Columbus, GA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Columbus's primary NOAA station, COLUMBUS #2.
The climate verdict for Columbus
Water is the standout signal in Columbus, Georgia: 51.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 64°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 64°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 51.8"
- yearly precipitation total
- 235 days
- frost-free growing season
Columbus: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00092159 · Columbus, GA 64°F mean · 51.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,832
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beaufort Michae…
- PRCP-WET 51.8"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00092159
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld, NC (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every GA station list.
- Columbus (this station) 64°F
- Hot Carthage, MS 64°F
- Near Beaufort Michae…, NC 64°F
- Near Brookgreen Gard…, SC 64°F
- Near Calhoun Rsch, LA 64°F
Columbus sits in Georgia, the #6 hottest U.S. state at 63.4°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Columbus
Columbus: 78/100 · grade B
Columbus publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Columbus, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 63.8°F · 3.7° from 67.5°F | 89/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 62 calendar days | 88/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 235 days/year | 83/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 51.8 in · 16.8 from 35 in | 40/100 · D |
Columbus · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Columbus is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 45.4°F and warmest-month mean 80.9°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 80.9°F
- Coldest month
- 45.4°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Columbus sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Columbus's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 15% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Columbus sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 16% wettest
- Columbus's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 81%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Columbus is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Columbus compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Columbus's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F (14°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.5" | 15.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 62°F (17°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 4.8" | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 69°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 5.2" | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 77°F (25°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.2" | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| May | 83°F (29°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 18.1 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 23.9 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 21.2 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| October | 78°F (25°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.1" | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.2" | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 60°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 5.2" | 12.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Columbus runs from a mild 33°F around January 17 to 92°F at the peak near July 14, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 21 through August 21, covering 62 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 21 to November 7.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 33°F around January 17.
The widest day
April 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Columbus.
Where Columbus Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
Columbus earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Columbus spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Columbus has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 35.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: March averages 5.2" and October 3.1". The three wettest months together take 29% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
235 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,444
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,023
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside GA closest to Columbus on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (64°F here).
- Carthage, MS 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Dublin, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Eldorado, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Gail, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (51.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hopkinsville, KY 51.8" · 0.0" off
- Paragould, AR 51.7" · 0.0" off
- Big Sandy, TN 51.8" · 0.0" off
- Greensburg, KY 51.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Columbus's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Columbus averages 51.8 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Columbus's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.5°F. The annual average is 64°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Columbus's normal, at 2,444 and 2,023 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
A roughly 235-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Columbus's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Columbus, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Columbus's primary station: COLUMBUS #2 (USC00092159). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1319000). Match rule for Columbus: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Columbus comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.