Columbus, OH: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 31.5°F in Columbus, OH, the coldest February since 2021, tied 71st coldest of 148 (with 1898).

February 2026

Mean temperature: 31.5°F; Coldest since 2021; 71st coldest of 148
Precipitation: 2.27 in; Wettest since 2025; 70th wettest of 148

A normal February in Columbus, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.7°F, between 26.6°F and 37.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.10 in of precipitation, between 1.37 in and 3.92 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Columbus, OH since 1879: 31.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 16.6°F, in 1978.

Normal range, 26.6 to 37.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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	31.5	77	40.5	62	22.4	90	2.27	70
2025	32.1	70	40	69	24.1	70	3.25	34
2024	40.5	5	51.8	2	29.2	18	1.23	126
2023	41.1	3	52.3	1	30	11	1.62	101
2022	32.5	65	41.2	53	23.7	78	6.12	4
2021	27.2	112	33.9	124	20.4	105	2.23	71
2020	33.6	54	41.2	53	25.9	49	2.56	58
2019	34.8	41	43.4	35	26.3	45	5.49	7
2018	38.8	10	47.3	9	30.3	10	5.25	9
2017	42.2	1	51.8	2	32.6	5	2.63	55
2016	34.2	45	42.9	37	25.4	57	3.29	33
2015	19.3	146	28.6	144	10	146	1.70	94
2014	25.9	126	34.5	120	17.3	127	2.39	64
2013	31.1	81	38.4	88	23.9	74	1.82	86
2012	36.9	21	44.8	25	29	20	1.89	84
2011	32.6	62	40.1	67	25	63	4.25	19
2010	26.7	119	32.4	134	21.1	101	2.42	63
2009	33.8	52	42	50	25.5	56	1.93	81
2008	31	84	38.6	85	23.4	82	3.88	21
2007	21.2	143	28.5	145	13.8	141	2.06	76
2006	33.5	55	41.2	53	25.9	49	1.35	120
2005	34	47	42	50	26	46	1.27	123
2004	31.9	73	40.3	65	23.6	79	2.02	79
2003	26.9	115	33.8	127	20	107	2.96	44
2002	35.9	32	45.4	19	26.4	43	1.72	92
2001	35.3	37	42.6	42	28	32	1.37	118
2000	37.5	15	45.5	18	29.4	17	2.79	51
1999	37	20	45.1	22	29	20	2.77	52
1998	40.4	6	47.3	9	33.6	2	2.48	61
1997	36.3	29	44.3	30	28.3	27	1.50	109
1996	30.6	89	38.3	89	22.8	85	2.14	72
1995	27.9	108	37.2	95	18.6	118	1.64	100
1994	30	91	39.4	77	20.5	104	1.56	105
1993	27.8	109	36.4	99	19.1	111	1.82	86
1992	36.7	25	44.6	28	28.9	22	0.85	138
1991	35.6	34	44	31	27.3	38	2.30	67
1990	37.5	15	47.3	9	27.6	36	5.15	10
1989	28.6	103	36	105	21.3	99	3.10	40
1988	29.2	95	38.3	89	20.2	106	4.26	18
1987	34.9	40	43.7	33	26	46	0.59	143
1986	32.6	62	39.9	73	25.4	57	2.96	44
1985	26	125	34.8	119	17.2	128	1.67	98
1984	37.4	17	46	15	28.7	23	1.97	80
1983	33.9	49	42.8	39	25.1	60	0.74	140
1982	29.2	95	37.2	95	21.2	100	1.49	110
1981	33.9	49	42.5	44	25.4	57	4.60	14
1980	25.2	130	32.5	132	17.9	124	1.38	117
1979	19.3	146	27.7	147	10.9	145	2.88	48
1978	16.6	148	24.6	148	8.6	148	0.29	148
1977	26.5	120	35.2	114	17.8	125	1.02	133
1976	37.4	17	46.9	12	27.8	33	2.03	78
1975	33.4	56	40.3	65	26.4	43	3.47	27
1974	31.1	81	39.6	75	22.7	86	2.30	67
1973	31.3	80	38.9	81	23.8	75	1.29	122
1972	27.6	111	35.9	107	19.4	109	1.74	90
1971	30.8	86	38.6	85	22.9	84	3.16	37
1970	28.5	106	37.5	94	19.4	109	1.68	96
1969	31.4	79	38.8	82	24	72	1.17	128
1968	25.7	129	35.6	108	15.8	134	0.38	147
1967	25.8	128	33.9	124	17.6	126	2.46	62
1966	29.4	93	36.1	103	22.7	86	2.59	56
1965	29.1	98	39.4	77	18.8	117	3.76	22
1964	27.7	110	36.3	101	19	114	1.68	96
1963	22.4	140	32	135	12.8	144	1.01	134
1962	28.8	100	36.9	98	20.7	103	3.46	28
1961	36.9	21	45.1	22	28.6	25	2.90	47
1960	28.8	100	35.2	114	22.4	90	2.57	57
1959	32.7	61	42.3	47	23	83	3.08	41
1958	24.9	131	32.5	132	17.2	128	0.82	139
1957	36.4	27	44.7	26	28.2	29	1.87	85
1956	35.6	34	43.4	35	27.8	33	4.33	17
1955	32.1	70	40.4	64	23.8	75	3.73	23
1954	39	9	48.2	5	29.8	13	1.78	88
1953	35.6	34	45.4	19	25.9	49	1.41	115
1952	34.5	43	42.3	47	26.6	41	2.31	66
1951	30.9	85	39.9	73	21.9	96	2.82	50
1950	32.9	58	40.9	58	24.9	65	3.23	35
1949	36.6	26	46.1	14	27	39	2.65	54
1948	30.8	86	40.7	60	20.9	102	3.07	42
1947	24.1	134	31.3	137	16.8	130	0.51	144
1946	34.2	45	42.6	42	25.8	52	3.21	36
1945	32.8	60	40	69	25.6	55	3.14	38
1944	35.2	39	42.9	37	27.6	36	2.05	77
1943	32.9	58	42.1	49	23.8	75	1.48	111
1942	28.6	103	35	116	22.2	93	2.11	74
1941	28.6	103	34.9	117	22.4	90	0.64	141
1940	31.9	73	37.8	93	26	46	2.98	43
1939	33.9	49	42.8	39	25	63	3.92	20
1938	38.1	12	45.6	17	30.6	8	2.73	53
1937	32.3	68	40.1	67	24.5	68	0.87	137
1936	24.4	133	33.1	130	15.7	136	2.87	49
1935	32.4	66	39	80	25.8	52	1.39	116
1934	22.1	141	31	138	13.1	143	1.18	127
1933	32.3	68	41.1	57	23.6	79	1.37	118
1932	39.6	8	47.5	8	31.7	6	0.88	135
1931	36.8	23	43.7	33	29.9	12	1.54	106
1930	40.4	6	47.9	6	33	4	3.45	29
1929	26.2	124	33.9	124	18.5	120	3.36	30
1928	32	72	38.8	82	25.1	60	2.28	69
1927	37.8	13	45.2	21	30.4	9	1.62	101
1926	32.4	66	39.1	79	25.8	52	2.93	46
1925	37.6	14	46	15	29.1	19	1.77	89
1924	30.3	90	36.4	99	24.1	70	1.73	91
1923	26.4	121	34.3	123	18.6	118	2.51	60
1922	33.8	52	40.6	61	26.9	40	1.58	103
1921	34.7	42	40.9	58	28.4	26	1.90	83
1920	28.7	102	34.9	117	22.6	89	1.12	129
1919	32.6	62	40	69	25.1	60	1.27	123
1918	31.1	81	40.5	62	21.8	97	2.55	59
1917	25.9	126	35.3	111	16.4	131	1.09	130
1916	26.8	116	34.5	120	19.1	111	1.47	112
1915	36	31	42.5	44	29.5	16	1.52	108
1914	23.5	135	33.1	130	14	139	3.70	25
1913	27.1	114	35.3	111	18.9	115	2.09	75
1912	23.4	137	31.5	136	15.4	138	1.53	107
1911	35.3	37	42.4	46	28.3	27	1.71	93
1910	26.3	122	34.5	120	18	123	5.05	11
1909	36.2	30	44.7	26	27.7	35	4.97	12
1908	29.6	92	37.1	97	22.1	94	3.66	26
1907	27.2	112	35.3	111	19.1	111	0.43	146
1906	28.4	107	38	91	18.9	115	1.08	131
1905	22	142	30.1	141	13.9	140	1.57	104
1904	24.7	132	33.6	128	15.9	133	2.12	73
1903	31.8	75	39.6	75	24	72	4.44	15
1902	23.2	138	30.6	140	15.8	134	0.51	144
1901	23.5	135	31	138	16	132	0.88	135
1900	26.8	116	35.4	110	18.2	121	3.30	32
1899	22.8	139	30	142	15.6	137	1.44	113
1898	31.5	77	38.5	87	24.5	68	1.67	98
1897	34	47	40	69	28.1	31	3.71	24
1896	31.8	75	38.8	82	24.8	67	1.93	81
1895	21	144	28.3	146	13.8	141	0.64	141
1894	29.4	93	36.1	103	22.7	86	3.11	39
1893	30.8	86	37.9	92	23.6	79	7.65	1
1892	35.7	33	42.7	41	28.7	23	3.35	31
1891	36.8	23	43.8	32	29.8	13	5.42	8
1890	40.6	4	47.6	7	33.6	2	6.12	4
1889	26.3	122	33.2	129	19.5	108	1.06	132
1888	33	57	41.2	53	24.9	65	1.30	121
1887	36.4	27	44.6	28	28.2	29	6.48	2
1886	26.8	116	35.5	109	18.2	121	1.26	125
1885	19.4	145	29.5	143	9.3	147	2.39	64
1884	37.2	19	44.9	24	29.6	15	4.95	13
1883	34.3	44	42	50	26.6	41	6.18	3
1882	41.8	2	49.2	4	34.4	1	5.94	6
1881	29.2	95	36.3	101	22	95	4.44	15
1880	38.7	11	46.6	13	30.9	7	1.70	94
1879	28.9	99	36	105	21.8	97	1.43	114

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2017	42.2
1882	41.8
2023	41.1
1890	40.6
2024	40.5
1998	40.4
1930	40.4
1932	39.6
1954	39
2018	38.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	16.6
2015	19.3
1979	19.3
1885	19.4
1895	21
2007	21.2
1905	22
1934	22.1
1963	22.4
1899	22.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1893	7.65
1887	6.48
1883	6.18
2022	6.12
1890	6.12
1882	5.94
2019	5.49
1891	5.42
2018	5.25
1990	5.15

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1978	0.29
1968	0.38
1907	0.43
1947	0.51
1902	0.51
1987	0.59
1941	0.64
1895	0.64
1983	0.74
1958	0.82

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 18 February 2026
Coldest night: 0°F; 2 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.14 in; 19 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 2.27 in of precipitation in Columbus, OH, the wettest February since 2025, 70th wettest of 148.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Columbus, OH: 65°F on Wednesday 18 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Columbus, OH: a low of 0°F on Monday 2 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Columbus, OH: 1.14 in on Thursday 19 February 2026.