Columbus Weather in 1961

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	July 1
Lowest temperature	-13 °F	January 25
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	13 °F	January 25
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	June 9
Most daily snow	4.4 inches	February 3
Total annual precipitation	34.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	34.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1961 was 94 °F which happened on July 1.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jul 1
2	92 °F	Sep 24
2	92 °F	Jul 23
2	92 °F	Jul 2
5	91 °F	Sep 13
5	91 °F	Sep 12
5	91 °F	Sep 11
5	91 °F	Sep 5
5	91 °F	Jul 22
5	91 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1961 was -13 °F which happened on Jan 25.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-13 °F	January 25
2	-4 °F	January 28
3	-1 °F	December 29
4	0 °F	January 27
5	1 °F	December 28
5	1 °F	January 22
7	2 °F	December 31
8	3 °F	February 2
8	3 °F	January 24
10	4 °F	January 29
10	4 °F	January 5

January 1961 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	29	0.10	1.6
January 2	33	27	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	29	7	0.00	0.0
January 5	40	4	0.00	0.0
January 6	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	34	0.00	0.0
January 8	36	19	0.02	0.8
January 9	26	8	0.00	0.0
January 10	37	11	0.00	0.0
January 11	45	19	0.00	0.0
January 12	45	19	0.00	0.0
January 13	51	23	0.00	0.0
January 14	51	30	0.00	0.0
January 15	42	38	0.16	0.0
January 16	38	36	0.00	0.0
January 17	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 18	42	27	0.00	0.0
January 19	35	16	0.18	2.2
January 20	19	6	0.00	0.1
January 21	16	5	0.01	0.3
January 22	17	1	0.00	0.0
January 23	21	8	0.04	0.6
January 24	25	3	0.01	0.1
January 25	13	-13	0.00	0.0
January 26	16	6	0.12	1.8
January 27	14	0	0.00	0.0
January 28	17	-4	0.00	0.0
January 29	23	4	0.00	0.0
January 30	23	7	0.01	0.1
January 31	33	17	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	29	14	0.00	0.0
February 2	20	3	0.00	0.0
February 3	34	19	0.37	4.4
February 4	25	21	0.02	0.2
February 5	31	23	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	16	0.00	0.0
February 7	39	26	0.00	0.0
February 8	36	26	0.25	3.1
February 9	39	18	0.00	0.0
February 10	35	32	0.00	0.0
February 11	36	29	0.00	0.0
February 12	42	29	0.00	0.0
February 13	60	32	0.00	0.0
February 14	51	33	0.00	0.0
February 15	57	31	0.00	0.0
February 16	47	32	0.00	0.0
February 17	57	32	0.35	0.0
February 18	62	52	0.18	0.0
February 19	60	28	0.00	0.0
February 20	38	22	0.00	0.0
February 21	52	31	0.00	0.0
February 22	58	40	0.23	0.0
February 23	59	43	0.13	0.0
February 24	72	45	0.00	0.0
February 25	53	31	1.18	3.6
February 26	44	32	0.00	0.0
February 27	52	30	0.00	0.0
February 28	44	30	0.19	1.8

March 1961 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	33	0.00	0.0
March 2	56	29	0.00	0.0
March 3	64	39	0.00	0.0
March 4	62	52	0.75	0.0
March 5	64	60	0.57	0.0
March 6	66	51	0.11	0.0
March 7	51	41	0.00	0.0
March 8	62	37	0.99	0.0
March 9	37	30	0.07	0.7
March 10	38	25	0.00	0.0
March 11	62	32	0.00	0.0
March 12	61	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	65	45	0.58	0.0
March 14	53	40	0.02	0.0
March 15	50	37	0.00	0.0
March 16	41	28	0.00	0.0
March 17	38	21	0.00	0.0
March 18	45	29	0.19	0.0
March 19	50	33	0.24	0.0
March 20	56	30	0.00	0.0
March 21	54	43	0.63	0.0
March 22	50	43	0.19	0.0
March 23	48	43	0.27	0.0
March 24	45	39	0.04	0.0
March 25	56	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	65	36	0.00	0.0
March 27	73	52	0.00	0.0
March 28	61	42	0.00	0.0
March 29	54	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	49	27	0.00	0.0
March 31	43	36	0.18	0.0

April 1961 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	47	33	0.18	1.5
April 2	40	25	0.00	0.0
April 3	49	24	0.00	0.0
April 4	52	33	0.00	0.0
April 5	59	36	0.02	0.0
April 6	45	39	0.03	0.0
April 7	46	35	0.03	0.0
April 8	49	28	0.00	0.0
April 9	44	36	0.57	0.0
April 10	44	38	0.05	0.0
April 11	54	31	0.00	0.0
April 12	51	43	0.40	0.0
April 13	46	39	0.07	0.0
April 14	63	34	0.00	0.0
April 15	66	51	0.33	0.0
April 16	57	33	0.54	0.2
April 17	40	36	0.12	1.0
April 18	48	37	0.00	0.0
April 19	56	31	0.00	0.0
April 20	66	39	0.00	0.0
April 21	61	52	0.43	0.0
April 22	68	51	0.49	0.0
April 23	65	47	0.00	0.0
April 24	80	62	0.00	0.0
April 25	71	52	1.19	0.0
April 26	60	44	0.00	0.0
April 27	65	44	0.00	0.0
April 28	56	41	0.13	0.0
April 29	54	36	0.00	0.0
April 30	56	33	0.00	0.0

May 1961 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	63	40	0.00
May 2	56	32	0.00
May 3	62	33	0.00
May 4	62	33	0.00
May 5	56	42	0.14
May 6	78	51	0.16
May 7	66	60	0.39
May 8	72	58	1.22
May 9	68	52	0.04
May 10	62	45	0.00
May 11	77	43	0.00
May 12	77	57	0.00
May 13	79	50	0.00
May 14	84	53	0.00
May 15	81	61	0.09
May 16	61	49	0.00
May 17	67	42	0.00
May 18	64	54	0.31
May 19	62	45	0.00
May 20	59	39	0.16
May 21	68	43	0.21
May 22	63	40	0.00
May 23	66	37	0.00
May 24	74	40	0.00
May 25	79	49	0.12
May 26	63	38	0.02
May 27	61	34	0.00
May 28	74	43	0.00
May 29	69	44	0.04
May 30	70	36	0.00
May 31	76	41	0.00

June 1961 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	88	60	0.02
June 2	87	65	0.14
June 3	71	50	0.00
June 4	77	45	0.00
June 5	83	50	0.00
June 6	82	61	0.93
June 7	81	58	0.00
June 8	78	65	0.44
June 9	76	65	1.65
June 10	82	59	0.00
June 11	88	67	0.00
June 12	89	67	0.00
June 13	87	70	0.08
June 14	75	56	0.21
June 15	65	48	0.00
June 16	69	44	0.00
June 17	74	48	0.00
June 18	79	49	0.00
June 19	81	56	0.00
June 20	80	57	0.00
June 21	62	49	0.00
June 22	78	44	0.00
June 23	72	54	0.01
June 24	78	47	0.00
June 25	71	53	0.01
June 26	75	48	0.00
June 27	79	49	0.00
June 28	84	52	0.00
June 29	89	58	0.00
June 30	91	65	0.00

July 1961 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	94	63	0.00
July 2	92	69	0.31
July 3	83	61	0.00
July 4	78	53	0.01
July 5	78	65	0.37
July 6	80	64	0.37
July 7	83	55	0.00
July 8	75	53	0.00
July 9	77	51	0.00
July 10	83	50	0.00
July 11	86	60	0.00
July 12	79	57	0.04
July 13	81	66	0.13
July 14	84	65	0.01
July 15	77	67	0.01
July 16	84	68	0.01
July 17	83	62	0.23
July 18	83	63	0.32
July 19	78	66	0.47
July 20	87	63	0.04
July 21	88	65	0.30
July 22	91	68	0.00
July 23	92	74	0.08
July 24	86	69	0.13
July 25	87	64	0.00
July 26	83	60	0.00
July 27	85	62	0.00
July 28	87	64	0.43
July 29	87	72	0.79
July 30	88	69	0.00
July 31	90	72	0.56

August 1961 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	70	0.02
August 2	89	71	0.87
August 3	84	65	0.00
August 4	82	60	0.00
August 5	86	63	0.24
August 6	79	62	0.00
August 7	82	57	0.00
August 8	84	57	0.00
August 9	85	60	0.00
August 10	86	68	0.13
August 11	86	69	0.22
August 12	83	62	0.01
August 13	75	51	0.00
August 14	84	58	0.00
August 15	85	63	0.00
August 16	87	61	0.00
August 17	82	62	0.00
August 18	87	57	0.00
August 19	88	63	0.50
August 20	75	62	0.00
August 21	75	62	0.30
August 22	76	64	0.10
August 23	82	65	0.15
August 24	82	66	0.04
August 25	81	68	0.15
August 26	83	65	0.00
August 27	85	63	0.00
August 28	88	64	0.00
August 29	87	67	0.00
August 30	86	57	0.00
August 31	87	59	0.00

September 1961 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	71	0.19
September 2	89	71	0.00
September 3	90	71	0.00
September 4	90	71	0.00
September 5	91	72	0.00
September 6	90	70	0.34
September 7	86	67	0.00
September 8	86	62	0.00
September 9	87	60	0.00
September 10	89	62	0.00
September 11	91	68	0.00
September 12	91	70	0.00
September 13	91	70	0.00
September 14	78	57	0.05
September 15	65	48	0.00
September 16	74	45	0.00
September 17	74	45	0.00
September 18	74	50	0.00
September 19	74	54	0.04
September 20	80	67	0.01
September 21	84	61	0.00
September 22	89	62	0.00
September 23	90	67	0.00
September 24	92	65	0.00
September 25	85	59	0.42
September 26	70	49	0.00
September 27	74	42	0.00
September 28	65	41	0.00
September 29	69	32	0.00
September 30	82	52	0.00

October 1961 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	50	0.24
October 2	61	44	0.05
October 3	56	43	0.00
October 4	61	38	0.00
October 5	72	45	0.00
October 6	77	47	0.00
October 7	76	41	0.00
October 8	77	44	0.00
October 9	78	44	0.00
October 10	79	47	0.00
October 11	82	52	0.00
October 12	82	54	0.00
October 13	81	49	0.13
October 14	53	36	0.00
October 15	61	31	0.00
October 16	63	34	0.00
October 17	77	38	0.00
October 18	78	45	0.00
October 19	73	42	0.17
October 20	61	40	0.19
October 21	58	46	0.00
October 22	59	38	0.00
October 23	65	35	0.00
October 24	66	44	0.00
October 25	61	44	0.12
October 26	46	35	0.00
October 27	53	25	0.00
October 28	66	38	0.00
October 29	77	48	0.01
October 30	71	59	0.27
October 31	65	49	0.00

November 1961 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	59	40	0.00	0.0
November 2	77	53	0.00	0.0
November 3	79	40	0.12	0.0
November 4	50	30	0.00	0.0
November 5	57	43	0.00	0.0
November 6	45	32	0.00	0.0
November 7	48	25	0.00	0.0
November 8	39	26	0.00	0.0
November 9	48	26	0.00	0.0
November 10	47	20	0.00	0.0
November 11	65	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	62	49	0.14	0.0
November 13	59	50	0.08	0.0
November 14	58	47	0.69	0.0
November 15	54	47	0.00	0.0
November 16	62	42	0.81	0.0
November 17	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 18	39	23	0.00	0.0
November 19	33	28	0.06	1.2
November 20	38	29	0.01	0.1
November 21	39	25	0.00	0.0
November 22	51	26	0.00	0.0
November 23	48	42	1.58	0.0
November 24	46	28	0.00	0.0
November 25	54	26	0.00	0.0
November 26	58	39	0.00	0.0
November 27	52	28	0.00	0.0
November 28	33	20	0.00	0.0
November 29	38	16	0.00	0.0
November 30	46	23	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	53	26	0.00	0.0
December 2	49	41	0.00	0.0
December 3	52	31	0.00	0.0
December 4	64	49	0.68	0.0
December 5	53	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	45	22	0.00	0.0
December 7	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 8	31	18	0.00	0.0
December 9	34	21	0.22	1.0
December 10	44	34	0.07	0.0
December 11	39	31	0.00	0.0
December 12	54	20	0.00	0.0
December 13	25	14	0.00	0.0
December 14	31	12	0.00	0.0
December 15	30	13	0.00	0.0
December 16	37	19	0.44	0.0
December 17	48	36	0.11	0.0
December 18	38	34	0.02	0.0
December 19	47	33	0.10	0.0
December 20	33	29	0.00	0.0
December 21	31	27	0.00	0.0
December 22	37	28	0.00	0.0
December 23	33	29	0.37	3.7
December 24	30	13	0.15	2.0
December 25	27	11	0.00	0.0
December 26	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 27	37	17	0.16	0.7
December 28	17	1	0.00	0.0
December 29	17	-1	0.04	0.5
December 30	16	5	0.00	0.0
December 31	25	2	0.06	0.9

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Weather Station Details

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