July in Cleveland, OH: variable for golf — mixed conditions — check the live score. Best tee times: mid-morning through early afternoon.
| Average July Weather | |
|---|---|
| Avg daily high | 79°F |
| Avg daily low | 68°F |
| Rainy days | 17 / mo |
| Avg peak wind | 11.8 mph |
July sits at an interesting inflection point in Cleveland's golf calendar. Coming out of June, you gain 4 degrees on the average high — reaching 79°F, the warmest the city gets all year — while winds actually ease off to 11.8 mph, the calmest of any month. That combination makes morning and midday rounds genuinely comfortable when the weather cooperates.
The catch is precipitation. July ties for the fourth-wettest month of the year at 17 rainy days, up one from June, and August adds another. The season tier is Variable for a reason: you can string together several dry, breezy-free rounds, or watch a week's worth of tee times get interrupted by afternoon storms. The 11-degree spread between the 68°F low and 79°F high means early starters will feel the difference from the late-afternoon crowd.
Book morning slots — ideally before noon — to avoid Cleveland's typical pattern of late-afternoon convective storms that inflate July's 17-day precipitation count. Because winds are at their annual low this month, early tee times reward you with both cooler temperatures near the 68°F overnight low and the lightest air movement of the year. See how conditions rate hour by hour on our playability scale.
July is the warmest month Cleveland sees, coming in 4°F hotter than June and carrying slightly calmer winds — dropping from June's 13.4 mph down to 11.8 mph — which makes fairway ball flight more predictable. Heading into August, the average high slips just 1°F to 78°F while wind ticks back up slightly to 12 mph, so the playing feel is nearly identical except August adds yet another rainy day (18 vs. 17). In short, July is the warmest and calmest window in this stretch, but the precipitation trend is already moving in the wrong direction.
Climate normals show the long-term picture, but day-to-day weather varies. Check today's live golf weather score for Cleveland, OH for the current playability rating, hourly wind, temperature, and the recommended tee time window.
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July offers Cleveland's warmest average high at 79°F and its calmest peak winds at 11.8 mph, which are genuine positives. However, it also ties for the fourth-wettest month of the year with 17 precipitation days, so rounds get interrupted more often than the pleasant temperatures suggest. Morning tee times improve your odds significantly.
July logs 17 precipitation days — one more than June's 16 and one fewer than August's 18, meaning the entire summer window is consistently wet rather than July being a brief spike. That said, the lighter winds (11.8 mph versus June's 13.4 mph) at least mean storms tend to be shorter-lived in terms of wind disruption. Planning around afternoon thunderstorms is the main adjustment to make.