Columbus, OH: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 24.2°F in Columbus, OH, the coldest January since 2025, tied 34th coldest of 148 (with 2004).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 24.2°F; Coldest since 2025; 34th coldest of 148
Precipitation: 1.63 in; Driest since 2025; 39th driest of 148

A normal January in Columbus, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.4°F, between 22.8°F and 36.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.70 in of precipitation, between 1.62 in and 4.39 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Columbus, OH since 1879: 24.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 11.3°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 22.8 to 36.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	24.2	114	32.7	110	15.7	125	1.63	110
2025	23.7	121	30.9	123	16.5	119	1.09	140
2024	31.7	52	37.4	62	25.9	40	4.81	17
2023	37.4	10	43.8	14	31	6	4.16	30
2022	25.3	109	33.5	106	17.2	113	2.61	66
2021	32.1	47	37.5	61	26.6	35	2.25	81
2020	36.7	14	43.3	18	30.1	10	4.37	27
2019	29.4	72	36.6	75	22.2	71	3.09	53
2018	27.3	94	35.4	92	19.3	95	2.39	74
2017	36.8	13	43.5	16	30.1	10	2.83	60
2016	28.4	82	36.7	72	20.1	88	1.12	138
2015	26	103	33.8	104	18.1	103	2.87	56
2014	22.8	129	32	112	13.6	137	2.40	72
2013	32.1	47	39.8	42	24.4	52	2.25	81
2012	33.7	33	41.5	25	25.8	41	3.82	34
2011	24.5	110	30.8	127	18.1	103	1.47	121
2010	26	103	31.5	115	20.5	87	2.27	80
2009	22.6	131	30	131	15.2	128	2.73	62
2008	31.7	52	39.5	48	23.9	56	1.64	109
2007	34.4	25	40.5	35	28.3	16	4.25	29
2006	40.7	2	48	3	33.5	3	2.67	64
2005	30.7	60	37.2	65	24.1	54	8.95	2
2004	24.2	114	30.9	123	17.5	109	5.08	13
2003	22.6	131	28.8	137	16.5	119	1.69	106
2002	35.6	19	43.4	17	27.7	22	1.92	101
2001	28.7	80	35.5	90	21.9	73	1.31	129
2000	27	97	35.2	97	18.8	100	3.53	41
1999	31	59	39.8	42	22.3	69	2.87	56
1998	37.5	9	43.6	15	31.5	5	2.32	78
1997	28.1	89	36.8	71	19.4	93	2.19	89
1996	27.7	91	35.9	86	19.6	92	3.73	38
1995	29.4	72	37.1	66	21.7	76	4.54	22
1994	21.3	137	28.7	138	13.9	136	3.79	35
1993	34.3	26	41	31	27.6	24	4.14	31
1992	32.1	47	39.4	49	24.9	49	1.79	105
1991	29.7	70	36.9	70	22.5	66	1.97	98
1990	37.6	8	45.8	7	29.5	12	2.43	70
1989	36.6	15	45.4	10	27.8	21	1.97	98
1988	26.5	101	35.4	92	17.5	109	2.14	91
1987	29.9	66	36.3	79	23.4	60	1.14	137
1986	30	64	37.6	60	22.5	66	1.54	116
1985	21.7	135	28.2	140	15.2	128	1.31	129
1984	23.3	126	29.7	132	16.9	114	1.07	141
1983	29.9	66	36.6	75	23.1	63	1.20	135
1982	21.2	139	30.8	127	11.6	144	4.77	18
1981	23.2	127	31.1	118	15.4	127	0.70	146
1980	29.3	76	35.3	95	23.3	61	1.69	106
1979	21.3	137	28.2	140	14.5	134	3.32	46
1978	19	144	26.1	144	11.9	143	5.89	8
1977	11.3	148	19.3	148	3.4	148	1.57	113
1976	24	117	31.1	118	16.9	114	3.15	52
1975	32.5	45	39.7	46	25.3	47	3.21	48
1974	33.2	38	41.5	25	24.8	50	2.40	72
1973	31.1	58	39.2	52	23.1	63	2.46	69
1972	28.2	86	37.3	64	19	99	1.40	125
1971	24.3	112	33	109	15.5	126	1.57	113
1970	20.6	140	28.5	139	12.6	139	1.60	111
1969	26.9	98	34.5	100	19.4	93	3.40	44
1968	23.6	123	31	120	16.2	123	2.22	86
1967	34.8	23	42.4	23	27.1	30	0.78	144
1966	22.1	134	29.3	135	15	131	2.87	56
1965	28.2	86	36.5	78	20	89	2.70	63
1964	30.1	63	39.1	53	21.1	80	1.82	103
1963	21.7	135	31	120	12.4	140	1.39	127
1962	24.5	110	32.4	111	16.7	117	3.17	50
1961	23.4	124	31.7	114	15.2	128	0.65	147
1960	34.1	28	41.1	29	27.1	30	2.31	79
1959	26	103	35.6	89	16.4	121	7.44	4
1958	28.3	84	35.7	87	21	83	1.87	102
1957	25.7	107	33.3	108	18.2	102	1.94	100
1956	27.7	91	35.3	95	20	89	2.13	92
1955	28.5	81	36.3	79	20.6	86	1.44	122
1954	31.8	51	39.9	41	23.7	58	2.92	55
1953	35.2	21	43	20	27.5	26	4.83	16
1952	35.1	22	42.5	22	27.6	24	5.99	7
1951	31.3	55	38.5	55	24.2	53	4.50	23
1950	39.8	4	48.9	2	30.8	7	8.29	3
1949	37	11	44.5	12	29.5	12	7.23	5
1948	20.5	141	29.3	135	11.6	144	2.07	94
1947	35.9	17	43.2	19	28.5	15	4.73	19
1946	32.2	46	40.5	35	23.8	57	0.78	144
1945	23.7	121	29.7	132	17.7	106	0.93	142
1944	33.9	31	40.6	34	27.2	28	0.50	148
1943	32	50	39.3	50	24.7	51	2.03	96
1942	29.4	72	36.7	72	22.1	72	1.24	134
1941	31.6	54	37.1	66	26	39	2.05	95
1940	17.8	146	25.1	145	10.4	146	1.44	122
1939	35.3	20	42.7	21	27.9	19	3.17	50
1938	31.3	55	38.4	56	24.1	54	1.11	139
1937	37.8	7	45.5	9	30.2	9	10.71	1
1936	23.8	120	30.9	123	16.6	118	1.26	132
1935	31.2	57	39.3	50	23.2	62	1.50	118
1934	34	29	41	31	27.1	30	1.16	136
1933	38.6	6	46.3	6	30.8	7	1.36	128
1932	40.3	3	47	4	33.6	2	4.38	26
1931	33	40	39.6	47	26.5	36	0.88	143
1930	29.1	77	36.7	72	21.6	77	4.86	15
1929	27.7	91	36.1	82	19.3	95	3.54	40
1928	29.6	71	37	68	22.3	69	1.44	122
1927	29.9	66	36.3	79	23.5	59	3.93	33
1926	28.2	86	35.4	92	21	83	2.52	67
1925	28.8	78	36.6	75	21.1	80	1.48	120
1924	26	103	34.1	103	17.9	105	3.95	32
1923	33.7	33	40.3	39	27.2	28	3.46	43
1922	27.2	95	35.7	87	18.7	101	1.80	104
1921	33.8	32	40.8	33	26.7	33	2.19	89
1920	22.2	133	29.7	132	14.7	133	2.64	65
1919	33.1	39	41.1	29	25.1	48	1.28	131
1918	15.9	147	23.5	147	8.2	147	3.51	42
1917	29.8	69	38.1	57	21.6	77	3.74	37
1916	35.9	17	45.4	10	26.5	36	5.02	14
1915	27.9	90	34.9	98	20.8	85	3.30	47
1914	34	29	40.4	37	27.7	22	2.21	87
1913	36.9	12	45.6	8	28.1	17	6.63	6
1912	19.2	143	26.4	143	12	142	1.58	112
1911	33.5	35	41.5	25	25.5	43	4.46	25
1910	28.4	82	34.9	98	21.8	74	5.11	12
1909	32.8	42	39.8	42	25.8	41	2.52	67
1908	30	64	37.4	62	22.5	66	1.40	125
1907	33.5	35	41.5	25	25.5	43	5.73	9
1906	36.6	15	44.3	13	29	14	1.98	97
1905	24	117	31.8	113	16.3	122	1.25	133
1904	22.8	129	31.4	116	14.2	135	2.80	61
1903	28.3	84	35.5	90	21.1	80	2.11	93
1902	28.8	78	36	84	21.6	77	1.56	115
1901	30.4	62	37.7	59	23	65	1.50	118
1900	32.8	42	40.2	40	25.4	45	3.01	54
1899	29.4	72	37	68	21.8	74	2.35	75
1898	33.3	37	39.8	42	26.7	33	5.29	11
1897	26.5	101	33.6	105	19.3	95	1.54	116
1896	30.7	60	36.1	82	25.4	45	2.34	77
1895	24.1	116	31.3	117	16.9	114	4.67	21
1894	34.7	24	41.9	24	27.5	26	2.42	71
1893	18.9	145	24.7	146	13	138	2.25	81
1892	24	117	30.4	130	17.5	109	2.21	87
1891	33	40	37.8	58	28.1	17	2.84	59
1890	39.1	5	46.5	5	31.7	4	5.73	9
1889	34.2	27	40.4	37	27.9	19	3.37	45
1888	26.8	99	34.3	102	19.2	98	3.73	38
1887	26.7	100	36	84	17.4	112	2.35	75
1886	23.4	124	30.9	123	15.8	124	4.36	28
1885	22.9	128	30.7	129	15	131	3.75	36
1884	19.9	142	27.6	142	12.2	141	2.25	81
1883	27.1	96	34.5	100	19.7	91	3.20	49
1882	32.7	44	38.9	54	26.4	38	4.69	20
1881	24.3	112	31	120	17.6	108	2.25	81
1880	43.8	1	49.9	1	37.8	1	4.49	24
1879	25.6	108	33.5	106	17.7	106	1.66	108

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	43.8
2006	40.7
1932	40.3
1950	39.8
1890	39.1
1933	38.6
1937	37.8
1990	37.6
1998	37.5
2023	37.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	11.3
1918	15.9
1940	17.8
1893	18.9
1978	19
1912	19.2
1884	19.9
1948	20.5
1970	20.6
1982	21.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	10.71
2005	8.95
1950	8.29
1959	7.44
1949	7.23
1913	6.63
1952	5.99
1978	5.89
1907	5.73
1890	5.73

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	0.50
1961	0.65
1981	0.70
1967	0.78
1946	0.78
1931	0.88
1945	0.93
1984	1.07
2025	1.09
1938	1.11

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -9°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.09 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.63 in of precipitation in Columbus, OH, the driest January since 2025, 39th driest of 148.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Columbus, OH: 65°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Columbus, OH: a low of -9°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Columbus, OH: 1.09 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.