Columbus, OH: September

30 September 2026: September 2026 averaged 71°F in Columbus, OH, the warmest September since 2024, tied 11th warmest of 149 (with 2007 and 1884).

September 2026

Mean temperature: 71°F; Warmest since 2024; 11th warmest of 149
Precipitation: 7.08 in; Wettest since 1890; 2nd wettest of 149

A normal September in Columbus, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 67.2°F, between 64.4°F and 71.1°F in eight years of ten and 2.55 in of precipitation, between 1.26 in and 5.61 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every September in Columbus, OH since 1878: 71°F in 2026; the highest is 74.6°F, in 1881.

Normal range, 64.4 to 71.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every September in Columbus, OH from 1878 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	71	11	80.2	30	61.8	5	7.08	2
2025	69.8	28	82.6	8	56.9	67	1.96	94
2024	71.7	5	82.8	7	60.5	11	2.46	76
2023	68.9	38	78.7	52	59	29	0.77	144
2022	67.3	67	76.5	88	58	48	3.14	50
2021	68.9	38	79.4	45	58.3	42	1.98	93
2020	66.5	79	77	80	56.1	80	4.30	22
2019	72.8	2	84.5	1	61	9	0.85	139
2018	71.7	5	79.9	37	63.4	2	6.57	5
2017	67.8	56	78.2	59	57.4	60	2.58	69
2016	70.4	19	80.6	23	60.3	16	4.68	18
2015	69.6	31	80.1	33	59	29	3.21	48
2014	67.6	63	78.3	56	56.9	67	0.65	146
2013	67.7	60	78.1	61	57.2	62	2.52	72
2012	65.8	94	76.4	90	55.1	96	3.97	27
2011	65.6	98	73.5	132	57.7	57	6.55	6
2010	68.4	46	80	36	56.7	72	1.66	105
2009	66.8	75	75.6	102	57.9	52	2.50	73
2008	70.1	23	80.5	27	59.7	20	2.50	73
2007	71	11	82.6	8	59.4	23	2.53	71
2006	63.7	129	72.1	141	55.2	93	5.35	14
2005	70	24	80.5	27	59.4	23	2.91	56
2004	68	52	78	63	58	48	2.98	55
2003	64.4	117	73.9	127	54.9	99	6.86	3
2002	70.7	16	81.9	14	59.5	22	4.35	21
2001	64.4	117	74.4	121	54.3	108	1.60	107
2000	64.8	111	74.3	123	55.3	91	4.18	24
1999	67.8	56	80.2	30	55.5	87	1.91	95
1998	71.6	7	83.6	5	59.6	21	1.27	125
1997	65.1	106	75.2	109	54.9	99	1.36	122
1996	65.7	95	74.6	117	56.9	67	5.50	11
1995	64.1	121	75.6	102	52.7	131	1.15	129
1994	65.4	100	77.4	74	53.4	123	1.68	104
1993	64.9	110	74.9	111	54.9	99	1.75	103
1992	64.7	114	75.3	107	54.1	113	2.14	86
1991	66.2	87	78.2	59	54.2	109	4.05	26
1990	66.4	82	76.6	87	56.2	79	5.26	16
1989	65.2	103	74.6	117	55.7	84	2.16	85
1988	65.2	103	75.5	104	54.8	103	3.52	35
1987	66.8	75	78.1	61	55.6	85	1.53	113
1986	69.1	34	79.4	45	58.9	36	3.44	38
1985	66.5	79	79.3	48	53.8	119	1.18	127
1984	63.1	136	73.8	128	52.3	136	1.48	115
1983	67.1	70	79.5	42	54.7	104	1.91	95
1982	63.5	132	73.6	131	53.3	124	4.25	23
1981	62.2	140	71.9	143	52.6	134	2.28	81
1980	68.2	49	78.6	53	57.9	52	1.86	97
1979	65.1	106	74.9	111	55.3	91	6.76	4
1978	69.8	28	80.9	20	58.6	39	1.16	128
1977	68.1	50	77.3	76	59	29	3.48	36
1976	61.7	142	72.4	138	50.9	143	2.54	70
1975	62.7	138	71.3	145	54	114	5.46	12
1974	62.2	140	72.1	141	52.3	136	3.32	44
1973	68.9	38	79.7	39	58.1	45	2.82	62
1972	64.6	116	73.5	132	55.6	85	5.13	17
1971	67.8	56	76.7	84	58.9	36	3.08	51
1970	68.8	42	80.1	33	57.6	58	3.95	28
1969	63.7	129	74.5	119	53	129	1.40	119
1968	65.5	99	75.7	100	55.2	93	1.77	101
1967	60.4	148	73	136	47.8	149	2.63	67
1966	63.2	135	73.3	135	53.1	126	3.56	34
1965	68.3	47	77.6	69	59	29	6.18	7
1964	65	108	77.7	67	52.3	136	1.66	105
1963	63.7	129	78.3	56	49.1	148	0.51	148
1962	61.4	145	72.9	137	50	145	3.62	32
1961	70.9	14	82.5	10	59.4	23	1.05	132
1960	68.3	47	80.1	33	56.4	76	0.83	140
1959	69.6	31	82.3	11	56.9	67	1.55	109
1958	66.1	89	76.3	93	55.9	81	3.01	52
1957	66.4	82	77.9	65	54.9	99	2.99	54
1956	63.4	133	76.3	93	50.4	144	1.37	121
1955	69.1	34	81.7	17	56.6	73	2.69	65
1954	69	37	82.2	12	55.8	83	0.74	145
1953	66.1	89	80.2	30	52.1	139	2.12	87
1952	65.7	95	79.5	42	51.9	140	2.49	75
1951	64.4	117	77	80	51.8	141	3.00	53
1950	64.2	120	74.7	115	53.6	121	2.09	89
1949	61.1	147	72.2	139	49.9	147	3.31	45
1948	67.3	67	79.6	40	55	97	2.59	68
1947	68	52	77.5	70	58.4	41	3.67	30
1946	67.7	60	79	51	56.3	77	1.02	135
1945	70	24	79.2	49	60.8	10	2.71	64
1944	67	73	76.8	82	57.1	64	1.35	123
1943	64.7	114	75.2	109	54.2	109	0.95	137
1942	66.3	85	76.4	90	56.3	77	2.83	60
1941	70.5	18	81.9	14	59.2	27	1.82	98
1940	64.8	111	75.8	98	53.8	119	1.55	109
1939	72.4	3	84.4	2	60.5	11	1.39	120
1938	67.5	64	76.8	82	58.1	45	5.40	13
1937	65	108	75.9	96	54	114	2.45	77
1936	70.8	15	81.2	18	60.4	14	3.29	46
1935	65.9	91	76.7	84	55.2	93	2.80	63
1934	68.6	45	78.3	56	59	29	3.36	40
1933	70.4	19	79.4	45	61.4	7	4.45	19
1932	67.8	56	77.5	70	58	48	1.52	114
1931	71.4	8	80.9	20	61.9	4	3.34	42
1930	68.9	38	78.5	54	59.4	23	1.05	132
1929	66.3	85	75.4	106	57.2	62	2.28	81
1928	62.5	139	72.2	139	52.8	130	0.80	143
1927	70.3	22	80.4	29	60.2	17	2.06	90
1926	67.5	64	76	95	59	29	5.77	10
1925	71.8	4	81.1	19	62.5	3	2.21	84
1924	61.5	143	69.8	148	53.1	126	3.77	29
1923	66.9	74	75.5	104	58.3	42	3.39	39
1922	69.7	30	80.6	23	58.7	38	2.68	66
1921	70.7	16	79.8	38	61.5	6	2.05	91
1920	67.2	69	76.4	90	58	48	2.29	80
1919	68.1	50	78.4	55	57.8	55	1.15	129
1918	59	149	68	149	50	145	3.19	49
1917	63.9	126	74.4	121	53.3	124	0.55	147
1916	63.9	126	74.7	115	53.1	126	1.54	111
1915	68	52	77.5	70	58.6	39	4.43	20
1914	64.8	111	75.3	107	54.2	109	1.26	126
1913	65.4	100	75.8	98	55	97	3.28	47
1912	68	52	78	63	58.1	45	2.83	60
1911	68.8	42	77.8	66	59.9	19	5.98	8
1910	67.7	60	77.1	78	58.2	44	3.66	31
1909	64.1	121	74.2	125	54	114	1.81	99
1908	70.4	19	83.5	6	57.3	61	0.42	149
1907	66.7	77	75.9	96	57.5	59	2.27	83
1906	69.9	26	79.5	42	60.4	14	1.59	108
1905	67.1	70	77.1	78	57.1	64	3.36	40
1904	67.1	70	77.7	67	56.5	75	0.83	140
1903	67.5	64	79.6	40	55.5	87	1.46	118
1902	65.2	103	74.9	111	55.4	89	4.16	25
1901	66.5	79	76.5	88	56.6	73	2.10	88
1900	71.2	9	81.9	14	60.5	11	0.97	136
1899	65.7	95	76.7	84	54.7	104	2.01	92
1898	69.9	26	80.6	23	59.1	28	1.77	101
1897	68.8	42	83.7	3	53.9	118	0.82	142
1896	63.3	134	73.8	128	52.7	131	5.93	9
1895	71.1	10	82.1	13	60.1	18	1.48	115
1894	69.1	34	79.2	49	59	29	5.31	15
1893	66.7	77	77.5	70	55.9	81	1.14	131
1892	66.4	82	77.4	74	55.4	89	1.47	117
1891	69.3	33	80.8	22	57.9	52	1.05	132
1890	63.1	136	71.7	144	54.5	107	7.13	1
1889	63.9	126	73.5	132	54.2	109	3.34	42
1888	61.3	146	71	146	51.6	142	0.91	138
1887	64.1	121	75.7	100	52.4	135	1.35	123
1886	65.9	91	77.2	77	54.6	106	3.61	33
1885	64	124	74.3	123	53.6	121	2.84	58
1884	71	11	80.6	23	61.3	8	3.46	37
1883	64	124	74	126	54	114	2.43	78
1882	66.2	87	74.5	119	57.8	55	2.91	56
1881	74.6	1	83.7	3	65.5	1	1.54	111
1880	65.3	102	73.8	128	56.9	67	1.80	100
1879	61.5	143	70.2	147	52.7	131	2.33	79
1878	65.9	91	74.8	114	57.1	64	2.84	58

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1881	74.6
2019	72.8
1939	72.4
1925	71.8
2024	71.7
2018	71.7
1998	71.6
1931	71.4
1900	71.2
1895	71.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	59
1967	60.4
1949	61.1
1888	61.3
1962	61.4
1924	61.5
1879	61.5
1976	61.7
1981	62.2
1974	62.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1890	7.13
2026	7.08
2003	6.86
1979	6.76
2018	6.57
2011	6.55
1965	6.18
1911	5.98
1896	5.93
1926	5.77

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1908	0.42
1963	0.51
1917	0.55
2014	0.65
1954	0.74
2023	0.77
1928	0.80
1897	0.82
1960	0.83
1904	0.83

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 3 September 2026
Coldest night: 45°F; 25 September 2026
Wettest day: 1.37 in; 12 September 2026

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September 2026 brought 7.08 in of precipitation in Columbus, OH, the wettest September since 1890, 2nd wettest of 149.
The hottest day of September 2026 in Columbus, OH: 97°F on Thursday 3 September 2026.
The coldest night of September 2026 in Columbus, OH: a low of 45°F on Friday 25 September 2026.
The wettest day of September 2026 in Columbus, OH: 1.37 in on Saturday 12 September 2026.