Columbus Weather in 1970

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 1
Lowest temperature	-6 °F	January 8
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 15
Lowest daily high	-1 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	June 14
Most daily snow	4.5 inches	March 12
Total annual precipitation	41.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	35.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1970 was 95 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 1
1	95 °F	Jun 30
3	93 °F	Jul 2
4	92 °F	Aug 30
5	91 °F	Sep 21
5	91 °F	Aug 1
7	90 °F	Sep 22
7	90 °F	Aug 16
7	90 °F	Jul 31
7	90 °F	Jul 28
7	90 °F	Jul 14

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1970 was -6 °F which happened on Jan 8.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-6 °F	January 8
2	-5 °F	January 22
2	-5 °F	January 21
2	-5 °F	January 20
5	-4 °F	January 24
6	-3 °F	January 9
7	-2 °F	February 4
8	-1 °F	January 7
9	1 °F	February 3
10	3 °F	January 13

January 1970 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	31	26	0.14	2.2
January 2	30	24	0.06	1.5
January 3	27	15	0.04	0.7
January 4	22	12	0.01	0.3
January 5	36	7	0.00	0.2
January 6	27	12	0.03	0.7
January 7	12	-1	0.01	0.2
January 8	-1	-6	0.00	0.0
January 9	6	-3	0.04	0.6
January 10	13	4	0.03	0.7
January 11	24	6	0.18	2.6
January 12	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 13	26	3	0.00	0.0
January 14	25	14	0.11	2.7
January 15	34	13	0.00	0.0
January 16	42	13	0.00	0.0
January 17	42	34	0.00	0.0
January 18	35	11	0.03	0.1
January 19	19	9	0.02	0.5
January 20	12	-5	0.05	1.4
January 21	11	-5	0.00	0.0
January 22	16	-5	0.00	0.0
January 23	24	12	0.06	1.7
January 24	29	-4	0.00	0.0
January 25	45	26	0.02	0.0
January 26	41	32	0.04	0.4
January 27	35	29	0.05	0.7
January 28	60	29	0.00	0.0
January 29	58	30	0.66	0.0
January 30	30	22	0.02	1.2
January 31	46	22	0.00	0.0

February 1970 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	48	32	0.00	0.0
February 2	42	23	0.90	1.4
February 3	23	1	0.04	0.4
February 4	22	-2	0.00	0.1
February 5	33	21	0.00	0.0
February 6	33	21	0.00	0.0
February 7	40	16	0.19	0.0
February 8	41	33	0.20	0.0
February 9	41	32	0.13	0.0
February 10	32	27	0.00	0.0
February 11	33	26	0.01	0.1
February 12	29	17	0.00	0.0
February 13	25	14	0.03	0.3
February 14	24	13	0.04	0.7
February 15	28	22	0.12	0.1
February 16	30	10	0.00	0.0
February 17	37	15	0.00	0.0
February 18	57	29	0.00	0.0
February 19	47	23	0.01	0.1
February 20	26	16	0.00	0.0
February 21	45	15	0.00	0.0
February 22	54	29	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	22	0.00	0.0
February 24	53	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	44	11	0.01	0.0
February 26	34	8	0.00	0.0
February 27	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	42	19	0.00	0.0

March 1970 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	58	31	0.01	0.0
March 2	52	45	0.13	0.0
March 3	65	48	0.29	0.0
March 4	58	43	0.74	0.0
March 5	48	28	0.14	0.0
March 6	50	22	0.00	0.0
March 7	53	31	0.00	0.0
March 8	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 9	35	27	0.00	0.0
March 10	32	24	0.03	0.3
March 11	44	21	0.00	0.0
March 12	34	27	0.43	4.5
March 13	36	23	0.03	0.3
March 14	29	21	0.04	0.8
March 15	28	16	0.00	0.0
March 16	30	15	0.00	0.0
March 17	35	16	0.13	1.3
March 18	42	33	0.22	0.0
March 19	45	37	0.11	0.0
March 20	48	36	0.04	0.0
March 21	47	36	0.00	0.0
March 22	40	33	0.17	1.0
March 23	41	34	0.00	0.0
March 24	43	30	0.03	0.2
March 25	51	27	0.27	0.0
March 26	51	32	0.07	0.0
March 27	48	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	55	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	40	25	0.16	1.9
March 30	49	22	0.00	0.0
March 31	53	34	0.00	0.0

April 1970 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	59	37	1.23	0.0
April 2	60	33	0.83	0.1
April 3	53	30	0.00	0.0
April 4	46	31	0.00	0.0
April 5	52	22	0.00	0.0
April 6	48	30	0.28	0.8
April 7	54	36	0.00	0.0
April 8	72	32	0.00	0.0
April 9	63	46	0.00	0.0
April 10	54	35	0.00	0.0
April 11	58	28	0.00	0.0
April 12	64	40	0.00	0.0
April 13	70	46	0.17	0.0
April 14	53	44	0.04	0.0
April 15	66	37	0.00	0.0
April 16	68	40	0.00	0.0
April 17	74	45	0.00	0.0
April 18	62	36	0.00	0.0
April 19	58	44	0.39	0.0
April 20	69	52	0.21	0.0
April 21	61	41	0.01	0.0
April 22	73	38	0.00	0.0
April 23	73	55	0.13	0.0
April 24	63	50	1.72	0.0
April 25	70	43	0.00	0.0
April 26	74	54	0.00	0.0
April 27	78	48	0.00	0.0
April 28	75	54	0.51	0.0
April 29	83	64	0.00	0.0
April 30	87	68	0.00	0.0

May 1970 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	86	61	0.05
May 2	61	43	0.23
May 3	59	35	0.00
May 4	73	41	0.02
May 5	73	42	0.00
May 6	54	36	0.00
May 7	65	32	0.00
May 8	83	50	0.00
May 9	85	63	0.00
May 10	74	61	0.00
May 11	81	59	0.27
May 12	71	61	0.87
May 13	81	62	0.81
May 14	75	56	0.31
May 15	84	63	0.00
May 16	67	54	0.05
May 17	63	47	0.09
May 18	72	41	0.00
May 19	83	49	0.00
May 20	86	59	0.00
May 21	87	62	0.00
May 22	89	62	0.00
May 23	87	61	0.51
May 24	84	65	1.08
May 25	85	63	1.08
May 26	71	51	0.00
May 27	67	44	0.00
May 28	74	51	0.00
May 29	83	60	0.00
May 30	79	61	0.00
May 31	81	67	0.00

June 1970 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	68	0.00
June 2	82	69	0.04
June 3	71	58	0.33
June 4	73	57	0.01
June 5	79	58	0.84
June 6	72	53	0.00
June 7	82	51	0.00
June 8	88	59	0.00
June 9	85	55	0.00
June 10	85	59	0.00
June 11	83	63	0.13
June 12	85	61	0.21
June 13	82	63	0.01
June 14	81	63	1.94
June 15	82	64	0.31
June 16	81	68	0.00
June 17	87	68	0.25
June 18	89	69	0.00
June 19	73	54	0.00
June 20	72	47	0.00
June 21	74	58	0.39
June 22	75	50	0.00
June 23	79	52	0.00
June 24	83	56	0.00
June 25	74	60	0.28
June 26	81	62	0.91
June 27	72	54	0.00
June 28	77	50	0.00
June 29	85	60	0.00
June 30	95	68	0.00

July 1970 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	95	72	0.00
July 2	93	74	0.10
July 3	87	72	0.00
July 4	77	61	0.03
July 5	69	55	0.00
July 6	81	53	0.00
July 7	84	58	0.00
July 8	81	63	0.45
July 9	74	62	0.76
July 10	73	61	0.00
July 11	79	65	0.15
July 12	85	60	0.00
July 13	87	65	0.00
July 14	90	67	0.00
July 15	89	74	0.01
July 16	82	64	0.00
July 17	85	59	0.00
July 18	87	61	0.00
July 19	87	66	0.00
July 20	71	53	0.38
July 21	74	48	0.00
July 22	76	57	0.00
July 23	83	63	0.16
July 24	86	65	0.00
July 25	86	65	0.00
July 26	84	67	1.18
July 27	82	66	0.02
July 28	90	67	0.11
July 29	87	70	0.15
July 30	85	72	0.23
July 31	90	73	0.00

August 1970 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	72	0.00
August 2	84	61	0.00
August 3	81	63	0.00
August 4	74	57	0.00
August 5	77	60	0.00
August 6	80	60	0.00
August 7	80	56	0.00
August 8	83	62	0.00
August 9	71	64	1.06
August 10	79	64	0.77
August 11	82	59	0.00
August 12	85	61	0.00
August 13	85	60	0.00
August 14	86	61	0.00
August 15	86	64	0.00
August 16	90	68	0.00
August 17	85	68	0.00
August 18	85	62	0.87
August 19	86	71	0.00
August 20	85	67	0.79
August 21	80	58	0.00
August 22	84	59	0.33
August 23	77	59	0.00
August 24	79	54	0.00
August 25	79	58	0.00
August 26	83	57	0.00
August 27	87	61	0.00
August 28	87	64	0.00
August 29	87	63	0.00
August 30	92	66	0.00
August 31	79	59	0.12

September 1970 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	74	53	0.00
September 2	80	50	0.00
September 3	84	64	0.87
September 4	84	64	0.10
September 5	83	60	0.00
September 6	82	59	0.00
September 7	86	66	0.00
September 8	88	65	1.60
September 9	82	62	0.00
September 10	79	53	0.00
September 11	71	45	0.00
September 12	77	47	0.00
September 13	85	54	0.10
September 14	80	61	0.04
September 15	89	67	0.00
September 16	82	64	0.00
September 17	88	60	0.00
September 18	75	56	0.11
September 19	79	49	0.00
September 20	83	56	0.00
September 21	91	67	0.00
September 22	90	71	0.00
September 23	89	70	0.01
September 24	89	71	0.00
September 25	75	64	0.69
September 26	83	57	0.23
September 27	65	49	0.20
September 28	59	43	0.00
September 29	61	36	0.00
September 30	69	45	0.00

October 1970 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	64	40	0.00
October 2	77	45	0.00
October 3	65	41	0.00
October 4	64	33	0.00
October 5	72	40	0.00
October 6	79	47	0.00
October 7	74	49	0.00
October 8	77	60	0.00
October 9	79	61	0.01
October 10	70	45	0.34
October 11	64	47	0.00
October 12	68	54	0.25
October 13	73	62	0.21
October 14	72	60	0.33
October 15	60	39	0.00
October 16	51	31	0.00
October 17	57	28	0.00
October 18	61	33	0.00
October 19	62	32	0.00
October 20	54	49	0.38
October 21	57	52	0.18
October 22	63	46	0.00
October 23	64	38	0.00
October 24	67	45	0.00
October 25	71	48	0.00
October 26	71	43	0.00
October 27	69	51	0.00
October 28	60	51	0.01
October 29	56	50	0.29
October 30	54	47	0.07
October 31	63	43	0.00

November 1970 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	60	42	0.00	0.0
November 2	55	41	1.46	0.0
November 3	43	39	0.00	0.0
November 4	45	39	0.10	0.0
November 5	44	40	0.00	0.0
November 6	57	41	0.00	0.0
November 7	60	38	0.00	0.0
November 8	61	37	0.00	0.0
November 9	67	47	0.00	0.0
November 10	62	43	0.00	0.0
November 11	56	45	0.00	0.0
November 12	51	48	0.05	0.0
November 13	48	44	0.01	0.0
November 14	46	35	0.57	0.0
November 15	35	26	0.04	0.2
November 16	37	25	0.00	0.0
November 17	41	24	0.00	0.0
November 18	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 19	52	33	0.00	0.0
November 20	53	38	0.27	0.0
November 21	48	29	0.00	0.0
November 22	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 23	28	14	0.00	0.0
November 24	25	13	0.00	0.0
November 25	31	15	0.04	0.7
November 26	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 27	57	50	0.00	0.0
November 28	58	43	0.00	0.0
November 29	58	42	0.34	0.0
November 30	50	42	0.00	0.0

December 1970 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	67	48	0.00	0.0
December 2	61	35	0.00	0.0
December 3	63	34	0.22	0.0
December 4	56	30	0.02	0.2
December 5	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	27	21	0.00	0.0
December 7	30	19	0.00	0.0
December 8	50	24	0.00	0.0
December 9	56	39	0.00	0.0
December 10	43	27	0.06	0.0
December 11	55	37	0.25	0.0
December 12	45	36	0.71	0.0
December 13	36	31	0.02	0.3
December 14	44	25	0.00	0.0
December 15	37	16	0.00	0.0
December 16	42	29	0.34	0.0
December 17	41	34	0.02	0.0
December 18	43	34	0.00	0.0
December 19	55	35	0.00	0.0
December 20	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 21	32	28	0.13	0.1
December 22	47	32	0.59	0.0
December 23	52	25	0.11	0.0
December 24	28	18	0.00	0.0
December 25	31	16	0.02	0.3
December 26	29	9	0.00	0.2
December 27	29	22	0.01	0.3
December 28	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 29	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 30	31	17	0.00	0.0
December 31	30	22	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