Lake effect snows, by the time they get this far east of Lake Michigan, are often in the form of flurries or scattered light snow showers. Lake effect snows from Lake Erie are very rare. The most likely month for heavy snow if January. Typically the last snow of the season is in mid-April with the first snow of the autumn around the first of November. Freezing precipitation events are not uncommon but major storms are usually several years apart.
Dense fog is most common in the spring when warm air masses ride over melting snowpack.
High winds exceed 50 mph once or twice a year. The winds are usually associated with strong low pressure systems moving across the Great Lakes or up the Ohio River Valley. The highest wind gust on record is 69 mph January 10 1975. Prevailing wind for the year is 9.9mph from the southwest. The average July temperature is 74.0.