Columbus Weather in 1973

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 28
Lowest temperature	0 °F	February 17
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 28
Lowest daily high	16 °F	February 16
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	August 30
Most daily snow	6.3 inches	April 12
Total annual precipitation	46.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	21.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1973 was 94 °F which happened on August 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 28
2	93 °F	Sep 2
2	93 °F	Aug 27
4	92 °F	Sep 4
4	92 °F	Sep 3
6	91 °F	Sep 1
6	91 °F	Aug 9
6	91 °F	Jul 9
6	91 °F	Jun 11
10	90 °F	Aug 30
10	90 °F	Aug 29
10	90 °F	Aug 8
10	90 °F	Jul 14
10	90 °F	Jul 13
10	90 °F	Jul 8
10	90 °F	Jul 3
10	90 °F	Jun 10

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1973 was 0 °F which happened on Feb 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	0 °F	February 17
2	5 °F	February 16
3	8 °F	January 30
3	8 °F	January 10
5	9 °F	February 10
5	9 °F	January 12
7	10 °F	February 18
7	10 °F	January 29
7	10 °F	January 11
7	10 °F	January 9

January 1973 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	28	0.00	0.0
January 2	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 3	49	20	0.80	0.0
January 4	51	31	0.00	0.0
January 5	31	22	0.00	0.0
January 6	23	16	0.00	0.0
January 7	23	16	0.00	0.0
January 8	24	15	0.00	0.0
January 9	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 10	25	8	0.00	0.0
January 11	23	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	29	9	0.00	0.0
January 13	39	15	0.00	0.0
January 14	41	25	0.00	0.0
January 15	35	32	0.44	3.6
January 16	43	32	0.00	0.0
January 17	57	35	0.00	0.0
January 18	61	37	0.00	0.0
January 19	52	33	0.01	0.0
January 20	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 21	44	23	0.24	0.0
January 22	56	38	0.34	0.0
January 23	38	30	0.00	0.0
January 24	40	25	0.00	0.0
January 25	51	25	0.00	0.0
January 26	55	30	0.00	0.0
January 27	48	44	0.26	0.0
January 28	44	25	0.34	0.6
January 29	25	10	0.03	0.2
January 30	32	8	0.00	0.0
January 31	42	19	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	52	38	0.25	0.0
February 2	53	39	0.15	0.0
February 3	39	34	0.01	0.0
February 4	52	32	0.00	0.0
February 5	57	36	0.00	0.0
February 6	48	39	0.08	0.0
February 7	39	36	0.00	0.0
February 8	38	15	0.19	1.4
February 9	23	13	0.00	0.0
February 10	26	9	0.00	0.0
February 11	30	15	0.00	0.0
February 12	37	12	0.00	0.0
February 13	47	22	0.00	0.0
February 14	41	37	0.34	0.0
February 15	40	16	0.23	0.2
February 16	16	5	0.00	0.0
February 17	22	0	0.00	0.0
February 18	32	10	0.00	0.0
February 19	45	30	0.00	0.0
February 20	39	30	0.00	0.0
February 21	35	22	0.03	0.2
February 22	31	16	0.00	0.0
February 23	36	27	0.00	0.0
February 24	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 25	50	26	0.00	0.0
February 26	41	30	0.01	0.0
February 27	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	44	22	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	61	28	0.00	0.0
March 2	64	36	0.02	0.0
March 3	55	46	0.06	0.0
March 4	65	48	0.00	0.0
March 5	71	46	0.18	0.0
March 6	76	41	0.00	0.0
March 7	71	50	0.02	0.0
March 8	67	37	0.00	0.0
March 9	67	44	0.01	0.0
March 10	77	52	0.03	0.0
March 11	75	60	0.07	0.0
March 12	60	45	0.01	0.0
March 13	61	44	0.00	0.0
March 14	77	52	0.83	0.0
March 15	74	55	0.06	0.0
March 16	56	50	0.38	0.0
March 17	54	29	0.32	2.1
March 18	36	29	0.00	0.0
March 19	40	29	0.00	0.0
March 20	43	26	0.00	0.0
March 21	42	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 23	51	23	0.00	0.0
March 24	64	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	54	47	0.35	0.0
March 26	49	44	0.41	0.0
March 27	61	32	0.00	0.0
March 28	61	37	0.00	0.0
March 29	63	50	0.57	0.0
March 30	63	50	0.00	0.0
March 31	65	49	0.11	0.0

April 1973 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	70	50	0.00	0.0
April 2	51	45	0.03	0.0
April 3	48	43	0.01	0.0
April 4	44	39	0.56	0.0
April 5	44	36	0.03	0.0
April 6	65	35	0.00	0.0
April 7	58	39	0.03	0.0
April 8	52	42	0.33	0.0
April 9	60	38	0.29	0.0
April 10	39	31	0.09	0.8
April 11	43	29	0.00	0.0
April 12	44	32	0.46	6.3
April 13	46	29	0.00	0.0
April 14	54	27	0.00	0.0
April 15	72	36	0.00	0.0
April 16	65	55	0.10	0.0
April 17	60	47	0.46	0.0
April 18	64	54	0.00	0.0
April 19	68	59	0.04	0.0
April 20	80	60	0.00	0.0
April 21	81	60	0.00	0.0
April 22	74	62	0.03	0.0
April 23	62	50	0.49	0.0
April 24	69	46	0.00	0.0
April 25	54	45	0.01	0.0
April 26	64	40	0.00	0.0
April 27	55	44	0.76	0.0
April 28	54	40	0.00	0.0
April 29	63	31	0.00	0.0
April 30	66	50	0.00	0.0

May 1973 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	73	57	0.00
May 2	71	55	0.10
May 3	55	47	0.01
May 4	57	40	0.00
May 5	62	33	0.00
May 6	63	37	0.00
May 7	73	52	0.00
May 8	73	57	0.16
May 9	78	58	0.01
May 10	71	58	0.24
May 11	70	54	0.00
May 12	66	52	0.01
May 13	57	50	0.01
May 14	65	44	0.15
May 15	57	40	0.00
May 16	71	39	0.05
May 17	56	38	0.04
May 18	67	34	0.00
May 19	61	51	0.46
May 20	66	47	0.00
May 21	74	43	0.00
May 22	74	54	0.01
May 23	75	60	0.01
May 24	67	59	0.16
May 25	74	58	0.58
May 26	76	57	0.00
May 27	72	60	0.58
May 28	79	61	0.09
May 29	74	60	0.17
May 30	69	55	0.52
May 31	73	55	0.00

June 1973 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	52	0.00
June 2	81	52	0.00
June 3	89	66	0.00
June 4	82	63	0.69
June 5	86	64	0.95
June 6	74	59	0.28
June 7	81	55	0.00
June 8	85	57	0.00
June 9	88	65	0.00
June 10	90	66	0.00
June 11	91	67	0.00
June 12	87	68	1.84
June 13	84	61	0.00
June 14	79	52	0.00
June 15	82	59	0.00
June 16	87	70	0.86
June 17	81	67	1.48
June 18	85	66	0.00
June 19	88	67	1.94
June 20	84	65	0.04
June 21	81	65	0.09
June 22	82	64	0.00
June 23	81	60	0.00
June 24	84	61	0.03
June 25	86	62	0.00
June 26	88	65	0.16
June 27	73	65	0.27
June 28	78	63	0.14
June 29	79	57	0.00
June 30	80	57	0.00

July 1973 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	62	0.00
July 2	87	66	0.26
July 3	90	69	0.34
July 4	85	68	0.12
July 5	81	62	0.00
July 6	84	61	0.00
July 7	87	63	0.00
July 8	90	67	0.00
July 9	91	71	0.00
July 10	86	72	0.55
July 11	78	60	0.02
July 12	78	51	0.00
July 13	90	64	0.00
July 14	90	67	0.17
July 15	82	65	0.00
July 16	80	61	0.00
July 17	82	58	0.00
July 18	85	58	0.00
July 19	86	62	0.00
July 20	78	71	0.61
July 21	73	68	0.87
July 22	78	69	0.07
July 23	85	69	0.00
July 24	83	71	0.21
July 25	82	70	0.57
July 26	82	72	0.10
July 27	85	69	0.00
July 28	84	67	0.06
July 29	78	61	0.00
July 30	83	59	0.00
July 31	76	65	0.12

August 1973 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	68	0.00
August 2	80	61	0.00
August 3	81	59	0.00
August 4	82	60	0.00
August 5	85	59	0.00
August 6	85	61	0.00
August 7	87	66	0.00
August 8	90	68	0.00
August 9	91	73	0.24
August 10	84	67	0.20
August 11	87	65	0.36
August 12	86	68	0.20
August 13	79	70	0.67
August 14	81	67	0.40
August 15	82	66	0.00
August 16	83	61	0.00
August 17	83	67	0.00
August 18	83	63	0.00
August 19	82	64	0.12
August 20	84	66	0.46
August 21	73	58	0.00
August 22	73	52	0.00
August 23	75	53	0.00
August 24	73	63	0.02
August 25	84	60	0.00
August 26	88	69	0.00
August 27	93	71	0.00
August 28	94	73	0.00
August 29	90	70	0.00
August 30	90	67	2.16
August 31	89	66	0.14

September 1973 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	68	0.00
September 2	93	68	0.00
September 3	92	68	0.00
September 4	92	66	0.00
September 5	88	70	0.41
September 6	80	61	0.01
September 7	77	53	0.00
September 8	80	56	0.00
September 9	64	54	0.11
September 10	76	49	0.00
September 11	78	53	0.00
September 12	74	49	0.00
September 13	78	54	0.01
September 14	73	59	0.03
September 15	78	51	0.00
September 16	74	56	0.00
September 17	80	58	0.07
September 18	64	47	0.00
September 19	67	42	0.00
September 20	71	48	0.01
September 21	75	54	0.00
September 22	85	65	0.33
September 23	82	60	0.04
September 24	82	57	0.00
September 25	86	61	0.00
September 26	83	64	0.00
September 27	86	59	0.00
September 28	85	69	0.12
September 29	81	65	1.68
September 30	75	60	0.00

October 1973 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	64	0.61
October 2	78	62	0.32
October 3	80	58	0.00
October 4	83	61	0.25
October 5	67	48	0.00
October 6	68	45	0.00
October 7	75	54	0.00
October 8	74	59	0.00
October 9	76	55	0.00
October 10	78	51	0.00
October 11	78	52	0.00
October 12	80	58	0.00
October 13	67	59	0.24
October 14	70	50	0.00
October 15	78	50	0.00
October 16	60	44	0.00
October 17	58	42	0.00
October 18	62	40	0.00
October 19	67	35	0.00
October 20	63	43	0.00
October 21	64	40	0.00
October 22	70	39	0.00
October 23	72	39	0.00
October 24	75	42	0.00
October 25	78	44	0.00
October 26	68	43	0.00
October 27	67	39	0.00
October 28	59	45	0.29
October 29	47	43	1.08
October 30	52	47	0.07
October 31	52	43	0.43

November 1973 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	55	43	0.00
November 2	64	43	0.04
November 3	52	35	0.00
November 4	51	30	0.00
November 5	45	31	0.15
November 6	42	26	0.00
November 7	41	24	0.00
November 8	48	27	0.02
November 9	37	27	0.00
November 10	39	21	0.00
November 11	40	21	0.00
November 12	50	29	0.00
November 13	65	42	0.00
November 14	66	57	0.00
November 15	68	49	0.71
November 16	49	32	0.03
November 17	43	28	0.00
November 18	53	34	0.00
November 19	55	47	0.00
November 20	59	40	0.00
November 21	58	48	0.30
November 22	62	40	0.00
November 23	56	41	0.00
November 24	61	52	0.90
November 25	60	44	1.27
November 26	58	39	0.44
November 27	65	57	1.33
November 28	60	36	0.18
November 29	38	32	0.00
November 30	58	32	0.00

December 1973 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	55	29	0.00	0.0
December 3	62	42	0.00	0.0
December 4	62	52	0.23	0.0
December 5	62	37	0.15	0.0
December 6	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 7	35	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 9	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	35	20	0.03	0.4
December 11	25	15	0.00	0.0
December 12	44	25	0.00	0.0
December 13	55	36	0.31	0.0
December 14	36	28	0.00	0.0
December 15	31	26	0.10	1.0
December 16	26	19	0.00	0.0
December 17	25	15	0.00	0.0
December 18	25	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	37	24	0.04	0.3
December 20	40	25	0.81	0.8
December 21	25	15	0.00	0.0
December 22	28	13	0.00	0.0
December 23	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 24	40	33	0.02	0.0
December 25	51	39	0.11	0.0
December 26	57	43	0.30	0.0
December 27	49	35	0.00	0.0
December 28	41	27	0.00	0.0
December 29	43	25	0.28	0.0
December 30	30	19	0.15	2.0
December 31	30	24	0.17	1.9

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Weather Station Details

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