Columbus, OH: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 60°F in Columbus, OH, the warmest April on record, in 148 years since 1879; provisional.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 60°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 148, provisional
Precipitation: 3.09 in; Driest since 2017; 68th driest of 148

A normal April in Columbus, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.7°F, between 50.1°F and 56.8°F in eight years of ten and 3.81 in of precipitation, between 2.31 in and 5.56 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Columbus, OH since 1879: 60°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 50.1 to 56.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Columbus, OH from 1879 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	60	1	71.6	1	48.4	1	3.09	81
2025	55.2	19	66.3	20	44.1	29	4.29	32
2024	57	7	66.9	14	47	4	5.87	8
2023	53.9	40	65.7	27	42	60	3.17	71
2022	50.5	97	60.1	99	40.9	87	3.32	64
2021	53.2	48	64.4	40	42	60	3.28	67
2020	49.2	120	59.6	114	38.7	124	4.22	35
2019	55	22	65.4	29	44.6	19	3.55	61
2018	47.7	136	58	130	37.5	139	5.23	17
2017	59.7	2	71.1	2	48.3	2	2.59	98
2016	51.4	75	62.5	67	40.4	97	2.31	110
2015	53.2	48	63.5	53	42.9	48	4.09	41
2014	55	22	65.8	25	44.2	28	5.47	13
2013	53.9	40	65.3	30	42.6	51	3.66	56
2012	53.1	51	63.8	46	42.4	54	3.60	58
2011	55	22	65.6	28	44.3	26	7.14	1
2010	58.1	4	70.1	3	46.1	6	2.51	103
2009	53.4	45	63.9	43	43	46	4.23	34
2008	55.6	15	66.6	16	44.6	19	2.16	118
2007	50.6	94	60	103	41.3	80	2.31	110
2006	56.8	8	67.8	9	45.8	7	2.52	101
2005	54.2	37	64.9	33	43.4	41	4.36	30
2004	52.6	57	61.6	79	43.5	38	3.96	48
2003	54.9	26	66	24	43.8	32	2.54	100
2002	54.6	30	64.6	37	44.6	19	4.02	46
2001	56.8	8	67.8	9	45.8	7	3.39	63
2000	51.4	75	61.7	76	41	85	4.15	37
1999	54.9	26	65.8	25	44.1	29	4.65	22
1998	53	54	63.3	57	42.8	49	6.51	3
1997	48.4	130	59.6	114	37.1	140	1.65	132
1996	50.2	104	60.8	87	39.5	111	6.39	4
1995	50.8	90	63	61	38.6	128	3.17	71
1994	53.9	40	66.4	19	41.4	77	3.64	57
1993	50.3	101	60.3	94	40.3	98	4.49	27
1992	51.7	69	61.7	76	41.8	69	2.83	88
1991	56	13	66.3	20	45.8	7	4.15	37
1990	50.6	94	62.6	65	38.7	124	2.82	89
1989	48.2	133	58.4	122	37.9	135	3.30	65
1988	50.3	101	62	71	38.6	128	2.24	114
1987	52	63	62.8	62	41.3	80	2.02	124
1986	54.4	32	66.9	14	42	60	1.31	139
1985	56.3	11	68.9	7	43.6	36	0.73	147
1984	50	108	60	103	40	105	3.10	79
1983	48.4	130	57.5	133	39.2	117	5.58	10
1982	46.4	143	58.4	122	34.3	147	1.90	125
1981	55.8	14	66.6	16	44.9	16	5.38	14
1980	49.5	113	60.1	99	38.9	119	1.59	135
1979	50.1	105	59.8	109	40.3	98	4.01	47
1978	50.6	94	61.5	82	39.6	110	3.02	84
1977	54.8	28	67.1	12	42.5	53	4.04	45
1976	50.9	87	63.5	53	38.2	131	1.44	137
1975	46.7	142	57.5	133	35.9	143	2.71	93
1974	54.3	35	65.1	31	43.5	38	2.66	97
1973	51.1	80	59	120	43.1	45	3.72	54
1972	48.8	125	59.4	117	38.1	134	3.74	53
1971	48.9	124	62.4	69	35.5	144	0.67	148
1970	53.3	47	64.7	34	42	60	5.52	11
1969	51.5	72	63.7	51	39.2	117	3.10	79
1968	53.1	51	63.9	43	42.2	57	2.20	117
1967	52.6	57	63.8	46	41.4	77	3.29	66
1966	49.4	115	58	130	40.8	89	4.89	20
1965	51.4	75	62.8	62	39.9	106	5.90	7
1964	53.6	44	64.1	42	43	46	6.36	5
1963	51.1	80	62.6	65	39.5	111	3.27	68
1962	48.7	126	60.3	94	37.1	140	1.33	138
1961	47	140	55.3	144	38.8	121	4.58	25
1960	55.3	17	67.4	11	43.2	43	1.60	133
1959	52.6	57	63.8	46	41.4	77	3.60	58
1958	52.3	60	63.7	51	41	85	4.09	41
1957	54.1	39	64.4	40	43.7	34	5.70	9
1956	48.6	128	58.9	121	38.2	131	4.06	44
1955	56.8	8	68.8	8	44.8	18	2.09	121
1954	57.3	6	69.7	4	45	14	3.77	52
1953	48.1	134	58.1	128	38.2	131	2.32	108
1952	51.8	67	63.4	55	40.3	98	4.07	43
1951	49.2	120	59.7	112	38.7	124	3.00	85
1950	45.7	145	56.4	140	35.1	145	5.02	19
1949	49.3	118	59.9	107	38.7	124	2.73	92
1948	55.2	19	66.1	22	44.3	26	5.32	15
1947	52	63	61.7	76	42.3	55	5.30	16
1946	52.3	60	62.5	67	42	60	1.72	130
1945	54.3	35	64.6	37	44	31	5.52	11
1944	50.8	90	59.8	109	41.7	70	3.79	51
1943	47	140	56.4	140	37.6	137	2.69	95
1942	55.5	16	66.5	18	44.5	23	2.24	114
1941	58	5	69.6	5	46.4	5	2.32	108
1940	47.9	135	56.9	138	38.8	121	6.31	6
1939	48.4	130	57.3	136	39.4	114	4.62	23
1938	54.4	32	63.8	46	45	14	3.07	82
1937	51.1	80	60.7	89	41.5	76	3.16	74
1936	47.3	139	56.1	142	38.4	130	3.17	71
1935	49.1	122	57.5	133	40.6	91	1.88	126
1934	51	84	61.1	85	40.9	87	1.24	141
1933	51.9	65	61	86	42.8	49	3.15	75
1932	49.9	109	60.5	93	39.4	114	1.75	129
1931	51.7	69	61.5	82	41.9	66	4.38	28
1930	54.2	37	64.5	39	43.8	32	1.28	140
1929	54.4	32	63.9	43	44.9	16	3.71	55
1928	47.4	138	56.8	139	37.9	135	2.92	86
1927	50.9	87	59.8	109	42	60	3.80	50
1926	44.7	147	54.9	145	34.4	146	2.56	99
1925	55.3	17	66.1	22	44.4	24	1.68	131
1924	51.4	75	61.4	84	41.3	80	3.12	78
1923	49.7	112	60.6	91	38.8	121	2.12	119
1922	53.1	51	62.8	62	43.5	38	3.05	83
1921	55	22	64.7	34	45.3	13	4.11	40
1920	46	144	54.4	146	37.6	137	4.51	26
1919	50.8	90	59.7	112	41.9	66	2.26	112
1918	49.4	115	58.1	128	40.6	91	2.80	90
1917	49.5	113	59.4	117	39.7	108	3.15	75
1916	49.9	109	58.2	125	41.6	74	2.33	107
1915	56.3	11	67	13	45.6	10	0.95	144
1914	50.7	93	60.1	99	41.3	80	2.48	105
1913	50.4	99	59.9	107	40.8	89	3.91	49
1912	53.4	45	63.1	58	43.7	34	4.20	36
1911	49.1	122	57.8	132	40.3	98	4.37	29
1910	52.7	56	63.4	55	41.9	66	2.52	101
1909	50.1	105	60.8	87	39.4	114	3.20	70
1908	51.7	69	61.8	75	41.6	74	2.75	91
1907	43	148	52.1	148	33.8	148	3.27	68
1906	54.7	29	65	32	44.4	24	1.16	143
1905	50.4	99	60.3	94	40.5	94	3.15	75
1904	45.1	146	53.4	147	36.7	142	2.49	104
1903	51.2	79	60.3	94	42.1	58	2.47	106
1902	50.1	105	60	103	40.2	102	1.60	133
1901	48.5	129	57.3	136	39.7	108	2.21	116
1900	51.8	67	62	71	41.7	70	1.76	128
1899	55.2	19	64.7	34	45.6	10	1.18	142
1898	48.7	126	58.4	122	38.9	119	2.05	122
1897	50.5	97	59.4	117	41.7	70	4.27	33
1896	58.6	3	69.2	6	48.1	3	2.70	94
1895	53.2	48	63.1	58	43.2	43	4.12	39
1894	51.5	72	60.7	89	42.3	55	1.79	127
1893	51.5	72	59.6	114	43.4	41	7.08	2
1892	49.4	115	58.2	125	40.6	91	2.67	96
1891	52.9	55	62.2	70	43.6	36	2.26	112
1890	52.3	60	62	71	42.6	51	4.32	31
1889	51.9	65	61.6	79	42.1	58	0.83	146
1888	51.1	80	62	71	40.2	102	1.53	136
1887	50.9	87	61.6	79	40.2	102	3.44	62
1886	54.6	30	63.8	46	45.4	12	3.57	60
1885	49.9	109	60	103	39.9	106	4.61	24
1884	49.3	118	58.2	125	40.5	94	2.11	120
1883	51	84	60.6	91	41.3	80	2.85	87
1882	51	84	60.3	94	41.7	70	4.87	21
1881	47.6	137	55.7	143	39.5	111	2.04	123
1880	53.8	43	63.1	58	44.6	19	5.08	18
1879	50.3	101	60.1	99	40.5	94	0.92	145

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	60
2017	59.7
1896	58.6
2010	58.1
1941	58
1954	57.3
2024	57
2006	56.8
2001	56.8
1955	56.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1907	43
1926	44.7
1904	45.1
1950	45.7
1920	46
1982	46.4
1975	46.7
1961	47
1943	47
1936	47.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	7.14
1893	7.08
1998	6.51
1996	6.39
1964	6.36
1940	6.31
1965	5.90
2024	5.87
1957	5.70
1983	5.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1971	0.67
1985	0.73
1889	0.83
1879	0.92
1915	0.95
1906	1.16
1899	1.18
1934	1.24
1930	1.28
1986	1.31

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 84°F; 15 April 2026, 14 April 2026
Coldest night: 29°F; 8 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.80 in; 22 April 2026

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April 2026 brought 3.09 in of precipitation in Columbus, OH, the driest April since 2017, 68th driest of 148.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Columbus, OH: 84°F on Wednesday 15 April 2026 and Tuesday 14 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Columbus, OH: a low of 29°F on Wednesday 8 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Columbus, OH: 0.80 in on Wednesday 22 April 2026.