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Maple sugaring in Monroe County, Ohio

Monroe County had 12 maple operations and 1,970 taps in the 2022 Census. Around Woodsfield, sap usually runs from February 8 to March 17. Here's the long-run pattern, 36 seasons of sap weather, and the outlook this week.
Too early to tapAbout 125 days until the usual start.
Sap starts
Feb 8
typical year
Season ends
Mar 17
about 5 weeks
Sap days / season
44.4
1991–2026 average
Taps, 2022
1,970
#29 of 63 in OH

Sap-flow outlook at Woodsfield right now

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Forecast for Woodsfield, OH

Updated Oct 6, 8:36 AM EDT

Off-season for now. Sap needs freezing nights, and none are in sight. Monroe County's season usually opens around February 8, which is 125 days away.

No freeze-thaw days in the forecast

freeze thaw 32°F

  1. WedOct 7
    43° / 73°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  2. ThuOct 8
    53° / 73°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  3. FriOct 9
    47° / 69°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  4. SatOct 10
    47° / 73°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  5. SunOct 11
    53° / 70°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  6. MonOct 12
    55° / 73°
    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 Woodsfield

Freeze-thaw weather at Woodsfield peaks in the weeks of Jan 26 to Mar 23, which hold about 54% of a season's sap days. March is the busiest month.
Typical season: Feb 8 – Mar 170246Week of Dec 1: 2.3 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 8: 2.7 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 15: 2.6 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 22: 2.3 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 29: 1.6 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 5: 2.0 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 12: 1.7 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 19: 1.5 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 26: 2.0 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 2: 2.7 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 9: 2.5 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 16: 2.8 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 23: 2.8 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 2: 3.1 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 9: 3.0 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 16: 2.5 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 23: 2.7 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 30: 1.6 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 6: 1.3 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 13: 0.4 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 20: 0.3 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 27: 0.1 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 8
Average number of freeze-thaw sap days in each week of the season at Woodsfield, 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 3; the middle half of seasons fell between Jan 27 and Feb 11. Earliest Jan 9 (2023), latest Feb 24 (2015).
Closing signal
Median Mar 7; middle half between Feb 26 and Mar 14. Earliest Jan 28 (2006), latest Mar 30 (2015).
Sap days by month
Dec24%Jan18%Feb24%Mar27%Apr7%May0%

36 seasons of sap weather

Monroe County seasons, 1991–2026

The best sap year at Woodsfield was 2018 with 60 freeze-thaw days; the leanest was 2003 with 23. 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 30 – Mar 3, 38 sap days3820252025: Feb 7 – Mar 11, 45 sap days4520242024: Jan 17 – Feb 21, 53 sap days5320232023: Jan 9 – Feb 13, 48 sap days4820222022: Feb 9 – Mar 15, 50 sap days5020212021: Feb 11 – Mar 16, 44 sap days4420202020: Jan 28 – Mar 3, 49 sap days4920192019: Feb 6 – Mar 13, 49 sap days4920182018: Jan 19 – Feb 19, 60 sap days6020172017: Jan 31 – Feb 11, 35 sap days3520162016: Feb 2 – Mar 8, 42 sap days4220152015: Feb 24 – Mar 30, 39 sap days3920142014: Feb 23 – Mar 28, 40 sap days4020132013: Feb 16 – Mar 23, 49 sap days4920122012: Jan 27 – Mar 3, 52 sap days5220112011: Feb 11 – Mar 12, 37 sap days3720102010: Feb 13 – Mar 10, 30 sap days3020092009: Feb 4 – Mar 6, 37 sap days3720082008: Feb 7 – Mar 14, 46 sap days4620072007: Feb 7 – Mar 13, 34 sap days3420062006: Jan 16 – Jan 28, 38 sap days3820052005: Jan 30 – Feb 13, 37 sap days3720042004: Feb 2 – Feb 28, 46 sap days4620032003: Feb 20 – Mar 14, 23 sap days2320022002: Jan 16 – Feb 20, 47 sap days4720012001: Feb 10 – Mar 13, 49 sap days4920002000: Jan 23 – Feb 22, 52 sap days5219991999: Jan 23 – Feb 27, 58 sap days5819981998: Jan 13 – Feb 16, 45 sap days4519971997: Jan 25 – Feb 27, 50 sap days5019961996: Feb 11 – Mar 17, 44 sap days4419951995: Feb 15 – Mar 12, 48 sap days4819941994: Feb 16 – Mar 20, 40 sap days4019931993: Feb 18 – Mar 20, 41 sap days4119921992: Jan 28 – Mar 3, 50 sap days5019911991: Jan 30 – Mar 6, 55 sap days55
Each bar runs from the season's opening signal to its closing signal, estimated from daily temperatures at Woodsfield. Dashed lines mark the typical dates. The right column counts freeze-thaw sap days from December through May.

Maple production

Monroe County in the Census of Agriculture

USDA counts maple operations every five years. In Monroe County the 2022 Census found 12 farms making syrup (+140% since 2017), with taps +149% and syrup output +414% over the same five years. That works out to about 0.23 gallons of syrup per tap in 2022 (0.11 in 2017). Among the 385 counties in this atlas, Monroe County ranks 252 by taps.

Monroe County maple production, 2017 and 2022 (USDA Census of Agriculture)
Census yearFarmsTapsGallons of syrupGal / tap
2022121,9704470.23
20175790870.11

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 Woodsfield (1,079ft), 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

Monroe County sugaring questions

When should I tap maple trees in Monroe County, Ohio?
In a typical year the sap starts running around February 8 near Woodsfield and the season winds down around March 17. 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 9 and as late as Feb 24.
How much maple syrup does Monroe County produce?
The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 12 maple operations in Monroe County with 1,970 taps producing 447 gallons of syrup, ranking 29 of 63 Ohio's counties with published tap counts.
How many sap days does Monroe County get in a season?
On average 44.4 freeze-thaw sap days from December through May at Woodsfield, of which about 14.9 are textbook days with a night in the 20s and a day in the 40s. The best season since 1991 was 2018 (60 sap days); the leanest was 2003 (23).
Where do these dates come from?
From 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures at Woodsfield (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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