Columbus Weather in 1971

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1971 based on NOAA data.

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1971 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	June 28
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	January 18
Highest daily low	69 °F	July 5
Lowest daily high	10 °F	February 1
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	July 24
Most daily snow	8.9 inches	February 8
Total annual precipitation	33.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	36.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1971?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1971 was 94 °F which happened on June 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jun 28
2	93 °F	Jun 6
3	92 °F	Jun 27
4	91 °F	Jun 25
4	91 °F	Jun 20
4	91 °F	Jun 5
7	90 °F	Jun 13
8	89 °F	Jul 8
8	89 °F	Jun 4
10	88 °F	Jun 29
10	88 °F	Jun 24
10	88 °F	Jun 7

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1971?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1971 was -4 °F which happened on Jan 18.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	January 18
2	-1 °F	February 10
2	-1 °F	February 9
2	-1 °F	February 2
5	0 °F	February 1
6	2 °F	January 31
7	3 °F	January 19
7	3 °F	January 17
9	5 °F	February 14
10	6 °F	January 30

January 1971 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	31	14	0.00	0.0
January 2	43	21	0.00	0.0
January 3	47	19	0.20	0.0
January 4	53	29	0.78	0.0
January 5	29	16	0.00	0.0
January 6	21	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	19	7	0.00	0.0
January 8	21	7	0.00	0.0
January 9	29	12	0.00	0.0
January 10	41	22	0.00	0.0
January 11	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 12	34	28	0.00	0.0
January 13	48	26	0.18	0.0
January 14	50	30	0.03	0.0
January 15	30	23	0.00	0.0
January 16	26	14	0.02	0.4
January 17	25	3	0.08	1.9
January 18	21	-4	0.01	0.3
January 19	17	3	0.00	0.0
January 20	23	13	0.01	0.3
January 21	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 22	40	23	0.00	0.0
January 23	38	23	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	25	0.02	0.0
January 25	44	29	0.00	0.0
January 26	43	12	0.00	0.0
January 27	14	7	0.00	0.0
January 28	16	8	0.03	0.5
January 29	48	8	0.18	2.8
January 30	46	6	0.03	0.3
January 31	13	2	0.00	0.0

February 1971 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	10	0	0.00	0.0
February 2	14	-1	0.00	0.0
February 3	27	14	0.02	0.3
February 4	51	27	0.43	0.0
February 5	52	31	0.15	0.0
February 6	35	23	0.00	0.0
February 7	32	24	0.09	1.0
February 8	28	16	0.49	8.9
February 9	16	-1	0.00	0.0
February 10	21	-1	0.00	0.0
February 11	41	17	0.00	0.0
February 12	41	34	0.36	0.0
February 13	34	11	0.12	1.6
February 14	24	5	0.00	0.0
February 15	30	23	0.02	0.3
February 16	34	27	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	32	0.10	0.0
February 18	51	29	0.01	0.0
February 19	56	35	0.11	0.0
February 20	51	36	0.00	0.0
February 21	40	33	0.05	0.0
February 22	62	35	0.96	0.0
February 23	40	30	0.02	0.2
February 24	36	30	0.00	0.0
February 25	52	23	0.02	0.0
February 26	56	40	0.21	0.0
February 27	58	39	0.00	0.0
February 28	48	31	0.00	0.0

March 1971 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 2	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 3	30	20	0.20	3.4
March 4	33	14	0.00	0.0
March 5	46	21	0.00	0.0
March 6	49	34	0.85	0.1
March 7	35	26	0.01	0.4
March 8	28	22	0.00	0.5
March 9	38	19	0.00	0.0
March 10	36	31	0.36	2.5
March 11	36	31	0.23	2.7
March 12	59	31	0.07	0.3
March 13	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 14	72	36	0.00	0.0
March 15	64	45	0.47	0.0
March 16	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 17	36	26	0.01	0.1
March 18	45	22	0.00	0.0
March 19	44	32	0.30	0.2
March 20	34	29	0.11	1.1
March 21	54	25	0.00	0.0
March 22	43	31	0.04	0.4
March 23	32	23	0.05	0.6
March 24	37	21	0.00	0.0
March 25	39	17	0.00	0.0
March 26	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 27	51	23	0.00	0.0
March 28	63	41	0.00	0.0
March 29	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 30	48	27	0.00	0.0
March 31	66	29	0.00	0.0

April 1971 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	62	44	0.29
April 2	47	32	0.01
April 3	51	29	0.00
April 4	49	25	0.00
April 5	44	32	0.00
April 6	55	33	0.00
April 7	57	25	0.00
April 8	69	29	0.00
April 9	74	43	0.00
April 10	59	31	0.00
April 11	73	30	0.00
April 12	81	38	0.00
April 13	80	40	0.13
April 14	52	33	0.00
April 15	61	31	0.00
April 16	71	33	0.00
April 17	73	49	0.00
April 18	70	45	0.00
April 19	73	44	0.00
April 20	76	38	0.00
April 21	61	36	0.01
April 22	56	34	0.00
April 23	61	34	0.00
April 24	56	39	0.00
April 25	68	33	0.00
April 26	59	38	0.00
April 27	60	28	0.20
April 28	67	44	0.03
April 29	51	44	0.00
April 30	56	30	0.00

May 1971 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	67	31	0.00
May 2	56	39	0.30
May 3	57	39	0.00
May 4	63	33	0.00
May 5	63	43	0.05
May 6	66	51	1.01
May 7	60	52	0.75
May 8	69	46	0.03
May 9	70	41	0.00
May 10	74	42	0.00
May 11	70	54	0.24
May 12	63	47	0.01
May 13	59	44	0.00
May 14	74	40	0.00
May 15	78	49	0.00
May 16	81	51	0.21
May 17	80	51	0.00
May 18	85	58	0.00
May 19	83	59	0.02
May 20	76	52	0.00
May 21	72	45	0.00
May 22	66	41	0.00
May 23	75	39	0.00
May 24	81	60	0.20
May 25	64	55	0.84
May 26	63	47	0.00
May 27	55	42	0.00
May 28	65	36	0.00
May 29	70	53	0.00
May 30	75	46	0.00
May 31	83	46	0.00

June 1971 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	84	59	0.00
June 2	82	62	0.07
June 3	86	65	0.01
June 4	89	62	0.00
June 5	91	65	0.00
June 6	93	67	0.02
June 7	88	65	0.00
June 8	80	58	0.00
June 9	72	52	0.00
June 10	81	47	0.00
June 11	87	54	0.00
June 12	82	69	0.00
June 13	90	67	1.54
June 14	84	60	0.00
June 15	77	60	0.00
June 16	80	57	0.00
June 17	82	53	0.00
June 18	86	60	0.00
June 19	86	67	0.00
June 20	91	65	0.07
June 21	85	64	0.02
June 22	80	56	0.00
June 23	85	54	0.00
June 24	88	62	0.00
June 25	91	62	1.49
June 26	82	62	0.27
June 27	92	68	0.00
June 28	94	68	0.55
June 29	88	67	0.12
June 30	86	69	0.00

July 1971 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	68	0.36
July 2	79	60	0.00
July 3	80	59	0.00
July 4	86	59	0.00
July 5	84	69	0.02
July 6	85	65	0.00
July 7	87	60	0.00
July 8	89	64	0.00
July 9	87	68	0.10
July 10	81	67	0.05
July 11	77	64	0.64
July 12	80	56	0.00
July 13	87	63	0.00
July 14	80	58	0.00
July 15	82	55	0.48
July 16	82	57	0.00
July 17	79	62	0.00
July 18	79	56	0.00
July 19	82	62	0.02
July 20	76	54	0.00
July 21	79	52	0.00
July 22	84	54	0.00
July 23	86	59	0.01
July 24	77	63	2.28
July 25	82	59	0.00
July 26	82	64	0.00
July 27	75	52	0.00
July 28	80	52	0.17
July 29	78	60	0.01
July 30	70	56	0.08
July 31	75	57	0.00

August 1971 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	78	51	0.00
August 2	82	63	0.00
August 3	77	68	0.54
August 4	68	60	0.39
August 5	76	56	0.00
August 6	80	57	0.00
August 7	81	52	0.00
August 8	83	58	0.00
August 9	84	60	0.00
August 10	86	68	0.00
August 11	82	59	0.01
August 12	77	51	0.00
August 13	81	52	0.00
August 14	83	51	0.00
August 15	78	63	0.00
August 16	81	55	0.00
August 17	84	51	0.00
August 18	83	54	0.00
August 19	87	61	0.00
August 20	84	66	0.39
August 21	86	67	0.00
August 22	79	66	0.00
August 23	77	53	0.00
August 24	76	47	0.00
August 25	78	59	1.01
August 26	81	62	0.46
August 27	72	59	0.01
August 28	75	54	0.00
August 29	80	53	0.00
August 30	81	55	0.00
August 31	82	57	0.00

September 1971 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	60	0.00
September 2	79	67	0.00
September 3	73	67	0.18
September 4	83	68	0.00
September 5	87	67	0.00
September 6	87	66	0.22
September 7	84	66	0.00
September 8	85	64	0.00
September 9	87	62	0.00
September 10	87	63	0.00
September 11	70	65	0.34
September 12	76	61	0.00
September 13	64	60	0.44
September 14	78	49	0.00
September 15	79	59	0.00
September 16	69	58	0.10
September 17	69	59	0.00
September 18	71	56	0.00
September 19	70	62	0.00
September 20	67	49	0.83
September 21	68	42	0.00
September 22	70	48	0.00
September 23	73	52	0.00
September 24	66	42	0.00
September 25	65	46	0.21
September 26	75	54	0.76
September 27	81	60	0.00
September 28	85	64	0.00
September 29	87	67	0.00
September 30	84	63	0.00

October 1971 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	83	54	0.00
October 2	83	60	0.00
October 3	84	63	0.00
October 4	79	57	0.00
October 5	74	53	0.00
October 6	69	51	0.00
October 7	59	39	0.00
October 8	64	36	0.00
October 9	58	45	0.42
October 10	54	43	0.06
October 11	64	40	0.00
October 12	63	33	0.00
October 13	73	40	0.28
October 14	67	49	0.00
October 15	73	45	0.00
October 16	66	57	0.12
October 17	73	51	0.00
October 18	73	55	0.00
October 19	75	44	0.00
October 20	78	54	0.00
October 21	74	56	0.00
October 22	64	59	0.26
October 23	64	60	0.11
October 24	63	57	0.07
October 25	60	48	0.00
October 26	69	45	0.00
October 27	71	50	0.00
October 28	73	45	0.00
October 29	75	43	0.00
October 30	78	46	0.00
October 31	71	53	0.00

November 1971 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	69	50	0.00	0.0
November 2	69	45	0.18	0.0
November 3	53	37	0.00	0.0
November 4	46	30	0.00	0.0
November 5	59	29	0.00	0.0
November 6	53	31	0.34	1.8
November 7	31	20	0.00	0.0
November 8	35	13	0.00	0.0
November 9	35	26	0.12	0.7
November 10	43	30	0.00	0.0
November 11	52	27	0.00	0.0
November 12	57	32	0.00	0.0
November 13	59	35	0.00	0.0
November 14	71	39	0.00	0.0
November 15	71	51	0.00	0.0
November 16	64	36	0.00	0.0
November 17	67	40	0.00	0.0
November 18	69	47	0.00	0.0
November 19	62	32	0.25	0.0
November 20	43	31	0.01	0.0
November 21	41	27	0.00	0.0
November 22	31	17	0.00	0.0
November 23	32	12	0.00	0.0
November 24	31	28	0.13	1.4
November 25	39	27	0.00	0.0
November 26	38	23	0.00	0.0
November 27	43	33	0.20	1.0
November 28	38	31	0.00	0.0
November 29	44	34	0.49	0.0
November 30	36	30	0.01	0.1

December 1971 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	33	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	33	15	0.00	0.0
December 3	33	16	0.00	0.0
December 4	41	23	0.00	0.0
December 5	49	36	0.10	0.0
December 6	50	42	1.10	0.0
December 7	56	43	0.37	0.0
December 8	46	41	0.00	0.0
December 9	50	43	0.00	0.0
December 10	72	48	0.07	0.0
December 11	59	30	0.00	0.0
December 12	50	25	0.00	0.0
December 13	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	52	28	0.81	0.0
December 15	64	48	0.23	0.0
December 16	48	36	0.00	0.0
December 17	40	17	0.04	0.4
December 18	27	17	0.00	0.0
December 19	41	22	0.21	0.2
December 20	42	30	0.13	0.0
December 21	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 22	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 23	46	25	0.00	0.0
December 24	50	30	0.00	0.0
December 25	48	26	0.02	0.0
December 26	55	46	0.07	0.0
December 27	60	45	0.03	0.0
December 28	60	23	0.15	0.0
December 29	37	19	0.06	0.0
December 30	60	34	1.22	0.0
December 31	34	25	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