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Maple sugaring in Hocking County, Ohio

Hocking County had 6 maple operations and 140 taps in the 2022 Census. Around Logan, sap usually runs from February 9 to March 18. Here's the long-run pattern, 36 seasons of sap weather, and the outlook this week.
Too early to tapAbout 126 days until the usual start.
Sap starts
Feb 9
typical year
Season ends
Mar 18
about 5 weeks
Sap days / season
52.5
1991–2026 average
Taps, 2022
140
#56 of 63 in OH

Sap-flow outlook at Logan right now

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Forecast for Logan, OH

Updated Oct 6, 4:00 AM EDT

Off-season for now. Sap needs freezing nights, and none are in sight. Hocking County's season usually opens around February 9, which is 126 days away.

No freeze-thaw days in the forecast

freeze thaw 32°F

  1. WedOct 7
    42° / 76°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  2. ThuOct 8
    51° / 75°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  3. FriOct 9
    43° / 72°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  4. SatOct 10
    44° / 76°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  5. SunOct 11
    52° / 73°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  6. MonOct 12
    53° / 76°
    No refreeze forecast

Data: National Weather Service. Verdicts use freeze-thaw thresholds from maple field research; your woods may run a little differently.

When the sap runs

The sugaring calendar at Logan

Freeze-thaw weather at Logan peaks in the weeks of Jan 26 to Mar 30, which hold about 55% of a season's sap days. March is the busiest month.
Typical season: Feb 9 – Mar 180246Week of Dec 1: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 8: 3.1 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 15: 3.0 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 22: 2.5 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 29: 2.1 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 5: 2.3 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 12: 2.1 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 19: 1.7 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 26: 2.5 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 2: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 9: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 16: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 23: 3.2 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 2: 3.4 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 9: 3.2 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 16: 2.8 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 23: 3.0 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 30: 2.3 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 6: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 13: 1.0 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 20: 0.6 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 27: 0.3 sap days on averageWeek of May 4: 0.1 sap days on averageWeek of May 11: 0.1 sap days on averageWeek of May 18: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 25: 0.0 sap days on averageDecJanFebMarAprMaytaps in ~Feb 9
Average number of freeze-thaw sap days in each week of the season at Logan, 1991–2026. A sap day is an overnight low under 30.2 °F followed by an afternoon high over 37.4 °F. The shaded band is the typical season.

Year-to-year spread

Opening signal
Median Feb 4; the middle half of seasons fell between Jan 25 and Feb 11. Earliest Jan 7 (2006), latest Feb 21 (2014).
Closing signal
Median Mar 8; middle half between Feb 27 and Mar 15. Earliest Feb 2 (2006), latest Mar 27 (2014).
Sap days by month
Dec23%Jan18%Feb23%Mar26%Apr10%May0%

36 seasons of sap weather

Hocking County seasons, 1991–2026

The best sap year at Logan was 1999 with 74 freeze-thaw days; the leanest was 2010 with 32. Seasons that start early tend to end early too: the trees run on the swing between freezing nights and mild days, and heat ends it.
JanFebMarAprMaysap days20262026: Jan 29 – Mar 3, 44 sap days4420252025: Feb 7 – Mar 11, 53 sap days5320242024: Jan 11 – Feb 15, 54 sap days5420232023: Jan 11 – Feb 15, 61 sap days6120222022: Feb 8 – Mar 15, 56 sap days5620212021: Feb 11 – Mar 16, 52 sap days5220202020: Jan 28 – Mar 3, 62 sap days6220192019: Feb 4 – Mar 9, 56 sap days5620182018: Jan 18 – Feb 18, 63 sap days6320172017: Jan 10 – Feb 7, 44 sap days4420162016: Jan 31 – Mar 2, 44 sap days4420152015: Feb 18 – Mar 24, 41 sap days4120142014: Feb 21 – Mar 27, 44 sap days4420132013: Feb 8 – Mar 15, 52 sap days5220122012: Jan 25 – Mar 1, 56 sap days5620112011: Feb 9 – Mar 14, 41 sap days4120102010: Feb 19 – Mar 10, 32 sap days3220092009: Feb 4 – Mar 6, 47 sap days4720082008: Feb 7 – Mar 14, 52 sap days5220072007: Feb 7 – Mar 13, 48 sap days4820062006: Jan 7 – Feb 2, 48 sap days4820052005: Jan 25 – Feb 14, 45 sap days4520042004: Feb 13 – Mar 20, 67 sap days6720032003: Feb 16 – Mar 16, 35 sap days3520022002: Jan 21 – Feb 25, 53 sap days5320012001: Feb 11 – Mar 18, 54 sap days5420002000: Jan 23 – Feb 22, 62 sap days6219991999: Jan 24 – Feb 28, 74 sap days7419981998: Jan 14 – Feb 16, 56 sap days5619971997: Jan 25 – Feb 28, 61 sap days6119961996: Feb 10 – Mar 17, 56 sap days5619951995: Feb 15 – Mar 14, 61 sap days6119941994: Feb 17 – Mar 23, 57 sap days5719931993: Feb 19 – Mar 20, 51 sap days5119921992: Jan 26 – Mar 2, 53 sap days5319911991: Jan 27 – Mar 1, 55 sap days55
Each bar runs from the season's opening signal to its closing signal, estimated from daily temperatures at Logan. Dashed lines mark the typical dates. The right column counts freeze-thaw sap days from December through May.

Maple production

Hocking County in the Census of Agriculture

USDA counts maple operations every five years. In Hocking County the 2022 Census found 6 farms making syrup (0% since 2017), with taps -52% and syrup output -80% over the same five years. That works out to about 0.10 gallons of syrup per tap in 2022 (0.24 in 2017). Among the 385 counties in this atlas, Hocking County ranks 357 by taps.

Hocking County maple production, 2017 and 2022 (USDA Census of Agriculture)
Census yearFarmsTapsGallons of syrupGal / tap
20226140140.10
20176290700.24

Nearby

Neighboring maple counties

Distances are between reference towns; typical dates are each county's own estimate.

About these numbers

The season dates are estimated from 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures for the PRISM 4-km grid cell at Logan (814ft), scored with the same freeze-thaw rule as our live forecast: a sap day is an overnight low under 30.2 °F followed by an afternoon high over 37.4 °F. Each season's closing signal is the last sap day before accumulated warmth reaches a threshold, and the opening signal sits five weeks before that, never earlier than the first real freeze-thaw week. Tested against 117 state-seasons of USDA-reported dates, the rule lands within 5.5 days of the reported close and 6.6 days of the reported opening on average, and the typical dates shown here are scaled to Ohio's USDA record (8 years). Production figures are copied from the Census as published. Full method, calibration tables and the downloadable dataset →

Sources · 6

  1. 1.2022 Census of Agriculture, County Level Data — Ohio, Table 37: Maple Syrup, 2022 and 2017 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
  2. 2.PRISM daily temperature grids (AN81d, 4 km), accessed 2026-10-05 · PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu
  3. 3.Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) web services · NOAA Regional Climate Centers
  4. 4.USDA NASS maple syrup reports — approximate average season opened and closed dates, 2011–2022 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (mirrored by the University of Vermont)
  5. 5.Sap flow in sugar maple: timing and weather drivers (Frontiers in Agronomy, 2025) · de Lima Santos et al.
  6. 6.GeoNames gazetteer (cities500), CC BY 4.0 · GeoNames

FAQ

Hocking County sugaring questions

When should I tap maple trees in Hocking County, Ohio?
In a typical year the sap starts running around February 9 near Logan and the season winds down around March 18. Have your taps in a day or two before the first forecast string of freezing nights and 40 °F days. In the past 36 seasons the weather signal came as early as Jan 7 and as late as Feb 21.
How much maple syrup does Hocking County produce?
The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 6 maple operations in Hocking County with 140 taps producing 14 gallons of syrup, ranking 56 of 63 Ohio's counties with published tap counts.
How many sap days does Hocking County get in a season?
On average 52.5 freeze-thaw sap days from December through May at Logan, of which about 13.1 are textbook days with a night in the 20s and a day in the 40s. The best season since 1991 was 1999 (74 sap days); the leanest was 2010 (32).
Where do these dates come from?
From 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures at Logan (PRISM 4-km grid), scored with the same freeze-thaw rule as our live forecast, then calibrated against USDA's reported season dates for Ohio. They describe a typical year at one point in the county; your sugarbush, slope and elevation can shift them by days.

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