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William Howard Taft National Historic Site visitation by month and year

July is the busiest month at William Howard Taft, when the average temperature nearby is 76 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 32 degrees. July runs about 5.5 times the visits of January. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. Annual visits fell 44.1 percent, from 32,396 in 2019 to 18,121 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, William Howard Taft02.0k4.0k6.0kJanuary: 726 visits on average, 32.1°FJanFebruary: 936 visits on average, 35.3°FFebMarch: 1,836 visits on average, 44.0°FMarApril: 1,916 visits on average, 54.5°FAprMay: 2,279 visits on average, 64.0°FMayJune: 3,560 visits on average, 72.2°FJunJuly: 4,006 visits on average, 75.9°FJulAugust: 2,949 visits on average, 74.8°FAugSeptember: 2,497 visits on average, 67.8°FSepOctober: 1,994 visits on average, 56.0°FOctNovember: 1,172 visits on average, 44.6°FNovDecember: 1,084 visits on average, 36.3°FDecJanuary: 32.1°F averageFebruary: 35.3°F averageMarch: 44.0°F averageApril: 54.5°F averageMay: 64.0°F averageJune: 72.2°F averageJuly: 75.9°F averageAugust: 74.8°F averageSeptember: 67.8°F averageOctober: 56.0°F averageNovember: 44.6°F averageDecember: 36.3°F average30°F40°F50°F60°F70°F80°FVisitsRain, inches0.0 in2.0 in4.0 in6.0 inJanuary: 2.86 in precipitationFebruary: 2.79 in precipitationMarch: 3.94 in precipitationApril: 4.37 in precipitationMay: 4.70 in precipitationJune: 4.61 in precipitationJuly: 4.39 in precipitationAugust: 3.39 in precipitationSeptember: 3.07 in precipitationOctober: 3.05 in precipitationNovember: 2.91 in precipitationDecember: 3.32 in precipitation
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Cincinnati Lunken AP, 5 miles from the park's reference point at 490 feet, station USW00093812 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain from the same station, which publishes no snowfall normal.

Annual visits, 1979 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, William Howard Taft05k10k15k20k25k30k35k198019902000201020201979: 4,4101980: 4,7461981: 5,5181982: 3,1841983: 2,9641984: 2,2721985: 1,6491986: 3,9051987: 3,6831988: 5,6171989: 7,6331990: 7,5991991: 8,3331992: 6,4751993: 6,1461994: 7,0651995: 6,0881996: 6,6401997: 7,5881998: 7,1661999: 5,9602000: 8,2672001: 8,9462002: 13,4012003: 16,2752004: 16,3472005: 14,3282006: 14,7202007: 17,3652008: 16,9682009: 18,8022010: 21,1632011: 21,1412012: 19,4162013: 21,1022014: 23,6092015: 24,3852016: 30,7232017: 37,4252018: 30,2022019: 32,3962020: 11,1002021: 17,0422022: 27,7402023: 30,7572024: 31,1182025: 18,1212025: 18k
Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

YearRecreation visitsChange on prior year
202518,121-41.8%
202431,118+1.2%
202330,757+10.9%
202227,740+62.8%
202117,042+53.5%
202011,100-65.7%
201932,396+7.3%
201830,202-19.3%
201737,425+21.8%
201630,723+26.0%

Visitation at other parks

Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USW00093812, 490 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.