Columbus Wcmh, OH 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 Wcmh's primary NOAA station, COLUMBUS WCMH.
The climate verdict for Columbus Wcmh
Columbus Wcmh, Ohio has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 53°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 53°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 44.7"
- annual precipitation
- 187 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Columbus Wcmh: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00331785 · Columbus Wcmh, OH 53°F mean · 44.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,568
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Spencer
- PRCP-MID 44.7"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,417 HDD
- STN-1 USC00331785
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Spencer, IN (+ 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 OH station list.
- Columbus Wcmh (this station) 53°F
- Cold Castleton, IN 53°F
- Hot Spanish Fork Pw…, UT 53°F
- Near Spencer, IN 53°F
- Near Springfield Com…, CO 53°F
Climate Living Index · Columbus Wcmh
Columbus Wcmh: 59/100 · grade C
Columbus Wcmh 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 Wcmh, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 44.7 in · 9.7 from 35 in | 66/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 123 calendar days | 63/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 187 days/year | 55/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.8°F · 14.7° from 67.5°F | 52/100 · D |
Columbus Wcmh · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Columbus Wcmh is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 28.7°F and warmest-month mean 74.8°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 74.8°F
- Coldest month
- 28.7°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 · heating-led station
Where Columbus Wcmh sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Columbus Wcmh's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 52nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 68th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 64th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Columbus Wcmh compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Columbus Wcmh's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 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 | 37°F (3°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 3.1" | 26.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (5°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 2.6" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (10°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.9" | 17.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 64°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 4.0" | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.8" | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 4.2 |
| July | 85°F (29°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 9.8 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.2" | 2.7 | 0.4 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.0" | 14.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.4" | 21.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 18, short of 90°F on every date, while 123 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 20°F near January 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 19, then returns to freezing around November 18, covering 123 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 24, when 50% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 13 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 148 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Columbus Wcmh.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
15.0 days with precipitation
12.8 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
14.0 days with precipitation
14.5 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
Columbus Wcmh spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Columbus Wcmh has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 4.8" and February 2.6". The three wettest months together take 31% 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.
How Columbus Wcmh's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 148 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 44.7" between them, or roughly 0.30 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
187 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,417
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
995
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OH closest to Columbus Wcmh 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 (53°F here).
- Alderson, WV 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Anacortes, WA 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Bentley, IL 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Biglerville, PA 53°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (44.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Independence, MO 44.7" · 0.0" off
- Chanute, KS 44.6" · 0.0" off
- Iuka, IL 44.7" · 0.0" off
- Wills Point, TX 44.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Columbus Wcmh's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Columbus Wcmh's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,417 annual heating degree days against 995 for cooling. Its 46.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Columbus Wcmh's frost-free season lasts about 187 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Columbus Wcmh's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.1°F. The annual average is 53°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Columbus Wcmh's 44.7 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Columbus Wcmh's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Columbus Wcmh, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead 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 Wcmh's primary station: COLUMBUS WCMH (USC00331785). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Columbus Wcmh; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Columbus Wcmh 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.