Columbus Weather in 1979

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	90 °F	August 7
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	February 17
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 31
Lowest daily high	11 °F	February 17
Most daily precipitation	2.7 inches	September 14
Most daily snow	6.6 inches	February 12
Total annual precipitation	49.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	35.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1979 was 90 °F which happened on August 7.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	90 °F	Aug 7
2	89 °F	Aug 9
2	89 °F	Jun 20
2	89 °F	Jun 10
5	88 °F	Aug 10
5	88 °F	Aug 8
5	88 °F	Aug 4
5	88 °F	Jul 31
9	87 °F	Aug 5
9	87 °F	Aug 1
9	87 °F	Jul 14
9	87 °F	Jun 17
9	87 °F	Jun 15
9	87 °F	May 8

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1979 was -7 °F which happened on Feb 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-7 °F	February 17
2	-6 °F	February 10
2	-6 °F	February 6
4	-5 °F	February 13
4	-5 °F	February 5
4	-5 °F	January 9
7	-4 °F	January 15
7	-4 °F	January 11
9	-3 °F	January 8
10	-2 °F	February 20
10	-2 °F	February 11
10	-2 °F	February 9

January 1979 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	59	30	0.89	0.0
January 2	30	2	0.06	0.7
January 3	14	-1	0.00	0.0
January 4	18	12	0.00	0.0
January 5	18	11	0.13	1.2
January 6	21	7	0.01	0.2
January 7	22	18	0.52	5.5
January 8	18	-3	0.00	0.0
January 9	18	-5	0.00	0.0
January 10	14	3	0.00	0.0
January 11	15	-4	0.00	0.0
January 12	26	14	0.02	0.9
January 13	40	25	0.19	0.0
January 14	39	3	0.16	0.4
January 15	17	-4	0.00	0.0
January 16	29	15	0.00	0.0
January 17	39	24	0.05	0.0
January 18	27	15	0.00	0.1
January 19	28	14	0.00	0.0
January 20	39	28	0.08	0.0
January 21	37	31	0.16	0.7
January 22	31	21	0.02	1.1
January 23	39	20	0.00	0.0
January 24	39	22	0.60	1.2
January 25	24	18	0.04	0.4
January 26	27	18	0.00	0.0
January 27	33	26	0.13	1.8
January 28	33	29	0.18	2.3
January 29	29	22	0.00	0.0
January 30	25	20	0.00	0.0
January 31	25	17	0.08	0.8

February 1979 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	20	9	0.00	0.0
February 2	22	10	0.00	0.0
February 3	30	19	0.05	0.7
February 4	30	2	0.00	0.0
February 5	12	-5	0.00	0.0
February 6	23	-6	0.00	0.0
February 7	30	19	0.20	2.1
February 8	19	2	0.06	0.6
February 9	12	-2	0.00	0.0
February 10	14	-6	0.00	0.0
February 11	16	-2	0.03	0.3
February 12	24	5	0.53	6.6
February 13	18	-5	0.00	0.0
February 14	26	9	0.00	0.0
February 15	32	23	0.02	0.0
February 16	23	0	0.00	0.0
February 17	11	-7	0.00	0.0
February 18	21	6	0.13	3.4
February 19	21	3	0.01	0.1
February 20	37	-2	0.00	0.0
February 21	42	32	0.27	0.0
February 22	40	33	0.07	0.0
February 23	53	38	0.28	0.0
February 24	45	32	0.00	0.0
February 25	36	32	1.01	0.4
February 26	33	25	0.22	2.2
February 27	40	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	46	21	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	46	37	0.18	0.0
March 2	47	36	0.00	0.0
March 3	66	35	0.00	0.0
March 4	69	43	0.03	0.0
March 5	44	37	0.00	0.0
March 6	47	34	0.00	0.0
March 7	54	29	0.00	0.0
March 8	59	36	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	27	0.05	0.0
March 10	42	18	0.02	0.0
March 11	28	16	0.00	0.0
March 12	42	26	0.00	0.0
March 13	62	26	0.02	0.0
March 14	56	23	0.04	0.5
March 15	26	14	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	17	0.00	0.0
March 17	63	23	0.00	0.0
March 18	68	44	0.07	0.0
March 19	67	45	0.00	0.0
March 20	67	45	0.01	0.0
March 21	70	40	0.00	0.0
March 22	75	43	0.00	0.0
March 23	68	54	0.10	0.0
March 24	55	36	0.26	0.0
March 25	38	28	0.02	0.2
March 26	33	26	0.01	0.1
March 27	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 28	63	26	0.02	0.0
March 29	71	55	0.01	0.0
March 30	73	57	0.03	0.0
March 31	65	46	0.14	0.0

April 1979 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	51	42	0.39	0.0
April 2	66	44	0.40	0.0
April 3	47	36	0.00	0.0
April 4	50	37	0.64	0.0
April 5	53	37	0.06	0.0
April 6	46	23	0.00	0.0
April 7	39	22	0.08	0.0
April 8	63	33	0.17	0.0
April 9	54	32	0.63	0.3
April 10	50	26	0.00	0.0
April 11	56	36	0.25	0.0
April 12	74	55	0.00	0.0
April 13	67	48	1.01	0.0
April 14	66	40	0.02	0.0
April 15	51	41	0.00	0.0
April 16	50	35	0.00	0.0
April 17	56	36	0.00	0.0
April 18	61	31	0.00	0.0
April 19	63	30	0.00	0.0
April 20	71	39	0.00	0.0
April 21	76	47	0.01	0.0
April 22	65	53	0.00	0.0
April 23	69	51	0.00	0.0
April 24	76	58	0.00	0.0
April 25	79	60	0.00	0.0
April 26	66	49	0.29	0.0
April 27	59	47	0.00	0.0
April 28	51	41	0.06	0.0
April 29	57	38	0.00	0.0
April 30	61	43	0.00	0.0

May 1979 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	59	34	0.00
May 2	78	41	0.00
May 3	69	56	0.86
May 4	57	39	0.21
May 5	59	32	0.00
May 6	72	40	0.00
May 7	83	52	0.00
May 8	87	62	0.00
May 9	86	61	0.00
May 10	84	67	0.00
May 11	86	63	0.00
May 12	78	51	0.35
May 13	62	47	0.00
May 14	74	45	0.00
May 15	70	49	0.02
May 16	66	42	0.00
May 17	72	37	0.00
May 18	79	45	0.00
May 19	82	46	0.00
May 20	81	60	0.00
May 21	74	53	0.00
May 22	70	46	0.00
May 23	65	57	0.21
May 24	60	47	0.16
May 25	49	43	0.40
May 26	62	43	0.08
May 27	67	50	0.50
May 28	72	50	0.00
May 29	73	45	0.00
May 30	83	55	0.00
May 31	70	62	0.48

June 1979 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	64	0.00
June 2	75	59	0.00
June 3	78	61	0.00
June 4	84	56	0.00
June 5	84	61	0.01
June 6	83	63	0.75
June 7	82	66	0.50
June 8	81	67	0.02
June 9	85	71	0.10
June 10	89	59	0.01
June 11	74	54	0.00
June 12	76	50	0.00
June 13	73	53	0.00
June 14	84	56	0.00
June 15	87	60	0.00
June 16	84	61	0.00
June 17	87	64	0.16
June 18	74	62	0.00
June 19	80	55	0.00
June 20	89	61	0.27
June 21	82	66	1.08
June 22	86	64	0.00
June 23	75	56	0.00
June 24	69	50	0.00
June 25	73	43	0.00
June 26	79	53	0.00
June 27	82	55	0.00
June 28	85	64	0.00
June 29	73	62	0.74
June 30	67	60	0.59

July 1979 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	69	57	0.01
July 2	76	59	0.00
July 3	83	54	0.00
July 4	72	54	0.19
July 5	73	51	0.00
July 6	76	46	0.00
July 7	79	55	0.00
July 8	83	57	0.00
July 9	72	67	0.25
July 10	81	67	2.61
July 11	83	62	0.00
July 12	82	69	0.00
July 13	76	70	0.06
July 14	87	67	0.00
July 15	85	70	0.00
July 16	86	70	0.00
July 17	82	62	0.00
July 18	78	56	0.00
July 19	82	50	0.00
July 20	83	62	0.00
July 21	83	66	1.16
July 22	86	65	0.01
July 23	86	65	0.29
July 24	80	69	0.75
July 25	78	70	0.04
July 26	85	72	0.02
July 27	83	70	1.54
July 28	74	68	1.02
July 29	83	68	0.11
July 30	85	62	0.00
July 31	88	73	0.00

August 1979 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	70	0.49
August 2	79	66	0.00
August 3	83	63	0.00
August 4	88	66	0.00
August 5	87	68	0.17
August 6	85	69	0.00
August 7	90	66	0.00
August 8	88	71	0.22
August 9	89	70	0.00
August 10	88	72	1.05
August 11	72	61	0.69
August 12	74	55	0.00
August 13	78	53	0.00
August 14	74	56	0.00
August 15	66	48	0.00
August 16	72	46	0.00
August 17	73	52	0.19
August 18	79	62	0.13
August 19	82	69	0.04
August 20	78	68	1.77
August 21	77	68	0.00
August 22	79	68	0.18
August 23	79	68	1.86
August 24	77	64	0.02
August 25	76	60	0.00
August 26	70	63	0.31
August 27	81	69	0.00
August 28	82	67	1.51
August 29	81	67	0.00
August 30	84	66	0.00
August 31	86	63	0.00

September 1979 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	69	0.00
September 2	79	70	0.00
September 3	84	64	0.00
September 4	86	64	0.00
September 5	83	69	0.00
September 6	85	70	0.00
September 7	75	57	0.00
September 8	65	52	0.00
September 9	69	45	0.00
September 10	81	52	0.00
September 11	81	58	0.00
September 12	84	59	0.00
September 13	82	64	2.20
September 14	68	53	2.66
September 15	65	49	0.00
September 16	71	45	0.00
September 17	76	49	0.00
September 18	79	55	0.00
September 19	67	50	0.00
September 20	73	46	0.00
September 21	63	59	0.28
September 22	60	47	0.02
September 23	68	40	0.00
September 24	72	45	0.00
September 25	76	49	0.00
September 26	79	51	0.00
September 27	73	54	0.10
September 28	66	60	1.50
September 29	75	58	0.00
September 30	78	56	0.00

October 1979 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	78	55	0.00
October 2	67	53	0.09
October 3	64	51	0.00
October 4	58	48	0.48
October 5	58	42	0.00
October 6	65	42	0.00
October 7	54	40	0.00
October 8	65	38	0.12
October 9	53	45	0.12
October 10	50	39	0.01
October 11	51	40	0.08
October 12	60	41	0.02
October 13	48	34	0.00
October 14	55	30	0.00
October 15	56	32	0.00
October 16	61	50	0.13
October 17	71	51	0.12
October 18	75	53	0.00
October 19	75	51	0.00
October 20	80	60	0.00
October 21	81	64	0.00
October 22	82	61	0.00
October 23	61	41	0.01
October 24	44	41	0.00
October 25	47	36	0.01
October 26	44	30	0.00
October 27	60	31	0.06
October 28	60	43	0.01
October 29	65	37	0.00
October 30	69	41	0.00
October 31	75	54	0.00

November 1979 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	65	44	0.54	0.0
November 2	54	33	0.00	0.0
November 3	52	31	0.00	0.0
November 4	50	29	0.00	0.0
November 5	59	32	0.00	0.0
November 6	50	36	0.01	0.0
November 7	43	31	0.00	0.0
November 8	45	33	0.00	0.0
November 9	55	42	0.96	0.0
November 10	49	38	0.00	0.0
November 11	38	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	44	25	0.00	0.0
November 13	45	31	0.00	0.0
November 14	43	33	0.00	0.0
November 15	45	33	0.03	0.0
November 16	46	33	0.00	0.0
November 17	61	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	65	38	0.00	0.0
November 19	64	36	0.00	0.0
November 20	65	42	0.00	0.0
November 21	70	43	0.00	0.0
November 22	62	53	0.36	0.0
November 23	60	47	0.91	0.0
November 24	47	34	0.20	0.0
November 25	61	34	0.62	0.0
November 26	60	43	0.15	0.0
November 27	59	37	0.00	0.0
November 28	55	27	0.13	0.1
November 29	30	23	0.00	0.0
November 30	30	25	0.00	0.0

December 1979 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	36	26	0.02	0.2
December 2	31	17	0.00	0.0
December 3	36	14	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	29	0.00	0.0
December 5	57	32	0.00	0.0
December 6	49	31	0.15	0.0
December 7	51	30	0.01	0.0
December 8	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 9	42	23	0.00	0.0
December 10	49	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	63	40	0.00	0.0
December 12	58	37	0.18	0.0
December 13	38	30	0.27	0.0
December 14	38	23	0.00	0.0
December 15	43	20	0.00	0.0
December 16	45	18	0.00	0.0
December 17	25	12	0.00	0.0
December 18	32	14	0.00	0.0
December 19	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	45	22	0.00	0.0
December 21	49	29	0.00	0.0
December 22	50	42	0.20	0.0
December 23	54	47	0.18	0.0
December 24	59	46	0.58	0.0
December 25	46	34	0.24	0.0
December 26	38	33	0.00	0.0
December 27	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 28	31	25	0.00	0.0
December 29	29	26	0.00	0.0
December 30	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 31	30	24	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