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Maple sugaring in Pike County, Ohio

Pike County had 8 maple operations and 1,200 taps in the 2022 Census. Around Waverly, sap usually runs from February 2 to March 13. Here's the long-run pattern, 36 seasons of sap weather, and the outlook this week.
Too early to tapAbout 119 days until the usual start.
Sap starts
Feb 2
typical year
Season ends
Mar 13
about 6 weeks
Sap days / season
49.9
1991–2026 average
Taps, 2022
1,200
#34 of 63 in OH

Sap-flow outlook at Waverly right now

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Forecast for Waverly, OH

Updated Oct 6, 4:00 AM EDT

Off-season for now. Sap needs freezing nights, and none are in sight. Pike County's season usually opens around February 2, which is 119 days away.

No freeze-thaw days in the forecast

freeze thaw 32°F

  1. WedOct 7
    42° / 78°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  2. ThuOct 8
    53° / 77°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  3. FriOct 9
    45° / 74°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  4. SatOct 10
    45° / 78°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  5. SunOct 11
    54° / 75°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  6. MonOct 12
    54° / 78°
    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 Waverly

Freeze-thaw weather at Waverly peaks in the weeks of Jan 26 to Mar 23, which hold about 53% of a season's sap days. March is the busiest month.
Typical season: Feb 2 – Mar 130246Week of Dec 1: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 8: 3.1 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 15: 2.9 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 22: 2.4 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: 2.2 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 19: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 26: 2.8 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: 2.8 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 23: 3.1 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 2: 3.2 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 9: 3.1 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 16: 2.7 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 23: 2.8 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 30: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 6: 1.4 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 13: 0.4 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 20: 0.2 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 27: 0.1 sap days on averageWeek of May 4: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 11: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 18: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 25: 0.0 sap days on averageDecJanFebMarAprMaytaps in ~Feb 2
Average number of freeze-thaw sap days in each week of the season at Waverly, 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 Jan 28; the middle half of seasons fell between Jan 18 and Feb 5. Earliest Jan 1 (2006), latest Feb 16 (1993).
Closing signal
Median Mar 3; middle half between Feb 13 and Mar 11. Earliest Jan 28 (2006), latest Mar 21 (1994).
Sap days by month
Dec24%Jan20%Feb24%Mar26%Apr6%May0%

36 seasons of sap weather

Pike County seasons, 1991–2026

The best sap year at Waverly was 1999 with 66 freeze-thaw days; the leanest was 2003 with 30. 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 27 – Mar 3, 45 sap days4520252025: Feb 4 – Mar 11, 49 sap days4920242024: Jan 7 – Feb 8, 51 sap days5120232023: Jan 7 – Feb 7, 50 sap days5020222022: Jan 31 – Mar 5, 56 sap days5620212021: Feb 5 – Mar 9, 51 sap days5120202020: Jan 5 – Feb 9, 47 sap days4720192019: Jan 22 – Feb 20, 48 sap days4820182018: Jan 19 – Feb 15, 55 sap days5520172017: Jan 9 – Jan 31, 45 sap days4520162016: Jan 24 – Feb 27, 46 sap days4620152015: Feb 14 – Mar 19, 41 sap days4120142014: Feb 12 – Mar 19, 47 sap days4720132013: Feb 3 – Mar 10, 55 sap days5520122012: Jan 13 – Feb 13, 51 sap days5120112011: Feb 4 – Mar 8, 45 sap days4520102010: Feb 11 – Mar 9, 37 sap days3720092009: Feb 2 – Mar 6, 48 sap days4820082008: Jan 28 – Mar 4, 51 sap days5120072007: Feb 4 – Mar 11, 46 sap days4620062006: Jan 1 – Jan 28, 51 sap days5120052005: Jan 25 – Feb 7, 43 sap days4320042004: Jan 31 – Mar 2, 57 sap days5720032003: Feb 13 – Mar 16, 30 sap days3020022002: Jan 12 – Feb 16, 59 sap days5920012001: Feb 6 – Mar 12, 56 sap days5620002000: Jan 21 – Feb 22, 54 sap days5419991999: Jan 8 – Feb 10, 66 sap days6619981998: Jan 12 – Feb 11, 41 sap days4119971997: Jan 19 – Feb 23, 53 sap days5319961996: Feb 8 – Mar 15, 55 sap days5519951995: Feb 15 – Mar 11, 55 sap days5519941994: Feb 14 – Mar 21, 47 sap days4719931993: Feb 16 – Mar 20, 54 sap days5419921992: Jan 21 – Feb 13, 54 sap days5419911991: Jan 25 – Mar 1, 56 sap days56
Each bar runs from the season's opening signal to its closing signal, estimated from daily temperatures at Waverly. Dashed lines mark the typical dates. The right column counts freeze-thaw sap days from December through May.

Maple production

Pike County in the Census of Agriculture

USDA counts maple operations every five years. In Pike County the 2022 Census found 8 farms making syrup (+300% since 2017). That works out to about 0.11 gallons of syrup per tap in 2022. Among the 385 counties in this atlas, Pike County ranks 275 by taps.

Pike County maple production, 2017 and 2022 (USDA Census of Agriculture)
Census yearFarmsTapsGallons of syrupGal / tap
202281,2001310.11
20172withheldwithheld—

“Withheld” means USDA suppressed the figure to avoid disclosing data for individual operations; the farm count is still published.

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 Waverly (666ft), 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

Pike County sugaring questions

When should I tap maple trees in Pike County, Ohio?
In a typical year the sap starts running around February 2 near Waverly and the season winds down around March 13. 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 1 and as late as Feb 16.
How much maple syrup does Pike County produce?
The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 8 maple operations in Pike County with 1,200 taps producing 131 gallons of syrup, ranking 34 of 63 Ohio's counties with published tap counts.
How many sap days does Pike County get in a season?
On average 49.9 freeze-thaw sap days from December through May at Waverly, 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 (66 sap days); the leanest was 2003 (30).
Where do these dates come from?
From 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures at Waverly (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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