Columbus Weather in 1948

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1948 based on NOAA data.

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1948 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	August 27
Lowest temperature	-13 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	71 °F	August 27
Lowest daily high	11 °F	January 24
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	July 21
Most daily snow	6.7 inches	February 4
Total annual precipitation	45.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	29.0 inches	-

January 1948 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	56	35	1.28	0.0
January 2	35	27	0.03	0.4
January 3	34	30	0.00	0.0
January 4	34	28	0.10	1.2
January 5	35	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	36	21	0.16	2.5
January 7	30	12	0.00	0.0
January 8	48	25	0.00	0.0
January 9	53	32	0.00	0.1
January 10	32	19	0.00	0.1
January 11	36	15	0.00	0.0
January 12	36	30	0.09	0.8
January 13	33	18	0.01	0.2
January 14	18	7	0.01	0.2
January 15	30	4	0.00	0.0
January 16	33	17	0.01	0.2
January 17	19	5	0.02	0.4
January 18	17	-3	0.00	0.0
January 19	28	-1	0.00	0.0
January 20	39	9	0.00	0.0
January 21	38	24	0.01	0.1
January 22	25	7	0.00	0.0
January 23	14	0	0.00	0.0
January 24	11	-3	0.25	5.7
January 25	13	-12	0.01	0.3
January 26	22	-9	0.07	0.9
January 27	20	5	0.02	0.4
January 28	16	-13	0.00	0.0
January 29	23	-5	0.00	0.0
January 30	21	5	0.00	0.0
January 31	23	3	0.00	0.0

February 1948 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	23	9	0.00	0.0
February 2	32	5	0.00	0.0
February 3	29	15	0.02	0.3
February 4	35	21	0.47	6.7
February 5	24	16	0.03	0.4
February 6	27	5	0.01	0.1
February 7	36	0	0.00	0.0
February 8	33	2	0.00	0.0
February 9	21	-10	0.00	0.0
February 10	29	0	0.00	0.0
February 11	37	22	0.00	0.0
February 12	38	32	0.01	0.0
February 13	50	34	1.36	0.0
February 14	39	27	0.08	0.8
February 15	41	20	0.00	0.0
February 16	55	34	0.00	0.0
February 17	56	32	0.00	0.0
February 18	63	32	0.00	0.0
February 19	65	31	0.00	0.0
February 20	31	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	25	17	0.10	1.7
February 22	37	15	0.01	0.1
February 23	45	23	0.00	0.0
February 24	53	30	0.00	0.0
February 25	50	44	0.35	0.0
February 26	53	33	0.15	0.0
February 27	54	27	0.48	0.0
February 28	60	40	0.00	0.0
February 29	40	29	0.00	0.0

March 1948 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 2	55	37	0.26	0.0
March 3	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 4	34	17	0.00	0.0
March 5	38	13	0.00	0.0
March 6	40	29	0.14	0.0
March 7	47	32	0.08	0.0
March 8	39	27	0.00	0.0
March 9	46	25	0.00	0.0
March 10	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 11	28	8	0.11	1.1
March 12	27	1	0.00	0.0
March 13	41	14	0.00	0.0
March 14	59	25	0.00	0.0
March 15	62	45	0.32	0.0
March 16	65	42	0.32	0.0
March 17	52	36	0.00	0.0
March 18	64	30	0.00	0.0
March 19	74	51	1.20	0.0
March 20	77	45	0.00	0.0
March 21	77	61	0.01	0.0
March 22	66	52	0.24	0.0
March 23	61	44	0.35	0.0
March 24	64	34	0.00	0.0
March 25	75	39	0.00	0.0
March 26	64	54	0.47	0.0
March 27	61	29	0.91	0.0
March 28	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 29	60	28	0.00	0.0
March 30	65	35	0.00	0.0
March 31	69	50	0.62	0.0

April 1948 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	56	43	0.06
April 2	54	32	0.01
April 3	51	29	0.00
April 4	70	33	0.00
April 5	67	51	0.13
April 6	67	52	0.98
April 7	69	51	0.06
April 8	74	46	0.17
April 9	48	33	0.00
April 10	57	28	0.00
April 11	64	51	1.33
April 12	60	46	0.66
April 13	52	42	0.81
April 14	55	45	0.73
April 15	62	42	0.00
April 16	73	41	0.00
April 17	55	31	0.00
April 18	72	38	0.00
April 19	77	56	0.00
April 20	80	55	0.00
April 21	55	43	0.00
April 22	68	37	0.00
April 23	73	50	0.00
April 24	83	59	0.04
April 25	87	53	0.00
April 26	89	61	0.00
April 27	80	56	0.25
April 28	56	45	0.09
April 29	63	41	0.00
April 30	66	40	0.00

May 1948 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	48	0.01
May 2	70	45	1.31
May 3	67	48	0.00
May 4	60	46	0.39
May 5	67	42	0.00
May 6	69	48	0.76
May 7	54	40	0.19
May 8	65	36	0.00
May 9	78	51	0.00
May 10	83	64	0.01
May 11	86	60	0.02
May 12	73	59	0.61
May 13	66	55	0.01
May 14	62	52	0.57
May 15	67	49	0.01
May 16	76	52	0.54
May 17	67	52	0.04
May 18	70	48	0.00
May 19	67	43	0.00
May 20	76	42	0.00
May 21	78	50	0.00
May 22	70	40	0.00
May 23	81	49	0.00
May 24	70	47	0.00
May 25	69	42	0.00
May 26	73	43	0.00
May 27	83	55	0.00
May 28	77	55	0.00
May 29	76	54	0.00
May 30	75	46	0.00
May 31	72	45	0.00

June 1948 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	43	0.00
June 2	82	51	0.00
June 3	86	49	0.00
June 4	89	52	0.00
June 5	76	60	0.06
June 6	76	55	0.90
June 7	74	61	0.00
June 8	75	55	0.19
June 9	73	53	0.00
June 10	82	52	0.00
June 11	87	57	0.00
June 12	86	63	0.34
June 13	76	57	0.10
June 14	81	55	0.00
June 15	84	63	0.00
June 16	74	54	0.09
June 17	78	46	0.00
June 18	77	61	0.10
June 19	86	60	0.03
June 20	79	55	0.00
June 21	84	58	0.00
June 22	93	66	0.01
June 23	96	71	0.00
June 24	87	69	0.18
June 25	88	64	0.00
June 26	90	69	0.01
June 27	90	66	1.40
June 28	94	68	0.00
June 29	90	67	1.16
June 30	82	62	0.24

July 1948 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	75	56	0.00
July 2	80	53	0.00
July 3	92	61	0.00
July 4	94	62	0.00
July 5	92	69	0.00
July 6	88	67	0.00
July 7	82	60	0.00
July 8	83	59	0.00
July 9	90	66	0.00
July 10	92	67	0.00
July 11	90	63	0.00
July 12	88	70	0.90
July 13	88	71	0.03
July 14	84	69	0.01
July 15	88	62	0.00
July 16	84	71	0.33
July 17	88	70	0.03
July 18	90	70	0.00
July 19	90	68	0.00
July 20	86	71	0.01
July 21	84	69	1.56
July 22	85	70	0.00
July 23	80	63	0.68
July 24	78	56	0.00
July 25	83	58	0.00
July 26	78	66	0.00
July 27	88	63	1.26
July 28	85	63	0.52
July 29	90	66	0.00
July 30	92	70	0.36
July 31	84	62	0.00

August 1948 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	56	0.00
August 2	83	62	0.00
August 3	86	61	0.00
August 4	70	57	0.51
August 5	74	54	1.06
August 6	76	48	0.00
August 7	78	54	0.00
August 8	82	53	0.00
August 9	83	57	0.00
August 10	88	61	0.00
August 11	84	63	0.31
August 12	86	60	0.00
August 13	82	59	0.00
August 14	81	58	0.00
August 15	81	54	0.00
August 16	83	54	0.00
August 17	86	56	0.00
August 18	80	64	0.38
August 19	80	59	0.00
August 20	82	57	0.00
August 21	86	59	0.00
August 22	89	59	0.00
August 23	92	63	0.00
August 24	95	64	0.00
August 25	95	65	0.00
August 26	98	71	0.00
August 27	100	71	0.00
August 28	97	70	0.00
August 29	92	68	0.00
August 30	85	64	0.18
August 31	79	55	0.00

September 1948 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	44	0.00
September 2	85	51	0.00
September 3	88	57	0.00
September 4	90	66	0.00
September 5	87	66	0.00
September 6	82	67	0.11
September 7	83	67	0.27
September 8	87	64	0.00
September 9	72	58	0.00
September 10	78	51	0.00
September 11	83	49	0.00
September 12	90	59	0.00
September 13	90	59	0.00
September 14	80	53	0.00
September 15	80	47	0.00
September 16	86	53	0.00
September 17	90	55	0.00
September 18	86	63	0.00
September 19	92	65	0.75
September 20	74	67	0.62
September 21	68	55	0.46
September 22	66	47	0.01
September 23	66	41	0.00
September 24	68	51	0.00
September 25	64	44	0.00
September 26	72	42	0.00
September 27	77	46	0.00
September 28	76	51	0.00
September 29	78	56	0.37
September 30	72	57	0.00

October 1948 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	71	56	0.00
October 2	63	51	0.00
October 3	62	48	0.00
October 4	61	46	0.00
October 5	57	45	0.10
October 6	61	39	0.00
October 7	65	41	0.02
October 8	55	39	0.09
October 9	70	46	0.00
October 10	59	44	0.05
October 11	57	45	0.18
October 12	62	43	0.00
October 13	66	42	0.00
October 14	61	35	0.00
October 15	67	34	0.00
October 16	75	47	0.21
October 17	62	35	1.26
October 18	46	27	0.00
October 19	58	30	0.00
October 20	48	28	0.00
October 21	55	28	0.00
October 22	59	44	0.00
October 23	50	44	0.19
October 24	60	40	0.00
October 25	58	38	0.00
October 26	60	31	0.00
October 27	67	32	0.00
October 28	70	37	0.00
October 29	73	36	0.00
October 30	73	35	0.00
October 31	59	48	0.18

November 1948 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	66	48	0.01
November 2	68	51	0.00
November 3	61	53	0.86
November 4	70	58	0.00
November 5	72	58	0.49
November 6	66	49	0.92
November 7	57	38	0.00
November 8	65	35	0.00
November 9	64	45	0.03
November 10	56	33	0.45
November 11	55	28	0.00
November 12	47	39	0.10
November 13	48	32	0.09
November 14	54	29	0.00
November 15	52	35	0.00
November 16	59	37	0.17
November 17	56	35	0.00
November 18	66	36	0.00
November 19	65	50	0.40
November 20	51	36	0.00
November 21	55	34	0.00
November 22	50	36	0.01
November 23	42	29	0.00
November 24	45	27	0.00
November 25	53	25	0.00
November 26	51	40	0.81
November 27	51	34	0.07
November 28	40	35	0.65
November 29	40	35	0.00
November 30	48	33	0.00

December 1948 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	42	28	0.00	0.0
December 2	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 3	54	36	0.00	0.0
December 4	57	30	0.00	0.0
December 5	56	39	0.03	0.0
December 6	52	35	0.00	0.0
December 7	52	33	0.00	0.0
December 8	37	24	0.00	0.0
December 9	37	17	0.00	0.0
December 10	29	19	0.05	1.0
December 11	40	17	0.00	0.0
December 12	56	39	0.13	0.0
December 13	57	42	0.00	0.0
December 14	55	41	0.58	0.0
December 15	64	40	0.83	0.0
December 16	61	35	0.25	0.0
December 17	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 18	33	23	0.04	0.0
December 19	33	27	0.31	3.2
December 20	36	27	0.02	0.1
December 21	50	36	0.00	0.0
December 22	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 23	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 24	29	24	0.00	0.0
December 25	25	11	0.00	0.0
December 26	25	7	0.00	0.0
December 27	37	12	0.00	0.0
December 28	45	21	0.04	0.0
December 29	50	34	0.58	0.0
December 30	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	17	0.00	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Colombus International Airport	location
1893–1947	Ohio State University	location