Columbus Weather in 1959

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1959 based on NOAA data.

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1959 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	August 25
Lowest temperature	-6 °F	January 5
Highest daily low	74 °F	June 28
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 5
Most daily precipitation	4.8 inches	January 21
Most daily snow	3.7 inches	March 11
Total annual precipitation	36.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	22.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1959?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1959 was 99 °F which happened on August 25.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Aug 25
2	96 °F	Sep 8
2	96 °F	Aug 14
2	96 °F	Jun 29
5	95 °F	Aug 26
5	95 °F	Aug 23
5	95 °F	Aug 22
8	94 °F	Sep 9
8	94 °F	Aug 24
8	94 °F	Aug 20
8	94 °F	Aug 19
8	94 °F	Aug 13
8	94 °F	Jul 1
8	94 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1959?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1959 was -6 °F which happened on Jan 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-6 °F	January 5
2	-2 °F	January 18
3	-1 °F	January 4
4	0 °F	January 6
5	2 °F	January 16
6	4 °F	January 17
7	5 °F	February 20
7	5 °F	February 2
9	8 °F	December 22
9	8 °F	January 28

January 1959 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	45	35	0.62	0.0
January 2	39	31	0.00	0.0
January 3	48	27	0.00	0.0
January 4	37	-1	0.19	0.5
January 5	10	-6	0.00	0.0
January 6	21	0	0.00	0.0
January 7	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 8	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 9	24	14	0.00	0.0
January 10	25	12	0.00	0.0
January 11	36	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	48	15	0.00	0.0
January 13	42	29	0.00	0.0
January 14	50	28	0.54	0.0
January 15	50	28	0.60	2.2
January 16	29	2	0.00	0.0
January 17	14	4	0.00	0.0
January 18	19	-2	0.00	0.0
January 19	37	19	0.05	0.7
January 20	51	29	0.40	1.4
January 21	63	26	4.79	0.0
January 22	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 23	21	12	0.00	0.0
January 24	45	17	0.00	0.0
January 25	42	25	0.02	0.2
January 26	28	21	0.14	1.5
January 27	29	12	0.00	0.0
January 28	33	8	0.00	0.0
January 29	51	21	0.02	0.0
January 30	51	28	0.07	0.0
January 31	29	18	0.00	0.0

February 1959 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	22	9	0.00	0.0
February 2	26	5	0.00	0.0
February 3	44	15	0.18	0.0
February 4	41	25	0.02	0.0
February 5	36	24	0.00	0.0
February 6	30	15	0.00	0.0
February 7	48	20	0.00	0.0
February 8	43	29	0.00	0.0
February 9	56	30	0.46	0.0
February 10	63	28	1.33	0.0
February 11	30	22	0.00	0.0
February 12	50	20	0.01	0.0
February 13	49	42	0.12	0.0
February 14	58	37	0.27	0.0
February 15	37	29	0.00	0.0
February 16	45	31	0.00	0.0
February 17	54	35	0.00	0.0
February 18	39	14	0.12	1.0
February 19	20	9	0.00	0.0
February 20	20	5	0.00	0.0
February 21	39	15	0.00	0.0
February 22	46	23	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	34	0.33	0.0
February 24	37	23	0.00	0.0
February 25	45	20	0.00	0.0
February 26	54	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	56	25	0.00	0.0
February 28	52	32	0.24	0.8

March 1959 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	29	0.01	0.1
March 2	45	24	0.00	0.0
March 3	46	34	0.03	0.0
March 4	45	26	0.00	0.0
March 5	53	29	0.17	0.0
March 6	47	27	0.21	0.0
March 7	35	23	0.02	0.2
March 8	50	23	0.00	0.0
March 9	46	30	0.16	0.0
March 10	37	27	0.07	0.7
March 11	31	26	0.37	3.7
March 12	35	23	0.01	0.1
March 13	38	20	0.01	0.2
March 14	61	35	0.01	0.0
March 15	59	33	0.02	0.0
March 16	41	26	0.00	0.0
March 17	33	22	0.01	0.1
March 18	41	15	0.00	0.0
March 19	64	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	62	36	0.00	0.0
March 21	52	23	0.02	0.0
March 22	38	14	0.00	0.0
March 23	63	23	0.00	0.0
March 24	71	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	75	41	0.00	0.0
March 26	56	37	0.07	0.0
March 27	55	27	0.24	0.0
March 28	46	21	0.00	0.0
March 29	50	28	0.02	0.0
March 30	53	40	0.00	0.0
March 31	68	43	0.00	0.0

April 1959 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	80	40	0.75	0.0
April 2	58	38	0.34	0.0
April 3	59	40	0.21	0.0
April 4	53	37	0.00	0.0
April 5	72	40	0.00	0.0
April 6	59	38	0.00	0.0
April 7	78	37	0.00	0.0
April 8	74	55	0.00	0.0
April 9	56	46	0.04	0.0
April 10	52	42	0.00	0.0
April 11	47	36	0.00	0.0
April 12	41	34	0.01	0.1
April 13	49	31	0.00	0.0
April 14	64	32	0.00	0.0
April 15	70	37	0.00	0.0
April 16	73	43	0.00	0.0
April 17	79	43	0.00	0.0
April 18	67	58	0.00	0.0
April 19	61	44	0.30	0.0
April 20	49	38	0.14	0.0
April 21	55	34	0.00	0.0
April 22	58	36	0.00	0.0
April 23	66	31	0.00	0.0
April 24	72	36	0.00	0.0
April 25	76	53	0.00	0.0
April 26	69	53	0.01	0.0
April 27	61	49	0.94	0.0
April 28	73	47	0.43	0.0
April 29	74	46	0.36	0.0
April 30	68	48	0.07	0.0

May 1959 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	71	42	0.00
May 2	88	48	0.00
May 3	89	61	0.00
May 4	87	61	0.00
May 5	91	59	0.00
May 6	91	57	0.00
May 7	73	52	0.00
May 8	66	46	0.00
May 9	76	45	0.00
May 10	78	61	0.13
May 11	85	65	0.03
May 12	70	59	1.64
May 13	75	47	0.17
May 14	51	40	0.00
May 15	53	40	0.00
May 16	60	32	0.00
May 17	71	42	0.00
May 18	73	46	0.01
May 19	88	64	0.00
May 20	89	66	0.03
May 21	80	67	0.32
May 22	84	65	0.56
May 23	76	58	0.00
May 24	71	54	0.00
May 25	84	51	0.00
May 26	80	65	0.26
May 27	80	67	0.68
May 28	82	67	0.00
May 29	88	65	0.19
May 30	83	64	0.13
May 31	85	65	0.00

June 1959 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	62	0.02
June 2	65	54	0.00
June 3	78	47	0.00
June 4	84	49	0.00
June 5	85	52	0.00
June 6	86	57	0.00
June 7	89	61	0.00
June 8	93	61	0.00
June 9	92	63	0.00
June 10	93	62	0.00
June 11	88	67	0.40
June 12	87	68	0.00
June 13	75	51	0.00
June 14	72	44	0.00
June 15	71	47	0.00
June 16	78	55	0.00
June 17	73	46	0.00
June 18	72	47	0.00
June 19	79	47	0.00
June 20	83	56	0.00
June 21	88	61	0.39
June 22	87	65	0.55
June 23	78	62	0.00
June 24	82	64	0.01
June 25	86	70	0.04
June 26	90	70	0.14
June 27	92	71	0.00
June 28	93	74	0.00
June 29	96	72	0.00
June 30	94	70	0.00

July 1959 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	94	65	0.38
July 2	75	56	0.00
July 3	85	55	0.00
July 4	89	61	0.00
July 5	84	68	0.19
July 6	85	62	0.01
July 7	86	60	0.00
July 8	90	57	0.00
July 9	93	65	0.06
July 10	85	58	0.00
July 11	88	61	0.32
July 12	81	60	0.00
July 13	86	61	0.00
July 14	87	63	0.00
July 15	90	63	0.00
July 16	92	67	0.00
July 17	92	65	0.02
July 18	89	66	0.20
July 19	86	69	0.00
July 20	82	68	0.00
July 21	89	62	0.00
July 22	90	65	0.00
July 23	84	71	1.12
July 24	84	67	0.61
July 25	79	64	0.00
July 26	87	63	0.00
July 27	83	68	0.25
July 28	87	70	0.06
July 29	89	70	0.00
July 30	89	72	0.01
July 31	88	65	0.00

August 1959 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	89	60	0.00
August 2	82	51	0.00
August 3	84	54	0.00
August 4	84	70	0.03
August 5	88	64	0.00
August 6	90	63	0.00
August 7	90	66	0.06
August 8	78	65	0.00
August 9	75	61	0.00
August 10	82	56	0.00
August 11	87	57	0.01
August 12	90	63	0.00
August 13	94	65	0.00
August 14	96	63	0.00
August 15	92	67	0.00
August 16	89	69	0.00
August 17	78	71	0.01
August 18	87	68	0.04
August 19	94	67	0.00
August 20	94	67	0.00
August 21	93	71	0.00
August 22	95	72	0.00
August 23	95	71	0.00
August 24	94	71	0.00
August 25	99	68	0.00
August 26	95	72	0.00
August 27	92	71	0.00
August 28	85	72	0.54
August 29	88	71	0.00
August 30	88	67	0.86
August 31	89	62	0.00

September 1959 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	68	0.39
September 2	82	70	0.07
September 3	82	60	0.00
September 4	90	52	0.00
September 5	93	59	0.00
September 6	92	65	0.00
September 7	93	69	0.00
September 8	96	67	0.00
September 9	94	68	0.00
September 10	75	55	0.02
September 11	68	50	0.00
September 12	77	46	0.00
September 13	79	45	0.00
September 14	81	48	0.00
September 15	80	50	0.00
September 16	59	42	0.02
September 17	60	37	0.00
September 18	68	34	0.00
September 19	75	45	0.00
September 20	85	51	0.00
September 21	84	58	0.00
September 22	88	61	0.00
September 23	89	61	0.00
September 24	88	61	0.00
September 25	88	60	0.00
September 26	84	64	0.00
September 27	85	65	0.02
September 28	92	67	0.00
September 29	86	67	0.01
September 30	67	61	1.02

October 1959 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	56	0.00
October 2	79	52	0.00
October 3	87	56	0.00
October 4	89	65	0.00
October 5	88	65	0.62
October 6	77	61	0.31
October 7	73	58	0.00
October 8	70	55	0.92
October 9	69	47	0.00
October 10	76	39	0.00
October 11	67	45	0.21
October 12	59	38	0.00
October 13	52	37	0.17
October 14	53	39	0.00
October 15	61	44	0.00
October 16	68	39	0.00
October 17	60	41	0.00
October 18	60	31	0.00
October 19	62	32	0.00
October 20	72	41	0.00
October 21	70	42	0.00
October 22	72	48	0.00
October 23	62	54	0.50
October 24	60	42	0.16
October 25	43	39	0.07
October 26	46	39	0.17
October 27	43	40	0.00
October 28	49	29	0.00
October 29	62	29	0.00
October 30	64	37	0.00
October 31	62	54	0.20

November 1959 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	57	47	0.00	0.0
November 2	52	29	0.00	0.0
November 3	51	27	0.01	0.0
November 4	69	50	0.83	0.0
November 5	75	51	0.57	0.0
November 6	51	29	0.00	0.0
November 7	40	25	0.00	0.0
November 8	46	24	0.00	0.0
November 9	49	26	0.00	0.0
November 10	61	34	0.00	0.0
November 11	54	35	0.18	0.0
November 12	44	29	0.02	0.0
November 13	68	41	0.00	0.0
November 14	59	30	0.41	0.0
November 15	44	27	0.00	0.0
November 16	52	39	0.07	0.0
November 17	39	13	0.00	0.0
November 18	33	12	0.00	0.0
November 19	44	22	0.00	0.0
November 20	47	25	0.00	0.0
November 21	56	34	0.00	0.0
November 22	62	29	0.00	0.0
November 23	57	46	0.42	0.0
November 24	51	35	0.13	0.0
November 25	35	25	0.01	0.1
November 26	38	25	0.42	0.7
November 27	36	29	0.58	1.3
November 28	32	24	0.04	0.9
November 29	30	20	0.02	0.5
November 30	36	17	0.00	0.0

December 1959 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	29	0.05	0.7
December 2	48	28	0.00	0.0
December 3	42	23	0.00	0.0
December 4	49	29	0.00	0.0
December 5	48	41	0.12	0.0
December 6	42	30	0.29	1.4
December 7	30	26	0.03	0.3
December 8	38	28	0.00	0.0
December 9	46	23	0.00	0.0
December 10	47	24	0.02	0.0
December 11	49	38	0.32	0.0
December 12	53	36	0.78	0.0
December 13	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 15	52	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	54	37	0.00	0.0
December 17	51	44	0.02	0.0
December 18	45	33	0.01	0.0
December 19	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 20	35	20	0.00	0.2
December 21	31	24	0.18	2.9
December 22	27	8	0.00	0.0
December 23	28	19	0.00	0.0
December 24	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 25	46	34	0.00	0.0
December 26	53	44	0.04	0.0
December 27	66	50	0.15	0.0
December 28	58	37	0.20	0.0
December 29	38	31	0.06	0.0
December 30	33	28	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	24	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