Columbus, ND
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CROSBY, ND US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Columbus has an annual average temperature of 40.2°F with about 16.1 inches of precipitation per year and 40.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 0.0°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.23 in) and February the driest (0.40 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Columbus
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →23 of 366 (6.3%) 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.
| 1900s | 2 | |
| 1910s | 19 | |
| 1920s | 23 | |
| 1930s | 66 | |
| 1940s | 34 | |
| 1950s | 21 | |
| 1960s | 27 | |
| 1970s | 20 | |
| 1980s | 65 | |
| 1990s | 33 | |
| 2000s | 19 | |
| 2010s | 28 | |
| 2020s | 9 |
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 | 19.5°F | 0.0°F | 9.7°F | 0.52 in | 8.8 in | 6 |
| February | 23.9°F | 3.8°F | 13.8°F | 0.40 in | 4.6 in | 4 |
| March | 37.1°F | 15.9°F | 26.5°F | 0.60 in | 5.2 in | 6 |
| April | 54.5°F | 28.6°F | 41.5°F | 0.95 in | 3.3 in | 6 |
| May | 67.2°F | 40.2°F | 53.7°F | 2.23 in | 1.1 in | 8 |
| June | 75.3°F | 50.4°F | 62.8°F | 3.23 in | — | 11 |
| July | 81.0°F | 55.2°F | 68.1°F | 2.68 in | — | 9 |
| August | 80.8°F | 53.1°F | 66.9°F | 1.66 in | — | 7 |
| September | 69.9°F | 43.7°F | 56.8°F | 1.77 in | — | 6 |
| October | 53.4°F | 31.0°F | 42.2°F | 1.10 in | 3.1 in | 6 |
| November | 35.7°F | 17.1°F | 26.4°F | 0.53 in | 5.6 in | 5 |
| December | 23.2°F | 5.0°F | 14.1°F | 0.43 in | 9.0 in | 6 |
Climate twins of Columbus
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).