Columbus Weather in 1938

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	August 10
Lowest temperature	7 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 16
Lowest daily high	15 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	3.7 inches	September 13
Most daily snow	2.5 inches	February 26
Total annual precipitation	39.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1938 was 93 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Aug 10
1	93 °F	Jul 11
1	93 °F	Jul 8
4	92 °F	Sep 4
4	92 °F	Aug 9
6	91 °F	Sep 7
6	91 °F	Aug 16
6	91 °F	Aug 14
6	91 °F	Aug 7
6	91 °F	Aug 4
6	91 °F	Jul 28
6	91 °F	Jul 27
6	91 °F	Jul 26
6	91 °F	Jul 25
6	91 °F	Jul 10
6	91 °F	Jun 24

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1938 was 7 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	7 °F	January 28
1	7 °F	January 26
3	8 °F	January 9
4	9 °F	December 28
5	12 °F	November 27
5	12 °F	February 1
7	13 °F	November 25
7	13 °F	January 27
7	13 °F	January 25
10	15 °F	December 31
10	15 °F	March 4
10	15 °F	February 28

January 1938 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	52	35	0.07	0.0
January 2	37	21	0.00	0.0
January 3	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 4	37	24	0.00	0.0
January 5	44	28	0.00	0.0
January 6	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 7	43	23	0.00	0.0
January 8	27	16	0.00	0.0
January 9	30	8	0.00	0.0
January 10	35	28	0.17	2.1
January 11	37	33	0.02	0.6
January 12	41	31	0.01	0.1
January 13	31	23	0.00	0.0
January 14	36	28	0.00	0.0
January 15	32	24	0.00	0.0
January 16	45	31	0.00	0.0
January 17	44	32	0.00	0.0
January 18	32	24	0.00	0.0
January 19	38	21	0.00	0.0
January 20	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 21	43	38	0.22	0.0
January 22	43	35	0.00	0.0
January 23	43	34	0.00	0.0
January 24	63	42	0.41	0.0
January 25	48	13	0.03	0.3
January 26	15	7	0.00	0.0
January 27	19	13	0.01	0.1
January 28	21	7	0.00	0.0
January 29	49	20	0.00	0.0
January 30	47	42	0.30	0.0
January 31	47	19	0.10	0.2

February 1938 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	28	12	0.00	0.0
February 2	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 3	49	42	0.04	0.0
February 4	45	31	0.00	0.0
February 5	57	34	0.00	0.0
February 6	57	53	0.25	0.0
February 7	54	34	0.00	0.0
February 8	52	28	0.00	0.0
February 9	60	47	0.00	0.0
February 10	58	32	0.02	0.0
February 11	40	31	0.36	0.0
February 12	51	37	0.70	0.0
February 13	65	49	0.00	0.0
February 14	65	38	0.01	0.0
February 15	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	40	21	0.00	0.0
February 17	54	36	0.07	0.0
February 18	57	42	0.42	0.0
February 19	42	35	0.46	0.0
February 20	35	27	0.10	1.0
February 21	35	26	0.00	0.0
February 22	43	34	0.21	0.0
February 23	43	33	0.00	0.0
February 24	34	30	0.00	0.1
February 25	30	22	0.05	1.0
February 26	36	27	0.12	2.5
February 27	37	32	0.02	0.0
February 28	34	15	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	47	22	0.00	0.0
March 2	45	33	0.01	0.0
March 3	45	25	0.01	0.1
March 4	38	15	0.00	0.0
March 5	66	38	0.33	0.0
March 6	46	28	0.09	0.0
March 7	42	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	27	0.00	0.1
March 10	39	29	0.24	1.9
March 11	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 12	59	36	0.00	0.0
March 13	57	49	0.44	0.0
March 14	50	36	1.20	0.0
March 15	53	34	0.39	0.0
March 16	73	48	0.24	0.0
March 17	59	41	0.00	0.0
March 18	58	39	0.02	0.0
March 19	68	38	0.00	0.0
March 20	63	53	0.00	0.0
March 21	71	41	0.00	0.0
March 22	82	56	0.00	0.0
March 23	68	53	0.75	0.0
March 24	53	36	0.00	0.0
March 25	60	38	0.00	0.0
March 26	60	45	0.10	0.0
March 27	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 28	66	33	0.00	0.0
March 29	75	48	0.42	0.0
March 30	71	59	0.62	0.0
March 31	70	55	0.31	0.0

April 1938 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	55	39	0.00	0.0
April 2	48	33	0.02	0.0
April 3	48	30	0.00	0.0
April 4	50	31	0.08	0.0
April 5	50	31	0.00	0.0
April 6	46	33	1.25	0.0
April 7	39	34	0.15	0.0
April 8	63	37	0.80	0.0
April 9	46	32	0.27	0.3
April 10	50	30	0.00	0.0
April 11	64	37	0.00	0.0
April 12	70	47	0.00	0.0
April 13	76	51	0.00	0.0
April 14	78	54	0.00	0.0
April 15	75	57	0.00	0.0
April 16	81	54	0.00	0.0
April 17	78	59	0.02	0.0
April 18	73	56	0.41	0.0
April 19	79	47	0.00	0.0
April 20	74	57	0.01	0.0
April 21	70	42	0.01	0.0
April 22	60	45	0.00	0.0
April 23	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 24	72	48	0.00	0.0
April 25	73	53	0.00	0.0
April 26	80	45	0.00	0.0
April 27	84	52	0.00	0.0
April 28	81	61	0.28	0.0
April 29	66	50	0.00	0.0
April 30	63	46	0.00	0.0

May 1938 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	70	37	0.00	n/a
May 2	81	41	0.00	n/a
May 3	87	58	0.00	n/a
May 4	87	60	0.00	n/a
May 5	83	66	0.00	n/a
May 6	75	52	0.00	n/a
May 7	77	46	0.00	n/a
May 8	81	59	0.13	n/a
May 9	65	43	0.00	n/a
May 10	69	44	0.00	n/a
May 11	63	44	0.00	n/a
May 12	59	32	0.00	n/a
May 13	68	35	0.00	n/a
May 14	61	46	0.89	n/a
May 15	57	46	0.18	n/a
May 16	69	44	0.00	n/a
May 17	64	45	0.08	n/a
May 18	74	56	1.13	n/a
May 19	86	65	0.65	n/a
May 20	82	65	0.38	n/a
May 21	81	64	0.86	n/a
May 22	73	53	0.00	n/a
May 23	79	60	0.58	n/a
May 24	67	55	0.52	n/a
May 25	75	43	0.00	n/a
May 26	79	52	0.00	n/a
May 27	81	56	0.01	n/a
May 28	84	59	0.15	n/a
May 29	80	62	0.28	n/a
May 30	72	63	0.00	n/a
May 31	78	55	0.00	n/a

June 1938 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
June 1	80	60	0.00	n/a
June 2	76	65	0.09	n/a
June 3	80	51	0.00	n/a
June 4	78	60	0.08	n/a
June 5	77	55	0.02	n/a
June 6	84	55	0.00	n/a
June 7	81	62	0.04	n/a
June 8	76	51	0.00	n/a
June 9	80	53	0.00	n/a
June 10	79	63	0.02	n/a
June 11	88	68	0.00	n/a
June 12	82	65	0.66	n/a
June 13	75	52	0.00	n/a
June 14	81	50	0.00	n/a
June 15	87	54	0.00	n/a
June 16	85	68	0.00	n/a
June 17	77	58	0.02	n/a
June 18	80	60	0.00	n/a
June 19	81	60	0.00	n/a
June 20	79	57	0.00	n/a
June 21	88	60	0.00	n/a
June 22	90	58	0.09	n/a
June 23	89	62	0.00	n/a
June 24	91	70	0.00	n/a
June 25	86	71	0.16	n/a
June 26	82	62	0.75	n/a
June 27	72	55	0.02	n/a
June 28	74	52	0.00	n/a
June 29	78	50	0.00	n/a
June 30	80	53	0.00	n/a

July 1938 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
July 1	76	67	0.81	n/a
July 2	83	69	0.92	n/a
July 3	83	68	0.00	n/a
July 4	81	55	0.00	n/a
July 5	84	55	0.00	n/a
July 6	90	60	0.00	n/a
July 7	90	68	0.00	n/a
July 8	93	68	0.00	n/a
July 9	88	69	0.18	n/a
July 10	91	66	0.00	n/a
July 11	93	70	0.00	n/a
July 12	89	71	0.00	n/a
July 13	83	66	0.21	n/a
July 14	83	67	0.29	n/a
July 15	80	61	0.00	n/a
July 16	85	58	0.00	n/a
July 17	86	64	0.06	n/a
July 18	78	64	1.28	n/a
July 19	85	62	0.00	n/a
July 20	89	64	0.00	n/a
July 21	85	67	0.01	n/a
July 22	85	66	0.00	n/a
July 23	86	64	0.00	n/a
July 24	87	63	0.00	n/a
July 25	91	64	0.00	n/a
July 26	91	66	0.00	n/a
July 27	91	70	0.07	n/a
July 28	91	70	0.00	n/a
July 29	83	68	0.03	n/a
July 30	84	59	0.00	n/a
July 31	83	70	2.23	n/a

August 1938 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
August 1	83	69	1.66	n/a
August 2	89	68	0.00	n/a
August 3	90	69	0.05	n/a
August 4	91	74	0.17	n/a
August 5	84	71	0.12	n/a
August 6	90	70	0.00	n/a
August 7	91	69	0.29	n/a
August 8	90	71	0.00	n/a
August 9	92	72	0.00	n/a
August 10	93	75	0.00	n/a
August 11	87	71	0.56	n/a
August 12	82	63	0.00	n/a
August 13	86	59	0.00	n/a
August 14	91	65	0.00	n/a
August 15	90	74	0.00	n/a
August 16	91	75	0.00	n/a
August 17	86	72	0.00	n/a
August 18	84	59	0.00	n/a
August 19	88	60	0.00	n/a
August 20	89	62	0.00	n/a
August 21	86	64	0.09	n/a
August 22	85	65	0.00	n/a
August 23	87	57	0.00	n/a
August 24	82	67	0.00	n/a
August 25	80	54	0.00	n/a
August 26	86	60	0.00	n/a
August 27	81	58	0.00	n/a
August 28	83	59	0.00	n/a
August 29	87	55	0.00	n/a
August 30	89	57	0.00	n/a
August 31	82	60	0.00	n/a

September 1938 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	80	59	0.00	n/a
September 2	75	51	0.00	n/a
September 3	84	53	0.00	n/a
September 4	92	59	0.00	n/a
September 5	85	59	0.00	n/a
September 6	89	55	0.00	n/a
September 7	91	68	0.00	n/a
September 8	80	65	0.00	n/a
September 9	84	62	0.00	n/a
September 10	77	63	0.03	n/a
September 11	82	68	0.00	n/a
September 12	89	70	0.63	n/a
September 13	82	70	3.74	n/a
September 14	82	71	1.03	n/a
September 15	77	63	0.44	n/a
September 16	68	57	0.00	n/a
September 17	73	57	0.00	n/a
September 18	66	58	0.01	n/a
September 19	65	50	0.00	n/a
September 20	61	45	0.00	n/a
September 21	59	46	0.07	n/a
September 22	63	47	0.11	n/a
September 23	82	48	0.00	n/a
September 24	85	55	0.00	n/a
September 25	77	55	0.00	n/a
September 26	85	54	0.00	n/a
September 27	78	64	0.00	n/a
September 28	79	49	0.00	n/a
September 29	72	52	0.00	n/a
September 30	69	48	0.00	n/a

October 1938 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	69	42	0.00	n/a
October 2	67	38	0.00	n/a
October 3	71	43	0.00	n/a
October 4	76	42	0.00	n/a
October 5	78	53	0.00	n/a
October 6	68	49	0.00	n/a
October 7	64	32	0.00	n/a
October 8	76	38	0.00	n/a
October 9	72	48	0.00	n/a
October 10	78	42	0.00	n/a
October 11	82	48	0.00	n/a
October 12	85	53	0.00	n/a
October 13	71	58	0.27	n/a
October 14	75	41	0.00	n/a
October 15	80	46	0.00	n/a
October 16	82	50	0.00	n/a
October 17	82	44	0.00	n/a
October 18	84	46	0.00	n/a
October 19	69	56	0.12	n/a
October 20	61	43	0.10	n/a
October 21	63	38	0.00	n/a
October 22	72	44	0.00	n/a
October 23	67	56	0.00	n/a
October 24	56	40	0.07	n/a
October 25	66	37	0.00	n/a
October 26	71	42	0.00	n/a
October 27	60	42	0.00	n/a
October 28	59	32	0.00	n/a
October 29	66	36	0.00	n/a
October 30	63	38	0.00	n/a
October 31	63	30	0.00	n/a

November 1938 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	72	30	0.00	0.0
November 2	77	38	0.00	0.0
November 3	76	42	0.00	0.0
November 4	72	50	0.00	0.0
November 5	67	49	0.24	0.0
November 6	73	37	0.00	0.0
November 7	80	55	0.00	0.0
November 8	73	34	0.44	0.0
November 9	49	28	0.00	0.0
November 10	58	26	0.00	0.0
November 11	69	40	0.00	0.0
November 12	70	45	0.00	0.0
November 13	67	43	0.03	0.0
November 14	48	33	0.00	0.0
November 15	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 16	54	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	64	45	0.00	0.0
November 18	66	54	0.98	0.0
November 19	57	40	0.25	0.0
November 20	56	33	0.00	0.0
November 21	61	34	0.00	0.0
November 22	54	39	0.00	0.0
November 23	41	30	0.07	0.8
November 24	33	24	0.05	1.3
November 25	30	13	0.00	0.0
November 26	32	27	0.01	0.0
November 27	32	12	0.04	1.1
November 28	33	18	0.00	0.0
November 29	45	26	0.00	0.0
November 30	52	34	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	26	0.00	0.0
December 2	48	36	0.00	0.0
December 3	50	42	0.20	0.0
December 4	56	39	0.00	0.0
December 5	52	42	0.06	0.0
December 6	42	38	0.00	0.0
December 7	49	38	0.00	0.0
December 8	52	38	0.00	0.0
December 9	45	35	0.00	0.0
December 10	40	36	0.00	0.0
December 11	53	36	0.00	0.0
December 12	50	30	0.00	0.0
December 13	37	26	0.00	0.0
December 14	41	27	0.00	0.0
December 15	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 16	41	21	0.00	0.0
December 17	41	34	0.00	0.0
December 18	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 20	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 21	41	32	0.00	0.0
December 22	33	21	0.00	0.0
December 23	40	32	0.26	0.0
December 24	40	32	0.00	0.0
December 25	38	31	0.00	0.0
December 26	37	30	0.48	0.0
December 27	40	16	0.03	0.0
December 28	23	9	0.00	0.0
December 29	35	21	0.01	0.4
December 30	30	19	0.00	0.0
December 31	43	15	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Colombus International Airport	location
1893–1947	Ohio State University	location