Columbus, IN
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COLUMBUS, IN US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Columbus has an annual average temperature of 54.1°F with about 47.3 inches of precipitation per year and 16.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.5°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.31 in) and February the driest (2.91 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.
Best time to visit Columbus
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →20 of 366 (5.5%) of Columbus's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1890s | 18 | |
| 1900s | 28 | |
| 1910s | 39 | |
| 1920s | 51 | |
| 1930s | 86 | |
| 1940s | 33 | |
| 1950s | 26 | |
| 1960s | 13 | |
| 1970s | 13 | |
| 1980s | 11 | |
| 1990s | 15 | |
| 2000s | 8 | |
| 2010s | 14 | |
| 2020s | 11 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38.6°F | 21.5°F | 30.0°F | 3.42 in | 5.9 in | 11 |
| February | 42.9°F | 23.7°F | 33.3°F | 2.91 in | 4.5 in | 9 |
| March | 53.5°F | 31.9°F | 42.7°F | 3.78 in | 1.8 in | 12 |
| April | 65.6°F | 42.2°F | 53.9°F | 5.00 in | — | 13 |
| May | 74.9°F | 53.0°F | 64.0°F | 4.99 in | — | 13 |
| June | 83.1°F | 62.2°F | 72.7°F | 5.31 in | — | 12 |
| July | 86.1°F | 65.4°F | 75.7°F | 4.54 in | — | 10 |
| August | 85.4°F | 63.3°F | 74.4°F | 3.48 in | — | 8 |
| September | 79.7°F | 55.4°F | 67.6°F | 3.21 in | — | 7 |
| October | 68.0°F | 43.6°F | 55.8°F | 3.39 in | — | 8 |
| November | 54.4°F | 33.8°F | 44.1°F | 3.60 in | 0.1 in | 9 |
| December | 42.9°F | 26.2°F | 34.6°F | 3.71 in | 4.0 in | 11 |
Climate twins of Columbus
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).