Columbus Weather in 1956

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 5
Lowest temperature	4 °F	January 24
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 5
Lowest daily high	22 °F	January 23
Most daily precipitation	1.2 inches	May 2
Most daily snow	6.7 inches	March 16
Total annual precipitation	35.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	28.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1956 was 96 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 5
1	96 °F	Jul 27
1	96 °F	Jul 2
4	95 °F	Jun 13
5	94 °F	Jul 1
6	92 °F	Aug 27
6	92 °F	Jun 24
6	92 °F	Jun 16
6	92 °F	Jun 14
6	92 °F	Jun 12
6	92 °F	Jun 10

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1956 was 4 °F which happened on Jan 24.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	January 24
2	6 °F	January 26
3	7 °F	January 27
3	7 °F	January 23
5	9 °F	November 24
5	9 °F	March 17
7	13 °F	November 23
8	14 °F	February 22
8	14 °F	January 31
8	14 °F	January 25

January 1956 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	45	17	0.00	0.0
January 2	46	31	0.02	0.2
January 3	43	34	0.00	0.0
January 4	36	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	47	17	0.00	0.0
January 6	56	30	0.00	0.0
January 7	33	21	0.00	0.0
January 8	28	16	0.00	0.0
January 9	23	17	0.00	0.0
January 10	35	23	0.13	0.5
January 11	36	32	0.01	0.1
January 12	32	27	0.04	0.4
January 13	36	22	0.00	0.0
January 14	38	18	0.00	0.0
January 15	31	15	0.14	1.9
January 16	33	25	0.10	1.2
January 17	35	16	0.00	0.0
January 18	32	18	0.00	0.0
January 19	34	28	0.50	5.0
January 20	37	24	0.00	0.0
January 21	36	27	0.00	0.0
January 22	37	21	0.00	0.0
January 23	22	7	0.00	0.0
January 24	28	4	0.00	0.0
January 25	25	14	0.10	1.8
January 26	30	6	0.00	0.0
January 27	33	7	0.00	0.0
January 28	39	16	0.28	0.0
January 29	42	34	0.29	0.0
January 30	35	18	0.52	0.3
January 31	32	14	0.00	0.0

February 1956 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	18	0.23	0.1
February 2	40	32	0.62	0.0
February 3	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 4	40	31	0.05	0.0
February 5	42	23	0.00	0.0
February 6	42	34	0.56	0.0
February 7	39	33	0.00	0.0
February 8	56	31	0.00	0.0
February 9	46	38	0.07	0.0
February 10	39	34	0.00	0.0
February 11	43	35	0.35	0.0
February 12	38	33	0.00	0.0
February 13	45	31	0.00	0.0
February 14	49	37	0.19	0.0
February 15	47	26	0.52	0.0
February 16	38	23	0.23	0.0
February 17	50	35	0.28	0.0
February 18	47	29	0.31	0.0
February 19	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 20	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 21	31	20	0.00	0.3
February 22	31	14	0.00	0.0
February 23	37	15	0.00	0.0
February 24	58	28	0.11	0.0
February 25	60	34	0.44	0.0
February 26	56	27	0.00	0.0
February 27	58	28	0.37	0.4
February 28	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 29	42	21	0.00	0.0

March 1956 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	60	30	0.06	0.0
March 2	56	38	0.04	0.0
March 3	57	33	0.09	0.0
March 4	53	24	0.00	0.0
March 5	72	38	0.00	0.0
March 6	68	52	0.10	0.0
March 7	66	45	0.65	0.0
March 8	45	24	0.15	0.1
March 9	55	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	62	34	0.00	0.0
March 11	55	35	0.00	0.0
March 12	39	33	0.00	0.0
March 13	49	27	0.01	0.0
March 14	39	32	0.59	0.0
March 15	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 16	33	23	0.62	6.7
March 17	33	9	0.01	0.1
March 18	37	26	0.04	0.5
March 19	33	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	39	16	0.00	0.0
March 21	47	19	0.00	0.0
March 22	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 23	58	31	0.26	0.0
March 24	39	24	0.10	0.2
March 25	45	18	0.00	0.0
March 26	59	39	0.01	0.0
March 27	50	32	0.03	0.0
March 28	46	35	0.73	0.0
March 29	61	33	0.00	0.0
March 30	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 31	47	29	0.00	0.0

April 1956 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	63	30	0.00	0.0
April 2	63	51	0.76	0.0
April 3	75	54	0.78	0.0
April 4	66	47	0.00	0.0
April 5	69	37	0.00	0.0
April 6	61	46	0.03	0.0
April 7	46	32	0.21	0.2
April 8	40	31	0.00	0.1
April 9	54	32	0.00	0.0
April 10	55	32	0.01	0.0
April 11	64	42	0.00	0.0
April 12	68	33	0.00	0.0
April 13	60	37	0.00	0.0
April 14	63	32	0.03	0.0
April 15	58	40	0.39	0.0
April 16	47	35	0.19	0.3
April 17	46	36	0.04	0.0
April 18	40	34	0.01	0.0
April 19	57	32	0.00	0.0
April 20	46	30	0.00	0.0
April 21	65	29	0.00	0.0
April 22	57	36	0.28	0.0
April 23	48	29	0.00	0.0
April 24	50	32	0.18	0.0
April 25	58	32	0.46	0.0
April 26	58	45	0.07	0.0
April 27	80	48	0.00	0.0
April 28	83	60	0.60	0.0
April 29	74	52	0.02	0.0
April 30	52	41	0.00	0.0

May 1956 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	67	38	0.00
May 2	64	49	1.16
May 3	71	50	0.00
May 4	57	42	0.02
May 5	74	38	0.00
May 6	84	52	0.31
May 7	59	41	0.00
May 8	62	35	0.00
May 9	73	45	0.00
May 10	69	61	0.51
May 11	85	61	0.00
May 12	86	66	0.00
May 13	88	65	0.00
May 14	80	56	0.00
May 15	58	51	0.22
May 16	54	40	0.00
May 17	67	40	0.42
May 18	67	40	0.00
May 19	69	49	0.00
May 20	70	41	0.00
May 21	81	48	0.00
May 22	85	63	0.13
May 23	72	42	0.14
May 24	61	36	0.00
May 25	71	39	0.00
May 26	75	50	0.55
May 27	73	63	0.95
May 28	78	60	0.00
May 29	84	59	0.07
May 30	86	66	0.00
May 31	83	60	0.37

June 1956 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	61	47	0.00
June 2	55	46	0.00
June 3	57	46	0.06
June 4	75	49	0.00
June 5	76	52	0.00
June 6	80	49	0.00
June 7	86	56	0.00
June 8	88	57	0.00
June 9	83	58	0.00
June 10	92	55	0.00
June 11	91	55	0.00
June 12	92	60	0.00
June 13	95	65	0.52
June 14	92	65	0.00
June 15	86	67	0.00
June 16	92	68	0.24
June 17	89	66	0.26
June 18	83	65	1.03
June 19	78	59	0.00
June 20	77	63	0.39
June 21	84	67	0.71
June 22	86	69	0.01
June 23	90	68	0.00
June 24	92	65	0.00
June 25	83	64	0.00
June 26	90	64	0.00
June 27	83	67	0.00
June 28	75	59	0.00
June 29	81	52	0.00
June 30	91	60	0.00

July 1956 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	94	67	0.00
July 2	96	68	0.98
July 3	87	66	0.69
July 4	82	67	0.08
July 5	88	65	0.07
July 6	78	64	0.00
July 7	88	59	0.00
July 8	88	66	0.03
July 9	78	63	0.12
July 10	82	60	0.00
July 11	83	56	0.00
July 12	87	63	0.01
July 13	79	63	0.50
July 14	80	63	0.00
July 15	89	59	0.00
July 16	85	68	0.00
July 17	80	61	0.00
July 18	82	57	0.00
July 19	82	61	0.05
July 20	83	64	0.82
July 21	85	63	0.00
July 22	84	63	0.41
July 23	85	62	0.00
July 24	83	62	0.00
July 25	87	63	0.00
July 26	89	68	0.00
July 27	96	70	0.32
July 28	82	70	0.84
July 29	80	60	0.00
July 30	79	55	0.00
July 31	82	55	0.00

August 1956 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	78	65	0.01
August 2	83	65	0.00
August 3	88	61	0.00
August 4	90	64	0.61
August 5	96	73	0.06
August 6	82	66	0.00
August 7	82	64	0.00
August 8	89	60	0.00
August 9	88	65	0.04
August 10	87	62	0.00
August 11	91	60	0.00
August 12	90	64	0.00
August 13	84	69	0.20
August 14	88	67	0.00
August 15	88	62	0.00
August 16	90	61	0.00
August 17	91	65	0.00
August 18	89	69	0.17
August 19	73	65	0.14
August 20	68	57	0.04
August 21	74	50	0.00
August 22	77	47	0.00
August 23	82	55	0.55
August 24	75	54	0.00
August 25	80	50	0.00
August 26	84	51	0.00
August 27	92	61	0.00
August 28	89	64	0.00
August 29	88	63	0.00
August 30	85	68	0.27
August 31	91	67	0.14

September 1956 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	65	0.45
September 2	79	56	0.00
September 3	82	51	0.00
September 4	87	56	0.00
September 5	90	63	0.00
September 6	72	54	0.00
September 7	68	46	0.00
September 8	70	41	0.00
September 9	74	47	0.00
September 10	73	49	0.02
September 11	79	56	0.00
September 12	85	53	0.00
September 13	89	64	0.00
September 14	79	61	0.11
September 15	79	56	0.57
September 16	82	62	0.08
September 17	75	52	0.01
September 18	68	43	0.00
September 19	72	44	0.05
September 20	57	37	0.00
September 21	67	33	0.01
September 22	83	55	0.04
September 23	79	53	0.03
September 24	75	41	0.00
September 25	75	40	0.00
September 26	70	50	0.00
September 27	68	44	0.00
September 28	74	43	0.00
September 29	80	49	0.00
September 30	74	49	0.00

October 1956 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	77	40	0.00
October 2	77	57	0.00
October 3	73	45	0.03
October 4	69	55	0.63
October 5	70	49	0.00
October 6	75	46	0.17
October 7	63	41	0.00
October 8	72	38	0.00
October 9	60	41	0.00
October 10	59	34	0.00
October 11	62	36	0.00
October 12	76	44	0.00
October 13	78	49	0.00
October 14	81	46	0.00
October 15	84	48	0.00
October 16	83	49	0.00
October 17	78	54	0.00
October 18	80	50	0.00
October 19	75	50	0.00
October 20	72	56	0.01
October 21	73	53	0.00
October 22	65	56	0.02
October 23	70	54	0.00
October 24	58	42	0.00
October 25	74	50	0.00
October 26	61	47	0.21
October 27	59	39	0.00
October 28	69	46	0.00
October 29	73	48	0.00
October 30	75	53	0.00
October 31	68	57	0.08

November 1956 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	68	54	0.00	0.0
November 2	74	51	0.00	0.0
November 3	77	46	0.00	0.0
November 4	76	50	0.00	0.0
November 5	74	44	0.00	0.0
November 6	68	49	0.02	0.0
November 7	65	40	0.00	0.0
November 8	45	35	0.00	0.0
November 9	50	35	0.00	0.0
November 10	48	34	0.00	0.0
November 11	66	35	0.00	0.0
November 12	55	38	0.00	0.0
November 13	51	26	0.00	0.0
November 14	69	44	0.00	0.0
November 15	71	49	0.02	0.0
November 16	59	30	0.09	0.0
November 17	46	20	0.00	0.0
November 18	49	20	0.00	0.0
November 19	60	28	0.00	0.0
November 20	50	44	0.39	0.0
November 21	59	34	0.25	0.1
November 22	35	21	0.00	0.0
November 23	27	13	0.04	0.7
November 24	31	9	0.00	0.0
November 25	35	23	0.08	0.8
November 26	35	29	0.06	0.7
November 27	34	21	0.00	0.0
November 28	43	24	0.00	0.0
November 29	35	27	0.00	0.0
November 30	33	23	0.02	0.3

December 1956 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	39	29	0.01	0.1
December 2	48	32	0.00	0.0
December 3	58	35	0.00	0.0
December 4	64	29	0.00	0.0
December 5	63	47	0.00	0.0
December 6	70	52	0.00	0.0
December 7	63	46	0.90	0.0
December 8	46	38	0.43	0.0
December 9	39	29	0.71	1.6
December 10	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 11	48	33	0.00	0.0
December 12	50	34	0.03	0.0
December 13	40	29	0.01	0.0
December 14	47	30	0.11	0.0
December 15	56	42	0.10	0.0
December 16	51	40	0.00	0.0
December 17	55	41	0.00	0.0
December 18	42	25	0.00	0.0
December 19	51	21	0.00	0.0
December 20	53	42	0.47	0.0
December 21	55	50	0.01	0.0
December 22	51	41	0.06	0.0
December 23	54	41	0.00	0.0
December 24	51	31	0.02	0.2
December 25	33	29	0.07	0.8
December 26	34	28	0.02	0.4
December 27	41	32	0.03	0.4
December 28	36	26	0.19	1.0
December 29	31	22	0.03	0.3
December 30	37	17	0.01	0.2
December 31	40	26	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