Feel
- Poor
Fair
Poor
1 / 5
The shape of the year
Humidity, comfortable months, and sunshine show how the seasons differ.
- Humidity
- 77%
- Comfortable Months
- 6 months
- Solar Exposure
- 1461 peak sun hrs/yr
Good
Fair
Poor
Air, allergies, and weather
Air quality and allergies shape day to day comfort. The best months and weather risks help with timing.
Air and allergies
- Air Quality
- Excellent
- Allergy Levels
- Poor
4.7 / 5
Current AQI
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Current PM2.5
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Timing and weather
- Long Term Fine Particle Pollution
- 6.6 µg/m³ 2021-2025 modeled average
- Best Months
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
- Toughest Months
- Feb, Jan, Dec
- Heat Risk
- Low
- Drought Risk
- Low
- Weather Volatility
- Moderate
Good · 6.6 µg/m³ 2021-2025 modeled average
Very Good
3.2 / 5
Yellow Springs in everyday life
Could Yellow Springs work for you?
What may work well
- Yellow Springs offers trails, village parks, a pool, a community center, local programs, hospital services, and indoor choices.
- NOAA provides official station guidance for regional temperature, precipitation, snow, degree days, and freezing days.
- Village police, fire, utilities, public works, and active transportation resources support a direct home and route review.
What to think about
- The catalog snapshot is not an annual climate average.
- Heat, humidity, air quality, snow, ice, storms, power, drainage, heating, cooling, and insurance need direct checks.
- Outdoor access depends on surface, weather, air quality, parking, mobility, and the ability to return home.
Plan Yellow Springs for heat, humidity, air quality, snow, storms, smoke, and power
Visit in more than one season
Notice heating, cooling, humidity, air quality, snow, ice, sidewalk clearing, parking, trail surface, pharmacy, hospital access, and the return home.
Check the home envelope
Ask about roof, windows, trees, lower levels, drainage, power, water, wastewater, heating, cooling, insurance, and seasonal bills.
Map a weather day
Trace the home, hospital, pharmacy, groceries, community center, village services, family, parking, alerts, and a backup route.
Keep an indoor week
Pair trails with indoor programs, gallery, shopping, home activities, family calls, and care when outdoor access is difficult.
Questions retirees ask
What is Yellow Springs, Ohio weather like?
The catalog snapshot is 25.3°C, 67 percent humidity, and AQI 85. NOAA NCEI station records provide regional temperature, precipitation, snow, degree day, and freezing baselines. Review heat, humidity, air quality, cold, ice, storms, heating, cooling, drainage, power, and the exact home.
Does Yellow Springs have winter concerns?
Plan snow removal, ice, sidewalks, road access, parking, lower levels, heating, power, alerts, hospital access, pharmacy, regional care, and an indoor option. Review the possible home during winter weather.
What air quality and storm questions matter?
Check AQI, humidity, drainage, lower levels, roof, trees, power, road surface, crossings, parking, alerts, insurance, hospital route, pharmacy, groceries, and a backup ride after severe weather.
Can I use Yellow Springs trails year round?
The village lists the Little Miami Scenic Bike Trail, Gaunt Park, Ellis Park, neighborhood parks, and active transportation projects. Confirm current conditions, air quality, surface, snow, ice, parking, accessibility, and seasonal access before each visit.
Yellow Springs’ climate fit depends on the exact home and route. Visit in more than one season, price heating and cooling, check air quality and trail conditions, and keep indoor community choices available.
Sources
Climate comfort helps estimate how practical daily life may feel across the year, especially for heat, humidity, cold, and seasonal constraints.
Seasonal timing, health conditions, air conditioning, air quality, and elevation can change the lived experience.
- NASA POWER
Used for Overall Comfort, Summer Feel, Average Summer High, Days Above 90°F, Winter Feel, Average Winter Low, Days Below Freezing, Humidity, Comfortable Months, Solar Exposure, Best Months, Toughest Months, Allergy Levels, Heat Risk, Weather Volatility
- Open-Meteo / Copernicus CAMS, checked against U.S. EPA AirData
Used for Air Quality, Long-Term Fine-Particle Pollution
Checked 2026-05-18
- Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index
Used for Drought Risk
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