Columbus Weather in 1978

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 22
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	January 23
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	7 °F	January 10
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	December 8
Most daily snow	6.8 inches	January 20
Total annual precipitation	37.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	47.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1978 was 96 °F which happened on July 22.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 22
2	95 °F	Jun 27
3	94 °F	Jul 23
3	94 °F	Jul 21
5	92 °F	Sep 20
5	92 °F	Aug 24
5	92 °F	Jul 20
8	91 °F	Sep 21
8	91 °F	Aug 19
10	90 °F	Sep 19
10	90 °F	Sep 8
10	90 °F	Jul 19
10	90 °F	Jul 7
10	90 °F	Jun 18

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1978 was -7 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-7 °F	January 23
1	-7 °F	January 22
3	-5 °F	February 10
4	-4 °F	February 15
5	-3 °F	February 1
5	-3 °F	January 10
7	-1 °F	January 9
8	0 °F	February 11
8	0 °F	February 7
10	1 °F	March 5
10	1 °F	March 2
10	1 °F	February 20
10	1 °F	February 19

January 1978 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	27	0.13	0.4
January 2	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 3	23	11	0.00	0.0
January 4	42	11	0.00	0.0
January 5	39	31	0.25	2.0
January 6	35	32	0.00	0.0
January 7	47	34	0.55	0.0
January 8	50	20	1.03	4.2
January 9	20	-1	0.03	0.7
January 10	7	-3	0.00	0.0
January 11	16	4	0.00	0.0
January 12	20	2	0.07	0.7
January 13	25	18	0.08	0.9
January 14	26	14	0.08	1.4
January 15	20	7	0.00	0.0
January 16	20	4	0.21	3.6
January 17	23	19	0.54	6.3
January 18	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 19	24	14	0.08	0.9
January 20	27	17	0.59	6.8
January 21	22	13	0.01	0.2
January 22	17	-7	0.00	0.0
January 23	25	-7	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	7	0.33	0.0
January 25	41	34	0.65	0.0
January 26	40	2	1.14	4.4
January 27	14	8	0.03	0.3
January 28	15	8	0.03	0.6
January 29	15	10	0.00	0.0
January 30	15	11	0.00	0.2
January 31	17	6	0.06	0.8

February 1978 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	19	-3	0.00	0.0
February 2	22	13	0.00	0.0
February 3	23	6	0.00	0.0
February 4	24	10	0.00	0.0
February 5	23	13	0.07	1.6
February 6	13	3	0.01	0.2
February 7	15	0	0.00	0.0
February 8	21	8	0.00	0.2
February 9	24	5	0.00	0.0
February 10	24	-5	0.00	0.0
February 11	26	0	0.00	0.0
February 12	30	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	11	0.13	1.6
February 14	28	5	0.00	0.0
February 15	23	-4	0.00	0.0
February 16	29	20	0.03	0.3
February 17	28	11	0.00	0.0
February 18	23	8	0.00	0.0
February 19	22	1	0.00	0.0
February 20	24	1	0.00	0.0
February 21	25	8	0.00	0.0
February 22	19	8	0.00	0.0
February 23	26	4	0.05	0.5
February 24	30	23	0.00	0.1
February 25	34	28	0.00	0.0
February 26	28	21	0.00	0.0
February 27	26	16	0.00	0.0
February 28	33	15	0.00	0.0

March 1978 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	27	11	0.01	0.2
March 2	24	1	0.00	0.0
March 3	26	21	0.20	2.5
March 4	22	15	0.00	0.0
March 5	22	1	0.00	0.0
March 6	38	15	0.00	0.0
March 7	31	23	0.02	0.2
March 8	32	26	0.24	2.2
March 9	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 10	41	20	0.00	0.0
March 11	46	22	0.26	0.0
March 12	40	34	0.04	0.0
March 13	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 14	47	36	0.27	0.0
March 15	40	34	0.00	0.0
March 16	39	30	0.02	0.4
March 17	36	23	0.00	0.0
March 18	40	19	0.00	0.0
March 19	47	31	0.00	0.0
March 20	63	24	0.00	0.0
March 21	58	38	0.17	0.0
March 22	59	30	0.00	0.0
March 23	51	41	0.25	0.0
March 24	41	31	0.04	0.0
March 25	43	35	0.75	0.0
March 26	45	38	0.70	0.0
March 27	39	34	0.01	0.0
March 28	61	36	0.00	0.0
March 29	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 31	77	42	0.00	0.0

April 1978 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	76	45	0.00
April 2	48	33	0.13
April 3	73	38	0.07
April 4	70	50	0.21
April 5	60	42	0.00
April 6	66	44	0.50
April 7	72	41	0.00
April 8	59	38	0.00
April 9	57	34	0.00
April 10	80	47	0.00
April 11	69	48	0.17
April 12	69	44	0.00
April 13	59	40	0.00
April 14	60	35	0.00
April 15	56	34	0.00
April 16	53	31	0.00
April 17	61	34	0.00
April 18	62	44	1.02
April 19	63	46	0.12
April 20	46	41	0.20
April 21	43	36	0.09
April 22	56	27	0.00
April 23	51	41	0.10
April 24	66	40	0.00
April 25	51	47	0.41
April 26	64	43	0.00
April 27	64	36	0.00
April 28	65	35	0.00
April 29	68	38	0.00
April 30	58	37	0.00

May 1978 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	52	30	0.00
May 2	59	31	0.00
May 3	65	30	0.00
May 4	50	44	0.63
May 5	54	46	0.04
May 6	54	43	0.00
May 7	56	41	0.00
May 8	66	54	0.36
May 9	69	52	0.02
May 10	65	49	0.00
May 11	77	45	0.00
May 12	66	60	0.16
May 13	65	48	0.79
May 14	49	47	0.20
May 15	57	44	0.00
May 16	62	52	0.23
May 17	70	46	0.06
May 18	77	55	0.00
May 19	82	52	0.00
May 20	84	54	0.07
May 21	63	46	0.00
May 22	71	42	0.00
May 23	70	58	0.21
May 24	71	57	0.12
May 25	80	54	0.00
May 26	84	56	0.00
May 27	87	59	0.00
May 28	85	64	0.00
May 29	85	65	0.80
May 30	83	65	0.46
May 31	83	62	0.00

June 1978 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	88	58	0.00
June 2	78	65	0.00
June 3	73	55	0.00
June 4	77	49	0.00
June 5	77	59	0.00
June 6	81	53	0.00
June 7	80	66	0.77
June 8	78	62	0.53
June 9	73	56	0.00
June 10	78	51	0.00
June 11	85	59	0.00
June 12	87	61	0.27
June 13	61	50	0.00
June 14	70	46	0.00
June 15	74	54	0.00
June 16	87	62	0.00
June 17	86	71	0.00
June 18	90	67	1.08
June 19	81	63	0.02
June 20	83	58	0.00
June 21	80	59	0.15
June 22	73	51	0.00
June 23	80	53	0.00
June 24	82	62	0.00
June 25	84	62	0.52
June 26	89	68	0.02
June 27	95	71	0.29
June 28	85	66	0.00
June 29	89	69	0.00
June 30	87	64	0.00

July 1978 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	65	0.21
July 2	74	62	0.72
July 3	72	65	0.00
July 4	71	63	0.00
July 5	78	60	0.00
July 6	85	60	0.00
July 7	90	67	0.00
July 8	88	67	0.00
July 9	86	60	0.00
July 10	80	58	0.00
July 11	76	53	0.00
July 12	78	54	0.00
July 13	82	62	0.11
July 14	86	66	0.00
July 15	85	64	0.00
July 16	81	61	0.00
July 17	82	53	0.00
July 18	87	56	0.00
July 19	90	61	0.00
July 20	92	70	0.00
July 21	94	72	0.00
July 22	96	74	0.00
July 23	94	71	0.42
July 24	78	69	0.19
July 25	80	70	0.12
July 26	89	70	0.00
July 27	85	70	0.00
July 28	81	61	0.00
July 29	85	63	0.02
July 30	74	65	0.02
July 31	79	63	0.00

August 1978 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	59	0.00
August 2	88	64	0.00
August 3	82	68	0.26
August 4	79	58	0.00
August 5	71	61	0.14
August 6	78	68	0.60
August 7	83	64	0.22
August 8	83	61	0.00
August 9	86	66	0.03
August 10	81	67	0.20
August 11	78	61	0.00
August 12	79	66	0.17
August 13	85	64	0.00
August 14	85	67	0.29
August 15	87	67	0.01
August 16	86	71	0.19
August 17	87	63	0.00
August 18	86	66	0.00
August 19	91	64	0.43
August 20	77	57	0.00
August 21	78	54	0.00
August 22	82	57	0.00
August 23	85	57	0.00
August 24	92	65	0.00
August 25	88	69	0.00
August 26	83	64	0.00
August 27	87	69	0.04
August 28	88	69	0.91
August 29	81	66	0.00
August 30	70	62	1.10
August 31	76	58	0.64

September 1978 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	53	0.00
September 2	81	53	0.00
September 3	84	55	0.00
September 4	76	57	0.00
September 5	84	53	0.00
September 6	86	58	0.00
September 7	87	63	0.00
September 8	90	63	0.00
September 9	87	65	0.00
September 10	87	67	0.00
September 11	84	67	0.00
September 12	79	68	0.00
September 13	78	67	0.00
September 14	81	68	0.08
September 15	82	60	0.00
September 16	80	65	0.29
September 17	83	67	0.00
September 18	89	71	0.00
September 19	90	70	0.00
September 20	92	71	0.00
September 21	91	64	0.00
September 22	69	49	0.01
September 23	72	49	0.00
September 24	78	54	0.00
September 25	73	50	0.00
September 26	72	41	0.00
September 27	80	46	0.00
September 28	67	46	0.00
September 29	72	44	0.00
September 30	77	53	0.78

October 1978 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	51	0.00
October 2	67	44	0.00
October 3	71	46	0.53
October 4	63	50	0.01
October 5	69	47	0.16
October 6	57	47	0.00
October 7	55	44	0.00
October 8	52	34	0.00
October 9	63	35	0.00
October 10	70	40	0.00
October 11	61	48	0.28
October 12	73	57	0.12
October 13	62	50	0.57
October 14	53	40	0.12
October 15	52	37	0.00
October 16	52	36	0.21
October 17	56	32	0.00
October 18	63	34	0.08
October 19	59	46	0.00
October 20	63	36	0.00
October 21	73	41	0.00
October 22	77	44	0.00
October 23	59	40	0.10
October 24	55	33	0.00
October 25	66	35	0.01
October 26	62	40	0.20
October 27	59	32	0.00
October 28	63	36	0.00
October 29	56	34	0.00
October 30	67	34	0.00
October 31	68	36	0.00

November 1978 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	62	36	0.00	0.0
November 2	66	31	0.00	0.0
November 3	70	37	0.00	0.0
November 4	71	37	0.00	0.0
November 5	71	41	0.00	0.0
November 6	70	47	0.00	0.0
November 7	47	34	0.14	0.0
November 8	50	27	0.00	0.0
November 9	50	31	0.00	0.0
November 10	58	32	0.00	0.0
November 11	66	37	0.00	0.0
November 12	55	46	0.08	0.0
November 13	63	46	0.00	0.0
November 14	60	40	0.05	0.0
November 15	41	31	0.09	0.0
November 16	49	39	0.00	0.0
November 17	63	47	0.62	0.0
November 18	47	39	0.00	0.0
November 19	47	36	0.00	0.0
November 20	45	32	0.00	0.0
November 21	41	37	0.00	0.0
November 22	47	37	0.00	0.0
November 23	54	43	0.25	0.0
November 24	51	33	0.00	0.0
November 25	42	29	0.00	0.0
November 26	40	31	0.18	1.0
November 27	51	34	0.14	0.2
November 28	40	27	0.01	0.1
November 29	39	25	0.00	0.0
November 30	40	25	0.00	0.0

December 1978 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	48	21	0.00	0.0
December 2	42	28	0.05	0.0
December 3	57	39	1.41	0.0
December 4	59	31	0.19	0.0
December 5	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	49	30	0.00	0.0
December 7	51	38	0.07	0.0
December 8	54	32	1.74	0.0
December 9	32	19	0.14	0.2
December 10	21	11	0.00	0.0
December 11	34	15	0.00	0.0
December 12	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 13	42	29	0.00	0.0
December 14	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	46	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	47	29	0.06	0.0
December 17	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 18	39	23	0.03	0.4
December 19	35	30	0.00	0.0
December 20	60	30	0.21	0.0
December 21	38	29	0.00	0.1
December 22	44	24	0.00	0.0
December 23	41	22	0.00	0.0
December 24	43	29	0.16	1.1
December 25	35	26	0.00	0.0
December 26	32	21	0.00	0.0
December 27	26	14	0.00	0.0
December 28	29	10	0.00	0.0
December 29	42	22	0.00	0.0
December 30	44	35	0.28	0.0
December 31	59	43	0.67	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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