Columbus, OH: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 60.9°F in Columbus, OH, the coldest May since 2021, tied 59th coldest of 148 (with 1996 and 1995).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 60.9°F; Coldest since 2021; 59th coldest of 148
Precipitation: 8.32 in; Wettest since 2022; 4th wettest of 148

A normal May in Columbus, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.6°F, between 58.7°F and 67.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.68 in of precipitation, between 1.79 in and 5.97 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Columbus, OH since 1879: 60.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 55.3°F, in 1917.

Normal range, 58.7 to 67.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	60.9	88	71.5	87	50.4	92	8.32	4
2025	61.4	81	70.5	99	52.4	62	6.47	13
2024	68.1	9	77.9	17	58.3	6	4.84	37
2023	62.6	67	73.8	58	51.4	73	3.67	72
2022	66.2	22	76	35	56.3	15	8.69	3
2021	60.6	95	72.1	77	49.2	117	3.46	78
2020	60	106	70.1	105	49.8	109	6.29	15
2019	65.2	34	75.3	41	55	27	3.80	69
2018	71.7	1	82.6	1	60.8	1	4.55	48
2017	63	58	72.4	73	53.5	45	5.24	28
2016	60.3	102	70.5	99	50.1	100	2.74	104
2015	66.8	15	77.9	17	55.8	19	3.56	75
2014	65.9	27	76.2	32	55.5	23	4.00	63
2013	66.1	24	76.1	34	56	17	1.62	135
2012	69.7	3	80.5	3	58.9	4	2.30	122
2011	64.2	43	72.8	70	55.6	21	5.90	19
2010	65.6	29	75.2	42	56	17	3.89	66
2009	63.5	52	74.3	50	52.6	57	2.42	117
2008	60.4	100	70.9	94	49.9	107	3.14	92
2007	66.8	15	79.2	10	54.4	37	1.40	140
2006	61.1	85	71.1	92	51.1	79	3.25	88
2005	58.2	127	69.5	109	47	135	3.36	82
2004	66.8	15	77.1	24	56.5	14	5.93	17
2003	60.8	91	69.5	109	52.1	65	5.92	18
2002	58.7	124	69.4	114	48.1	128	6.60	9
2001	63.6	51	73.5	63	53.6	42	7.03	6
2000	64.9	37	75.2	42	54.6	32	5.42	24
1999	64.8	40	76.7	28	52.9	53	1.80	132
1998	67.3	13	77.4	23	57.2	12	3.09	94
1997	56.5	142	66.7	141	46.4	139	5.58	23
1996	60.9	88	70	106	51.8	67	5.81	22
1995	60.9	88	71.7	81	50.1	100	4.86	35
1994	58.4	126	70.5	99	46.2	141	1.69	134
1993	62.1	74	73.9	56	50.4	92	2.47	112
1992	59.9	107	71.6	84	48.1	128	3.40	81
1991	70.8	2	81.8	2	59.9	2	2.47	112
1990	59	122	68.1	130	50	103	7.01	7
1989	57.2	140	66.7	141	47.6	131	4.69	42
1988	62.6	67	75.6	39	49.6	113	2.27	123
1987	66	26	78.8	13	53.1	50	2.85	101
1986	64.2	43	74.4	49	54.1	40	2.47	112
1985	62.5	69	74.1	53	51	81	4.96	32
1984	57.5	136	67.8	134	47.3	132	4.93	34
1983	57.5	136	67.8	134	47.3	132	5.06	31
1982	66.8	15	79.3	9	54.3	39	4.68	43
1981	59.5	113	69.5	109	49.5	114	6.50	11
1980	62.4	72	73.8	58	51	81	4.56	47
1979	60.5	98	71.9	80	49	120	3.27	87
1978	59.5	113	69.1	117	50	103	4.15	58
1977	66.8	15	80.2	7	53.3	49	0.95	144
1976	58.1	129	69.5	109	46.7	137	1.41	139
1975	66.6	21	78.1	15	55.1	26	3.17	91
1974	60.8	91	70.9	94	50.7	87	3.29	85
1973	59.4	115	68.4	127	50.5	89	3.36	82
1972	60.8	91	71.6	84	50	103	6.56	10
1971	58	130	69.8	107	46.2	141	3.66	73
1970	64.9	37	76.2	32	53.6	42	5.37	26
1969	61.6	78	73.6	61	49.7	110	3.04	96
1968	58.5	125	67.8	134	49.1	118	9.11	2
1967	55.4	146	65.1	146	45.6	145	4.59	46
1966	56.1	144	67.4	140	44.8	147	3.13	93
1965	68.1	9	80.4	4	55.8	19	4.00	63
1964	63.3	54	75.8	37	50.9	84	1.95	130
1963	58.8	123	71.2	91	46.4	139	1.61	136
1962	67.2	14	78.9	12	55.5	23	2.31	121
1961	56.5	142	68.4	127	44.6	148	2.90	99
1960	59.4	115	69.1	117	49.7	110	5.82	21
1959	66.8	15	78	16	55.5	23	4.15	58
1958	61.4	81	73.6	61	49.1	118	3.54	77
1957	62.7	65	74.6	47	50.8	86	5.41	25
1956	61.3	83	72.7	71	49.9	107	4.85	36
1955	63.8	50	76	35	51.5	71	3.56	75
1954	57.6	134	69.3	115	46	143	2.56	111
1953	64.9	37	76.3	31	53.5	45	3.05	95
1952	60.8	91	71.3	89	50.2	98	4.33	53
1951	63.1	57	75.7	38	50.5	89	3.18	90
1950	62.8	60	74.2	51	51.4	73	2.90	99
1949	62.8	60	75.5	40	50.2	98	2.25	124
1948	59.9	107	71.3	89	48.6	124	4.47	51
1947	59.4	115	68.5	126	50.3	96	4.94	33
1946	60.2	104	68.8	124	51.6	69	4.31	55
1945	58	130	67.7	137	48.3	126	3.86	68
1944	69.5	5	80.3	6	58.6	5	4.51	50
1943	63.3	54	72.3	74	54.4	37	4.33	53
1942	64.2	43	73.4	65	54.9	29	3.41	80
1941	65.2	34	77	26	53.4	48	2.47	112
1940	59.2	120	69	121	49.3	116	4.65	44
1939	66.1	24	77.7	19	54.6	32	0.38	148
1938	63.2	56	73.8	58	52.6	57	4.82	38
1937	62.5	69	72.5	72	52.5	60	3.28	86
1936	65.5	30	76.5	30	54.5	34	2.34	119
1935	58	130	67.6	138	48.4	125	4.71	41
1934	66.2	22	77.5	21	55	27	0.60	147
1933	64.7	41	73.1	68	56.3	15	6.95	8
1932	63.4	53	74.1	53	52.6	57	0.79	146
1931	59.8	109	69.5	109	50	103	2.96	98
1930	64.4	42	74.2	51	54.5	34	1.04	143
1929	59.7	110	68.8	124	50.6	88	4.55	48
1928	60.6	95	70.8	96	50.5	89	1.51	137
1927	60.4	100	68.9	123	51.8	67	6.48	12
1926	61.7	76	73	69	50.4	92	1.42	138
1925	57.4	139	67.9	133	46.9	136	2.33	120
1924	55.4	146	64.2	148	46.5	138	3.43	79
1923	59.7	110	70.7	98	48.8	122	2.42	117
1922	65.5	30	74.5	48	56.6	13	5.26	27
1921	62.9	59	72.1	77	53.7	41	2.67	106
1920	59.4	115	69.1	117	49.7	110	2.00	128
1919	59.2	120	68.3	129	50.1	100	5.19	29
1918	68.2	8	78.6	14	57.7	9	4.30	56
1917	55.3	148	64.7	147	45.9	144	2.80	102
1916	62.5	69	72.2	76	52.9	53	4.81	39
1915	58.2	127	67.6	138	48.9	121	2.57	110
1914	63.9	49	74.9	46	52.8	56	1.28	141
1913	61.7	76	72.1	77	51.3	75	2.60	109
1912	64.2	43	73.9	56	54.5	34	2.65	107
1911	68.6	7	79.7	8	57.4	11	1.15	142
1910	57.1	141	66	144	48.2	127	4.10	60
1909	59.7	110	69.1	117	50.4	92	4.65	44
1908	64	48	73.4	65	54.7	31	4.04	61
1907	55.7	145	65.9	145	45.5	146	3.35	84
1906	62.8	60	73.5	63	52	66	2.47	112
1905	62.3	73	71.7	81	52.9	53	4.38	52
1904	62.1	74	71.7	81	52.5	60	4.01	62
1903	65.9	27	76.9	27	54.8	30	2.18	126
1902	65.1	36	76.6	29	53.5	45	0.95	144
1901	61.1	85	71	93	51.2	77	4.24	57
1900	65.4	32	77.1	24	53.6	42	1.82	131
1899	65.3	33	75.1	45	55.6	21	2.25	124
1898	62.7	65	72.3	74	53.1	50	6.04	16
1897	57.9	133	68	132	47.8	130	3.68	71
1896	69.7	3	80.4	4	59	3	2.61	108
1895	62.8	60	74	55	51.5	71	1.73	133
1894	60.6	95	70.2	104	51	81	2.78	103
1893	59.4	115	69.2	116	49.5	114	4.81	39
1892	61	87	70.4	102	51.6	69	3.58	74
1891	57.6	134	68.1	130	47.2	134	2.73	105
1890	60.1	105	69	121	51.1	79	5.12	30
1889	61.5	80	71.6	84	51.3	75	3.92	65
1888	60.5	98	69.8	107	51.2	77	3.89	66
1887	67.7	11	77.7	19	57.7	9	2.97	97
1886	62.8	60	73.2	67	52.3	64	7.67	5
1885	61.2	84	71.5	87	50.9	84	5.83	20
1884	61.6	78	70.8	96	52.4	62	3.79	70
1883	60.3	102	70.3	103	50.3	96	6.38	14
1882	57.5	136	66.2	143	48.7	123	9.59	1
1881	67.7	11	77.5	21	58	8	2.00	128
1880	68.8	6	79.2	10	58.3	6	3.21	89
1879	64.1	47	75.2	42	53	52	2.09	127

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	71.7
1991	70.8
2012	69.7
1896	69.7
1944	69.5
1880	68.8
1911	68.6
1918	68.2
2024	68.1
1965	68.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	55.3
1967	55.4
1924	55.4
1907	55.7
1966	56.1
1997	56.5
1961	56.5
1910	57.1
1989	57.2
1925	57.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1882	9.59
1968	9.11
2022	8.69
2026	8.32
1886	7.67
2001	7.03
1990	7.01
1933	6.95
2002	6.60
1972	6.56

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1939	0.38
1934	0.60
1932	0.79
1977	0.95
1902	0.95
1930	1.04
1911	1.15
1914	1.28
2007	1.40
1976	1.41

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 19 May 2026, 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 31°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 2.12 in; 27 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 8.32 in of precipitation in Columbus, OH, the wettest May since 2022, 4th wettest of 148.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Columbus, OH: 90°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026 and Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Columbus, OH: a low of 31°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Columbus, OH: 2.12 in on Wednesday 27 May 2026.