Columbus, OH: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 29.1°F in Columbus, OH, the coldest winter since 2015, 42nd coldest of 148.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 29.1°F; Coldest since 2015; 42nd coldest of 148
Precipitation: 6.40 in; Driest since 2006; 34th driest of 148

A normal winter in Columbus, OH (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.6°F, between 27.9°F and 36.5°F in eight years of ten and 8.72 in of precipitation, between 6.63 in and 11.16 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Columbus, OH since 1879: 29.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 20.7°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 27.9 to 36.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	29.1	107	37.6	97	20.6	117	6.40	115
2025	30.9	83	38.1	88	23.6	80	8.11	66
2024	37.9	5	45.7	5	30.2	6	9.29	42
2023	37.6	6	45.8	4	29.4	8	7.80	70
2022	33.2	38	41.7	28	24.7	62	13.24	7
2021	31.4	74	37.8	93	25.1	53	6.72	105
2020	35.9	13	43.5	14	28.3	11	9.69	33
2019	33.8	31	41.3	31	26.4	34	12.15	11
2018	32.2	59	40.2	44	24.2	67	9.40	38
2017	37	8	44.4	10	29.5	7	8.55	56
2016	35.8	14	44	11	27.5	18	9.29	42
2015	27.3	127	35	122	19.6	129	7.27	84
2014	27.9	120	36	115	19.8	125	9.09	47
2013	34.3	26	41.3	31	27.4	21	9.77	31
2012	36.5	10	43.9	12	29.1	9	11.15	20
2011	27.7	122	34	131	21.3	110	6.98	95
2010	28.3	114	34.2	129	22.4	96	8.29	62
2009	29.7	101	37.8	93	21.6	108	9.50	35
2008	32.8	48	40.2	44	25.5	49	9.86	30
2007	32.2	59	39.4	59	25.1	53	9.49	36
2006	34.6	23	41.5	30	27.8	16	5.69	125
2005	32.4	56	39.8	53	25	57	13.58	4
2004	29.9	98	36.9	106	22.9	91	9.88	29
2003	27.4	126	33.5	136	21.2	111	7.41	79
2002	36.6	9	44.5	8	28.7	10	6.65	107
2001	28.9	110	36	115	21.8	106	6.27	117
2000	32.9	45	40.8	36	25.1	53	9.01	50
1999	35.3	17	43.5	14	27.1	26	8.89	53
1998	37.5	7	43.6	13	31.3	5	6.93	97
1997	33.7	34	41.7	28	25.7	43	7.15	90
1996	29	108	36.9	106	21.1	114	7.84	69
1995	32.1	62	40.3	41	23.9	71	8.40	61
1994	28	118	35.6	118	20.4	118	7.51	76
1993	32.4	56	39.7	56	25.1	53	7.28	83
1992	35	19	42.6	20	27.5	18	6.43	114
1991	34.1	28	42.2	23	26.1	39	11.25	17
1990	31.5	68	40.1	46	22.8	93	9.37	40
1989	32.4	56	40.8	36	23.9	71	7.56	75
1988	30.5	88	38.5	82	22.4	96	9.28	45
1987	32.6	51	39.5	57	25.7	43	4.54	141
1986	29.4	104	36.9	106	22	101	6.31	116
1985	29.2	106	37.1	101	21.2	111	5.82	121
1984	28.3	114	35.4	120	21.2	111	6.20	118
1983	34.7	21	42.3	22	27.2	24	5.78	122
1982	26.9	130	34.8	125	19	135	9.14	46
1981	29.8	100	37.5	98	22	101	7.26	86
1980	30	96	37	103	23	88	4.90	138
1979	25.2	139	32.9	139	17.5	140	11.21	18
1978	21.9	147	29.5	147	14.3	146	9.72	32
1977	20.7	148	29	148	12.3	148	3.52	145
1976	31.5	68	39.1	64	23.9	71	8.19	64
1975	33.3	36	39.8	53	26.8	29	9.36	41
1974	32.7	50	40.5	39	24.9	59	7.40	80
1973	32.9	45	40.3	41	25.5	49	7.24	87
1972	31.5	68	40.1	46	22.9	91	7.75	71
1971	29.7	101	37.8	93	21.7	107	7.23	88
1970	25.2	139	33.1	137	17.3	141	5.58	131
1969	29.7	101	37	103	22.4	96	7.97	68
1968	27.9	120	36.1	114	19.7	126	5.15	135
1967	31.2	80	38.6	78	23.8	75	6.57	111
1966	29.4	104	36.3	113	22.4	96	6.70	106
1965	30.5	88	39	66	21.9	104	10.55	24
1964	26.4	135	34.6	126	18.3	137	4.35	142
1963	23	145	32.2	144	13.8	147	4.16	144
1962	27.6	123	35.4	120	19.9	124	9.05	49
1961	28.2	116	36.8	109	19.6	129	5.17	134
1960	33.2	38	39.9	52	26.4	34	7.15	90
1959	27.2	128	36.5	112	17.8	138	11.21	18
1958	30.2	93	38.1	88	22.2	100	7.37	81
1957	34.2	27	41.9	25	26.6	31	7.02	94
1956	31	81	39.1	64	23	88	6.92	98
1955	30.9	83	38.5	82	23.3	83	6.86	101
1954	34.8	20	43.4	16	26.2	38	6.58	109
1953	35.3	17	43.2	18	27.4	21	9.54	34
1952	33.8	31	41.9	25	25.6	45	13.37	5
1951	28.9	110	37.1	101	20.8	116	10.46	26
1950	36.2	11	45	6	27.3	23	14.38	2
1949	36.2	11	44.5	8	27.9	15	12.74	8
1948	28.2	116	36.6	111	19.7	126	6.58	109
1947	32.5	52	40.1	46	24.9	59	7.22	89
1946	30.9	83	38.3	85	23.4	82	5.65	128
1945	28	118	34.5	127	21.4	109	7.60	74
1944	33.2	38	40.4	40	26	40	3.46	146
1943	31.3	77	38.9	67	23.7	78	6.79	103
1942	32.2	59	38.7	73	25.6	45	5.13	136
1941	33.1	43	39.2	62	27.1	26	5.41	133
1940	28.4	113	35	122	21.9	104	5.62	129
1939	34.7	21	42.2	23	27.2	24	8.13	65
1938	33.3	36	40	49	26.6	31	6.84	102
1937	35.8	14	43.4	16	28.2	12	13.37	5
1936	24.8	143	31.9	145	17.7	139	6.45	112
1935	31.7	64	38.8	69	24.7	62	4.19	143
1934	30.8	86	38.6	78	23.1	85	4.79	140
1933	34.5	24	42.6	20	26.5	33	5.78	122
1932	40.3	2	47.4	2	33.2	2	8.55	56
1931	33.7	34	40	49	27.5	18	3.22	148
1930	34	30	41	34	27.1	26	12.12	12
1929	30.2	93	37.8	93	22.6	94	8.97	51
1928	31.5	68	38.7	73	24.2	67	7.27	84
1927	32.5	52	39.2	62	25.8	42	8.60	55
1926	30	96	37	103	23.1	85	6.18	119
1925	31.6	66	39.8	53	23.5	81	5.60	130
1924	32.8	48	40	49	25.6	45	11.80	13
1923	31.4	74	38.8	69	24.1	69	8.66	54
1922	31.5	68	38.7	73	24.4	65	7.12	92
1921	34.1	28	40.6	38	27.7	17	5.69	125
1920	25.6	138	32.8	140	18.4	136	6.02	120
1919	35.5	16	42.8	19	28.1	13	5.78	122
1918	22.5	146	30.6	146	14.4	145	7.37	81
1917	28.8	112	37.3	100	20.3	119	8.42	59
1916	31.4	74	38.9	67	23.8	75	10.64	23
1915	30.3	91	36.8	109	23.8	75	7.73	72
1914	31.3	77	38.6	78	24	70	7.04	93
1913	33	44	41.2	33	24.8	61	11.06	21
1912	26.7	134	33.9	132	19.6	129	7.64	73
1911	31.7	64	38.8	69	24.6	64	8.48	58
1910	26.9	130	34.1	130	19.6	129	12.74	8
1909	34.4	25	41.9	25	26.8	29	9.08	48
1908	31.5	68	38.6	78	24.3	66	6.91	99
1907	31.3	77	38.8	69	23.7	78	9.49	36
1906	33.2	38	41	34	25.5	49	4.93	137
1905	25.1	141	33	138	17.2	142	6.45	112
1904	24	144	32.5	142	15.6	144	6.63	108
1903	30.2	93	37.4	99	23.1	85	9.96	28
1902	27	129	34.3	128	19.7	126	5.68	127
1901	29	108	35.9	117	22	101	3.30	147
1900	30.3	91	38.1	88	22.6	94	9.29	42
1899	27.6	123	34.9	124	20.2	120	4.88	139
1898	32.9	45	39.4	59	26.3	36	9.39	39
1897	31.6	66	38.2	86	25	57	6.77	104
1896	32.5	52	38.7	73	26.3	36	8.41	60
1895	26.8	132	33.6	135	20	122	8.26	63
1894	32.5	52	39.3	61	25.6	45	7.50	77
1893	26.4	135	32.6	141	20.2	120	11.50	15
1892	33.2	38	40.3	41	26	40	7.98	67
1891	33.8	31	39.5	57	28	14	10.45	27
1890	41.5	1	48.8	1	34.1	1	14.21	3
1889	31.8	63	38.2	86	25.3	52	5.54	132
1888	30.8	86	38.4	84	23.2	84	6.90	100
1887	29.9	98	38.7	73	21.1	114	12.24	10
1886	27.6	123	35.5	119	19.6	129	7.47	78
1885	25	142	33.7	133	16.3	143	8.91	52
1884	30.5	88	38	92	23	88	11.32	16
1883	31	81	38.1	88	23.9	71	11.66	14
1882	38.2	4	44.9	7	31.5	4	15.91	1
1881	25.9	137	32.4	143	19.4	134	10.67	22
1880	40	3	46.8	3	33.1	3	10.48	25
1879	26.8	132	33.7	133	20	122	6.97	96

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1890	41.5
1932	40.3
1880	40
1882	38.2
2024	37.9
2023	37.6
1998	37.5
2017	37
2002	36.6
2012	36.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	20.7
1978	21.9
1918	22.5
1963	23
1904	24
1936	24.8
1885	25
1905	25.1
1979	25.2
1970	25.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1882	15.91
1950	14.38
1890	14.21
2005	13.58
1952	13.37
1937	13.37
2022	13.24
1949	12.74
1910	12.74
1887	12.24

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1931	3.22
1901	3.30
1944	3.46
1977	3.52
1963	4.16
1935	4.19
1964	4.35
1987	4.54
1934	4.79
1899	4.88

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 28 December 2025
Coldest night: -9°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.14 in; 19 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.40 in of precipitation in Columbus, OH, the driest winter since 2006, 34th driest of 148.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Columbus, OH: 68°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Columbus, OH: a low of -9°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Columbus, OH: 1.14 in on Thursday 19 February 2026.