Shaker Heights, OH Climate Specs + Top-Rated Window Installers
Shaker Heights sits in IECC climate zone 5A, which sets the energy-performance bar here no matter who ends up installing your windows. A window license file doesn't cover Shaker Heights on this site, so Google Maps supplies the 10 ranked names you see below. Checked September 2026.
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5AIECC climate zone · ENERGY STAR Northern zone
Shaker Heights's climate zone, in plain terms
Cleveland, OH runs a January average near 29°F and climbs to about 74°F by July, a swing that adds up to roughly 5,513 heating degree days most winters, with 925 on the summer cooling side of the ledger.
That load is the actual argument for paying up for a better U-factor in Shaker Heights, separate from anything a brochure claims.
Zone 5A's requirement is the floor; Shaker Heights's specific load is what tells you whether beating that floor is worth the extra cost.
Data: U.S. EPA / DOE, ENERGY STAR, ENERGY STAR Version 7.0 Climate Zones by County/ZIP (Windows, Doors, and Skylights) (V7.0); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE Building America), Guide to Determining Climate Zone by County: Building America and IECC 2021 Updates (PNNL-33270) (2021 IECC), from the nearest NOAA station 7.5 mi away.
What FEMA's risk data says about Shaker Heights
FEMA rates Cuyahoga County's hurricane risk as Relatively Low and its wind risk as Relatively High.
Neither rating changes a window's energy label, but both are exactly what impact-resistance and design-pressure ratings are built to answer for a Shaker Heights home.
Ask specifically about design pressure and impact rating for Shaker Heights, not just energy performance, if either risk rating comes back on the high side.
- Hurricane
- Relatively Low
- Strong wind
- Relatively High
- Winter weather
- Relatively High
Data: FEMA, National Risk Index for Natural Hazards - County-level table, v1.20 (v1.20, December 2025).
Guides to finish before Shaker Heights window bids come in
- How to Read an NFRC Window Label Four numbers on one sticker decide most of a window's real-world performance. Here's what each one means.
- ENERGY STAR Window Criteria by Climate Zone ENERGY STAR splits the country into four zones, each with its own numbers. Here they are, and why the Northern zone works backward from the other three.
- Impact Windows vs. Shutters in Florida's Hurricane Zones Florida gives homeowners two paths to a protected opening. Here's how each one is tested, and where the HVHZ raises the bar further.
Shaker Heights's top-rated window installers, by Google
The order below weighs a Google rating against its review count, the same way this site weighs a U-factor against a brochure claim: on the number, not the name. Treat it as a rating, never as proof of a license, bond or HVHZ approval.
- Supreme Window & GlassGoogle reviews
- Window NationGoogle reviews
- Garfield 1-2323Google reviews
- Seemray LLCGoogle reviews
- Window World of ClevelandGoogle reviews
- Universal Windows Direct of ClevelandGoogle reviews
- EZ Window Solutions of BeachwoodGoogle reviews
- Champion Replacement Windows of ClevelandGoogle reviews
- Empire Window CompanyGoogle reviews
- Cleveland Glass And MirrorGoogle reviews