Columbus Weather in 1972

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	January 16
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 21
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 15
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	August 17
Most daily snow	4.7 inches	February 6
Total annual precipitation	45.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	27.1 inches	-

January 1972 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	43	24	0.00	0.0
January 2	41	27	0.27	0.0
January 3	45	21	0.00	0.0
January 4	39	26	0.32	0.5
January 5	26	19	0.04	0.8
January 6	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 7	36	23	0.00	0.0
January 8	38	16	0.00	0.0
January 9	43	35	0.22	0.0
January 10	50	31	0.01	0.0
January 11	48	28	0.00	0.0
January 12	50	23	0.00	0.0
January 13	61	22	0.15	1.4
January 14	25	6	0.00	0.0
January 15	6	-9	0.00	0.1
January 16	8	-12	0.00	0.0
January 17	38	8	0.00	0.0
January 18	49	36	0.01	0.0
January 19	46	33	0.00	0.0
January 20	51	32	0.07	0.0
January 21	35	28	0.00	0.0
January 22	54	34	0.07	0.0
January 23	43	34	0.04	0.0
January 24	60	33	0.00	0.0
January 25	43	16	0.00	0.0
January 26	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 27	19	12	0.17	2.4
January 28	29	9	0.03	0.6
January 29	25	2	0.00	0.0
January 30	24	6	0.00	0.0
January 31	29	0	0.00	0.0

February 1972 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	19	0.00	0.0
February 2	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 3	41	17	0.33	0.3
February 4	17	7	0.00	0.0
February 5	23	4	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	18	0.54	4.7
February 7	18	5	0.00	0.0
February 8	15	-6	0.00	0.0
February 9	19	4	0.02	0.2
February 10	22	4	0.00	0.0
February 11	30	19	0.00	0.0
February 12	43	24	0.12	0.0
February 13	37	31	0.49	0.9
February 14	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 15	45	30	0.04	0.0
February 16	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	40	27	0.04	0.1
February 19	27	16	0.02	0.3
February 20	28	12	0.00	0.0
February 21	47	25	0.00	0.0
February 22	36	17	0.00	0.0
February 23	35	17	0.03	0.0
February 24	35	31	0.00	0.0
February 25	42	28	0.04	0.0
February 26	37	26	0.07	0.1
February 27	43	22	0.00	0.0
February 28	63	29	0.00	0.0
February 29	68	34	0.00	0.0

March 1972 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	65	50	0.38	0.0
March 2	58	22	0.47	0.7
March 3	31	18	0.00	0.0
March 4	34	21	0.12	0.8
March 5	31	19	0.00	0.0
March 6	38	10	0.00	0.0
March 7	57	37	0.16	0.0
March 8	39	19	0.00	0.0
March 9	34	14	0.02	0.2
March 10	33	16	0.00	0.0
March 11	66	25	0.00	0.0
March 12	65	50	0.03	0.0
March 13	67	40	0.11	0.0
March 14	40	31	0.04	0.0
March 15	42	31	0.01	0.0
March 16	46	40	0.37	0.0
March 17	41	36	0.23	0.0
March 18	42	26	0.00	0.0
March 19	48	23	0.00	0.0
March 20	61	35	0.00	0.0
March 21	71	40	0.24	0.0
March 22	51	28	0.20	0.3
March 23	28	24	0.02	0.5
March 24	36	21	0.01	0.3
March 25	35	19	0.00	0.0
March 26	45	18	0.14	1.0
March 27	45	31	0.18	1.2
March 28	47	25	0.00	0.0
March 29	51	31	0.13	0.0
March 30	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 31	51	21	0.00	0.0

April 1972 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	40	30	0.04	0.3
April 2	40	30	0.01	0.1
April 3	52	22	0.05	0.0
April 4	48	34	0.03	0.0
April 5	60	26	0.00	0.0
April 6	71	36	0.19	0.0
April 7	38	22	1.15	0.2
April 8	30	19	0.00	0.0
April 9	44	18	0.00	0.0
April 10	62	31	0.00	0.0
April 11	64	52	0.00	0.0
April 12	73	50	0.26	0.0
April 13	78	54	0.04	0.0
April 14	64	45	0.00	0.0
April 15	68	58	0.04	0.0
April 16	71	47	0.69	0.0
April 17	67	41	0.00	0.0
April 18	76	37	0.00	0.0
April 19	68	54	0.41	0.0
April 20	62	40	0.12	0.0
April 21	55	37	0.51	0.0
April 22	62	47	0.04	0.0
April 23	61	48	0.16	0.0
April 24	55	38	0.00	0.0
April 25	50	34	0.00	0.0
April 26	59	26	0.00	0.0
April 27	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 28	63	34	0.00	0.0
April 29	69	49	0.00	0.0
April 30	73	52	0.00	0.0

May 1972 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	76	53	0.21
May 2	73	56	0.51
May 3	64	50	0.00
May 4	53	41	0.00
May 5	66	35	0.00
May 6	77	53	0.00
May 7	75	53	0.00
May 8	62	53	2.06
May 9	58	41	0.76
May 10	59	34	0.00
May 11	67	34	0.00
May 12	73	40	0.00
May 13	68	57	0.92
May 14	72	56	0.02
May 15	68	54	0.62
May 16	63	50	0.00
May 17	71	47	0.00
May 18	75	47	0.00
May 19	77	51	0.00
May 20	74	56	0.00
May 21	81	56	0.00
May 22	80	55	0.00
May 23	80	57	0.00
May 24	84	54	0.00
May 25	85	54	0.00
May 26	77	58	0.00
May 27	76	50	0.00
May 28	79	49	0.00
May 29	81	51	0.10
May 30	68	58	1.29
May 31	58	47	0.07

June 1972 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	69	42	0.00
June 2	79	55	0.00
June 3	82	58	0.00
June 4	84	58	0.00
June 5	77	47	0.00
June 6	71	56	0.06
June 7	75	44	0.00
June 8	80	47	0.00
June 9	82	55	1.98
June 10	59	43	0.00
June 11	67	35	0.00
June 12	81	44	0.00
June 13	70	65	0.40
June 14	85	65	0.00
June 15	81	65	0.24
June 16	75	56	0.00
June 17	70	51	0.00
June 18	78	55	0.00
June 19	86	62	0.00
June 20	73	66	0.00
June 21	66	53	0.00
June 22	54	49	0.02
June 23	51	48	0.05
June 24	58	51	0.00
June 25	68	53	0.01
June 26	77	51	0.00
June 27	80	59	0.00
June 28	81	54	0.46
June 29	75	59	0.76
June 30	75	59	0.00

July 1972 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	59	0.00
July 2	76	62	0.50
July 3	69	58	0.15
July 4	72	53	0.06
July 5	68	49	0.01
July 6	70	43	0.00
July 7	71	48	0.00
July 8	77	56	0.44
July 9	81	60	0.23
July 10	79	65	0.27
July 11	85	65	0.00
July 12	84	65	0.02
July 13	87	64	0.02
July 14	88	71	0.00
July 15	78	68	0.38
July 16	78	68	0.12
July 17	80	67	0.01
July 18	89	69	0.00
July 19	85	69	0.10
July 20	89	67	0.00
July 21	91	71	0.00
July 22	89	70	0.13
July 23	92	68	0.00
July 24	88	66	0.11
July 25	84	63	0.00
July 26	81	55	0.00
July 27	85	66	0.00
July 28	79	62	0.00
July 29	80	59	0.00
July 30	85	60	0.00
July 31	86	61	0.05

August 1972 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	64	0.00
August 2	85	66	0.05
August 3	81	67	0.01
August 4	76	55	0.00
August 5	76	48	0.00
August 6	76	50	0.00
August 7	79	62	0.48
August 8	73	54	0.58
August 9	66	51	0.00
August 10	72	45	0.00
August 11	79	50	0.00
August 12	78	64	0.02
August 13	82	57	0.00
August 14	87	57	0.00
August 15	80	60	0.00
August 16	84	53	0.00
August 17	91	68	2.06
August 18	89	67	1.75
August 19	79	64	0.69
August 20	81	61	0.00
August 21	82	61	0.00
August 22	83	63	0.64
August 23	85	68	1.34
August 24	81	66	0.32
August 25	83	63	0.00
August 26	85	69	0.00
August 27	72	65	0.02
August 28	81	60	0.00
August 29	82	56	0.00
August 30	80	55	0.00
August 31	82	60	0.00

September 1972 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	63	0.11
September 2	80	62	0.00
September 3	65	60	0.17
September 4	69	55	0.00
September 5	72	52	0.00
September 6	74	47	0.00
September 7	81	54	0.00
September 8	72	60	0.09
September 9	71	52	0.00
September 10	72	44	0.00
September 11	81	58	0.03
September 12	75	67	0.58
September 13	86	65	0.00
September 14	77	55	0.12
September 15	75	48	0.00
September 16	80	53	0.00
September 17	86	64	0.00
September 18	77	64	0.02
September 19	75	58	0.00
September 20	74	51	0.00
September 21	78	52	0.04
September 22	67	47	0.00
September 23	63	47	0.09
September 24	68	63	1.14
September 25	77	63	0.85
September 26	73	65	0.55
September 27	69	55	0.22
September 28	67	52	0.00
September 29	66	53	0.85
September 30	53	39	0.27

October 1972 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	60	35	0.00
October 2	69	43	0.00
October 3	72	45	0.00
October 4	61	53	0.25
October 5	69	55	0.00
October 6	66	56	0.00
October 7	58	42	0.00
October 8	68	39	0.00
October 9	55	35	0.00
October 10	61	35	0.00
October 11	65	45	0.00
October 12	64	48	0.59
October 13	53	41	0.00
October 14	62	39	0.00
October 15	52	34	0.00
October 16	54	42	0.04
October 17	56	38	0.00
October 18	38	33	0.18
October 19	44	28	0.00
October 20	49	24	0.00
October 21	54	40	0.00
October 22	66	50	0.00
October 23	68	47	0.18
October 24	49	43	0.03
October 25	44	41	0.00
October 26	56	33	0.00
October 27	63	34	0.08
October 28	61	52	0.07
October 29	58	45	0.03
October 30	50	41	0.00
October 31	50	40	0.29

November 1972 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	64	48	0.36	0.0
November 2	65	53	0.88	0.0
November 3	57	42	0.00	0.0
November 4	50	45	0.00	0.0
November 5	51	36	0.00	0.0
November 6	64	37	0.00	0.0
November 7	53	47	1.16	0.0
November 8	48	42	0.11	0.0
November 9	47	43	0.00	0.0
November 10	54	42	0.14	0.0
November 11	53	44	0.00	0.0
November 12	47	37	0.00	0.0
November 13	46	37	0.84	0.0
November 14	47	34	0.19	0.0
November 15	36	33	0.00	0.0
November 16	40	31	0.00	0.0
November 17	40	26	0.00	0.0
November 18	41	34	0.00	0.0
November 19	40	35	0.23	0.0
November 20	44	33	0.02	0.0
November 21	41	32	0.00	0.0
November 22	41	27	0.00	0.0
November 23	37	25	0.00	0.0
November 24	40	23	0.00	0.0
November 25	40	28	0.04	0.0
November 26	39	33	0.05	0.1
November 27	43	34	0.03	0.2
November 28	37	25	0.17	2.0
November 29	36	21	0.00	0.0
November 30	33	28	0.18	4.0

December 1972 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	57	33	0.00	0.0
December 3	48	37	0.02	0.0
December 4	48	36	0.32	0.0
December 5	60	40	0.00	0.0
December 6	62	21	0.60	0.0
December 7	29	14	0.00	0.0
December 8	40	26	0.84	0.3
December 9	39	34	0.00	0.0
December 10	36	22	0.03	0.0
December 11	28	21	0.00	0.0
December 12	60	28	0.15	0.0
December 13	52	27	0.08	0.0
December 14	32	26	0.00	0.0
December 15	33	21	0.31	1.0
December 16	21	9	0.01	0.1
December 17	23	7	0.00	0.0
December 18	37	20	0.00	0.0
December 19	41	34	0.42	0.0
December 20	43	37	0.16	0.0
December 21	46	38	0.00	0.0
December 22	42	36	0.00	0.0
December 23	42	38	0.00	0.0
December 24	45	40	0.00	0.0
December 25	40	36	0.00	0.0
December 26	39	33	0.27	1.4
December 27	36	27	0.00	0.0
December 28	36	29	0.00	0.0
December 29	47	29	0.00	0.0
December 30	62	47	0.08	0.0
December 31	58	37	0.20	0.0

Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2023	Colombus International Airport	location
1893–1947	Ohio State University	location