Columbus, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Columbus's primary NOAA station, COLUMBUS.
The climate verdict for Columbus
Water is the standout signal in Columbus, Texas: 45.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 69°F. It scores 97/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 97% of them.
- 69°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 97/100
- comfort score, above 97% of station-mapped location scores
- 45.0"
- yearly precipitation total
- 256 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Columbus: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00411911 · Columbus, TX 69°F mean · 45.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 69°F
- RANK-WARM #6,449
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Andalusia Opp
- PRCP-MID 45.0"
- SWING-MID 33°F
- COMF-TOP 97/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00411911
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Andalusia Opp, AL (+ 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 TX station list.
- Columbus (this station) 69°F
- Hot Franklin, LA 69°F
- Near Andalusia Opp, AL 69°F
- Near Bay City Wtr Wks, TX 69°F
- Near Bellville, TX 69°F
Columbus sits in Texas, the #4 hottest U.S. state at 66.2°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Columbus
Columbus: 78/100 · grade B
Columbus publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Columbus, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 97/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 68.8°F · 1.3° from 67.5°F | 95/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 256 days/year | 91/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 45.0 in · 10.0 from 35 in | 65/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 127 calendar days | 60/100 · C |
Columbus · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Columbus is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 51.3°F and warmest-month mean 84.2°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
- 84.2°F
- Coldest month
- 51.3°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 6% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Columbus sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 68th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 86%
- 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
97 Top 3% score exceeds 97% 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%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Columbus's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 31 complete annual observations from 1963 to 2024, COLUMBUS warmed at a fitted rate of 0.24°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Columbus primary station fitted change +0.24 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 5.1 | 0.2 |
| March | 75°F (24°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 2.2 | 0.3 |
| April | 81°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| May | 88°F (31°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.1 |
| June | 93°F (34°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.0 |
| July | 96°F (36°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 29.2 |
| August | 98°F (37°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 29.2 |
| September | 93°F (34°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 22.8 |
| October | 85°F (30°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 10.5 |
| November | 74°F (23°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 3.3 | 0.4 |
| December | 66°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 9.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Columbus runs from a mild 38°F around January 7 to 99°F at the peak near August 8, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 26 through September 29, covering 127 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 23 to November 27.
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 38°F around January 7.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 20, when 31% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 30 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 91 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 13 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°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
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 127 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
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 and snowfall
8.5 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
Columbus spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 22%, 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 32.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 5.1" and February 2.8". The three wettest months together take 32% 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.
When it rains in Columbus, it arrives in quantity
45.0" of precipitation falls across only about 91 wet days here, averaging 0.50 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 91 a year, 25% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.50 inches
- Most wet days
- February, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- August, about 6
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Columbus's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
256 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,556
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,984
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX 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 (69°F here).
- Franklin, LA 69°F · 0.0°F off
- New Roads, LA 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Glen St Mary, FL 69°F · 0.1°F off
- Arizona City, AZ 69°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Fairfield, OH 45.0" · 0.0" off
- Kingsport, TN 45.0" · 0.0" off
- Mattituck, NY 45.0" · 0.0" off
- Jackson, OH 45.1" · 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 45.0 inches of precipitation a year. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Columbus's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 32.9°F. The annual average is 69°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 1,556 and 2,984 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.
The frost-free window extends for about 256 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
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 (USC00411911). 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 4816168). 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.