Columbus, MS
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COLUMBUS, MS US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Columbus has an annual average temperature of 65.4°F with about 56.6 inches of precipitation per year and 0.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 93.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 35.8°F). April is typically the wettest month (5.81 in) and September the driest (3.20 in). Snow typically falls from January through February.
Best time to visit Columbus
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All-time records →131 of 366 (35.8%) 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.
| 1980s | 55 | |
| 1990s | 61 | |
| 2000s | 92 | |
| 2010s | 98 | |
| 2020s | 60 |
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 | 55.8°F | 35.8°F | 45.8°F | 5.45 in | 0.2 in | 10 |
| February | 61.2°F | 39.2°F | 50.2°F | 5.69 in | 0.2 in | 9 |
| March | 69.7°F | 46.3°F | 58.0°F | 5.32 in | — | 10 |
| April | 77.6°F | 53.3°F | 65.5°F | 5.81 in | — | 8 |
| May | 84.9°F | 61.5°F | 73.2°F | 4.02 in | — | 8 |
| June | 90.9°F | 69.4°F | 80.2°F | 4.40 in | — | 9 |
| July | 93.8°F | 72.7°F | 83.2°F | 4.68 in | — | 10 |
| August | 93.4°F | 71.9°F | 82.6°F | 4.50 in | — | 8 |
| September | 88.4°F | 65.6°F | 77.0°F | 3.20 in | — | 6 |
| October | 78.3°F | 54.0°F | 66.2°F | 3.63 in | — | 6 |
| November | 66.5°F | 42.7°F | 54.6°F | 4.35 in | — | 8 |
| December | 58.1°F | 38.1°F | 48.1°F | 5.59 in | — | 9 |
Climate twins of Columbus
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).