Columbus Weather in 1981

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 13
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	January 5
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	7 °F	January 4
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	June 13
Most daily snow	4.3 inches	December 21
Total annual precipitation	37.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	26.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1981 was 93 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 13
1	93 °F	Jul 9
3	91 °F	Jun 15
4	90 °F	Jul 8
4	90 °F	Jun 24
6	89 °F	Jul 12
6	89 °F	Jul 7
8	88 °F	Jun 14
9	87 °F	Jul 18
9	87 °F	Jun 29

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1981 was -4 °F which happened on Jan 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	January 5
2	-3 °F	January 8
3	-2 °F	January 9
4	-1 °F	February 12
4	-1 °F	January 4
6	0 °F	January 12
6	0 °F	January 11
6	0 °F	January 10
9	1 °F	December 20
9	1 °F	February 11

January 1981 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	31	0.08	1.1
January 2	32	22	0.00	0.0
January 3	28	5	0.00	0.0
January 4	7	-1	0.00	0.0
January 5	15	-4	0.00	0.0
January 6	32	14	0.35	3.4
January 7	31	8	0.05	0.8
January 8	18	-3	0.00	0.0
January 9	20	-2	0.00	0.0
January 10	18	0	0.00	0.0
January 11	17	0	0.00	0.0
January 12	16	0	0.00	0.0
January 13	27	16	0.14	1.4
January 14	33	8	0.00	0.0
January 15	31	26	0.02	0.3
January 16	28	13	0.03	0.4
January 17	24	11	0.03	0.4
January 18	35	11	0.00	0.0
January 19	40	15	0.00	0.0
January 20	41	29	0.00	0.0
January 21	39	28	0.00	0.0
January 22	35	29	0.00	0.0
January 23	35	32	0.00	0.0
January 24	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 25	54	25	0.00	0.0
January 26	55	37	0.00	0.0
January 27	39	29	0.00	0.0
January 28	40	29	0.00	0.0
January 29	31	20	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	15	0.00	0.0
January 31	36	11	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	41	29	1.19	0.8
February 2	34	9	0.03	0.3
February 3	13	6	0.00	0.0
February 4	18	10	0.00	0.0
February 5	24	3	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	24	0.03	0.6
February 7	42	25	0.00	0.0
February 8	37	17	0.02	0.3
February 9	37	13	0.00	0.0
February 10	52	30	0.16	0.0
February 11	53	1	0.30	1.6
February 12	15	-1	0.00	0.0
February 13	33	7	0.00	0.0
February 14	45	14	0.00	0.0
February 15	55	23	0.00	0.0
February 16	49	39	0.37	0.0
February 17	56	47	0.03	0.0
February 18	60	47	0.18	0.0
February 19	58	49	1.58	0.0
February 20	50	41	0.12	0.0
February 21	48	37	0.00	0.0
February 22	59	39	0.23	0.0
February 23	51	36	0.31	0.0
February 24	40	36	0.02	0.1
February 25	45	33	0.00	0.0
February 26	37	26	0.00	0.0
February 27	49	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	57	41	0.03	0.0

March 1981 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	44	38	0.00	0.0
March 2	40	29	0.01	0.1
March 3	39	20	0.00	0.0
March 4	37	30	0.25	0.6
March 5	39	32	0.21	0.7
March 6	37	25	0.02	0.2
March 7	32	19	0.00	0.0
March 8	41	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	47	31	0.00	0.0
March 10	49	35	0.00	0.0
March 11	43	30	0.01	0.1
March 12	56	32	0.00	0.0
March 13	54	31	0.00	0.0
March 14	44	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	60	29	0.03	0.0
March 16	47	27	0.05	0.1
March 17	40	25	0.01	0.1
March 18	39	17	0.02	0.2
March 19	32	21	0.09	1.0
March 20	38	26	0.01	0.2
March 21	49	34	0.00	0.0
March 22	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 23	56	33	0.00	0.0
March 24	58	26	0.00	0.0
March 25	55	28	0.00	0.0
March 26	66	35	0.01	0.0
March 27	52	34	0.12	0.0
March 28	70	31	0.00	0.0
March 29	77	52	0.04	0.0
March 30	68	53	0.23	0.0
March 31	82	43	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	73	51	0.00
April 2	72	40	0.00
April 3	79	55	0.15
April 4	71	56	1.22
April 5	57	40	0.00
April 6	53	34	0.00
April 7	67	33	0.00
April 8	76	53	0.00
April 9	65	43	0.17
April 10	67	42	0.13
April 11	78	63	1.22
April 12	75	50	0.40
April 13	73	45	0.06
April 14	72	42	0.02
April 15	54	34	0.00
April 16	67	33	0.00
April 17	75	56	0.30
April 18	69	51	0.34
April 19	59	43	0.08
April 20	51	34	0.00
April 21	56	29	0.00
April 22	60	42	0.53
April 23	68	57	0.35
April 24	57	43	0.02
April 25	54	38	0.00
April 26	59	33	0.07
April 27	77	47	0.00
April 28	84	60	0.05
April 29	65	52	0.27
April 30	64	49	0.00

May 1981 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	44	0.74
May 2	58	41	0.00
May 3	68	41	0.00
May 4	78	48	0.00
May 5	73	55	0.48
May 6	63	43	0.36
May 7	62	37	0.00
May 8	73	44	0.00
May 9	67	51	0.05
May 10	71	57	0.78
May 11	60	47	0.71
May 12	62	45	0.00
May 13	67	46	0.00
May 14	67	54	0.84
May 15	58	50	0.05
May 16	69	44	0.00
May 17	71	42	0.00
May 18	54	46	0.29
May 19	60	45	0.00
May 20	71	37	0.00
May 21	76	40	0.00
May 22	81	46	0.00
May 23	82	56	0.00
May 24	85	58	0.00
May 25	82	61	0.00
May 26	80	57	0.64
May 27	73	61	0.53
May 28	66	60	0.45
May 29	79	61	0.00
May 30	74	62	0.57
May 31	68	54	0.01

June 1981 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	70	51	0.00
June 2	80	62	0.00
June 3	80	67	0.17
June 4	83	64	0.01
June 5	83	62	0.85
June 6	81	62	0.03
June 7	81	53	0.00
June 8	85	60	0.19
June 9	79	66	0.50
June 10	77	60	0.86
June 11	76	54	0.00
June 12	83	64	0.00
June 13	81	71	2.55
June 14	88	71	0.01
June 15	91	73	0.00
June 16	85	65	0.03
June 17	74	59	0.00
June 18	83	55	0.00
June 19	83	62	0.00
June 20	80	64	0.00
June 21	78	66	0.14
June 22	78	60	0.06
June 23	75	59	0.00
June 24	90	54	0.00
June 25	85	67	0.33
June 26	71	50	0.00
June 27	72	45	0.00
June 28	81	51	0.00
June 29	87	65	0.00
June 30	85	66	0.00

July 1981 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	65	0.02
July 2	80	64	0.00
July 3	79	65	0.14
July 4	81	62	0.37
July 5	80	66	0.01
July 6	84	65	0.00
July 7	89	66	0.00
July 8	90	68	0.00
July 9	93	75	0.00
July 10	84	58	0.00
July 11	85	53	0.00
July 12	89	58	0.00
July 13	93	71	0.53
July 14	84	63	0.00
July 15	77	56	0.00
July 16	79	64	0.00
July 17	86	61	0.00
July 18	87	60	0.00
July 19	78	67	0.22
July 20	83	68	1.20
July 21	78	65	0.38
July 22	76	58	0.00
July 23	72	51	0.00
July 24	81	60	0.00
July 25	84	59	0.00
July 26	81	66	0.64
July 27	78	66	0.05
July 28	80	64	0.58
July 29	71	54	0.00
July 30	75	49	0.00
July 31	79	55	0.00

August 1981 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	59	0.00
August 2	84	61	0.10
August 3	82	68	0.35
August 4	86	69	0.00
August 5	83	67	0.14
August 6	75	67	0.04
August 7	76	65	0.00
August 8	79	64	0.06
August 9	80	60	0.00
August 10	83	62	0.01
August 11	80	59	0.00
August 12	80	54	0.00
August 13	82	59	0.00
August 14	82	62	0.00
August 15	80	68	0.02
August 16	76	53	0.00
August 17	74	48	0.00
August 18	77	51	0.00
August 19	81	54	0.00
August 20	79	54	0.00
August 21	78	60	0.00
August 22	80	57	0.00
August 23	84	53	0.00
August 24	83	56	0.00
August 25	81	56	0.00
August 26	82	55	0.00
August 27	85	60	0.41
August 28	84	66	0.00
August 29	80	67	0.00
August 30	78	65	0.22
August 31	80	67	0.06

September 1981 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	66	0.01
September 2	75	68	0.00
September 3	72	68	0.47
September 4	80	65	0.00
September 5	78	56	0.00
September 6	75	61	0.00
September 7	76	60	0.00
September 8	73	56	0.52
September 9	68	48	0.00
September 10	78	46	0.00
September 11	83	57	0.00
September 12	84	59	0.00
September 13	83	61	0.00
September 14	74	63	0.86
September 15	70	52	0.00
September 16	69	50	0.03
September 17	54	46	0.00
September 18	54	45	0.31
September 19	68	47	0.00
September 20	70	52	0.00
September 21	74	50	0.00
September 22	66	45	0.00
September 23	61	37	0.00
September 24	67	35	0.00
September 25	68	45	0.00
September 26	81	55	0.00
September 27	75	56	0.00
September 28	62	41	0.00
September 29	61	35	0.00
September 30	76	52	0.08

October 1981 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	52	0.00
October 2	52	39	0.00
October 3	57	32	0.00
October 4	70	34	0.00
October 5	80	57	0.00
October 6	71	47	0.17
October 7	55	40	0.00
October 8	55	34	0.00
October 9	61	34	0.00
October 10	64	42	0.00
October 11	66	44	0.00
October 12	67	38	0.00
October 13	68	42	0.00
October 14	68	37	0.00
October 15	62	50	0.03
October 16	60	40	0.06
October 17	68	34	0.01
October 18	62	39	0.14
October 19	50	32	0.05
October 20	67	33	0.00
October 21	71	47	0.00
October 22	63	41	0.28
October 23	50	29	0.07
October 24	43	21	0.00
October 25	58	27	0.06
October 26	61	47	0.45
October 27	59	46	0.08
October 28	60	38	0.00
October 29	64	40	0.00
October 30	70	43	0.00
October 31	68	43	0.00

November 1981 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	70	45	0.00	0.0
November 2	66	48	0.00	0.0
November 3	67	44	0.00	0.0
November 4	71	40	0.00	0.0
November 5	64	50	0.08	0.0
November 6	50	38	0.01	0.0
November 7	50	27	0.00	0.0
November 8	61	30	0.00	0.0
November 9	49	28	0.13	0.0
November 10	46	23	0.00	0.0
November 11	45	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	46	23	0.00	0.0
November 13	57	22	0.00	0.0
November 14	60	23	0.00	0.0
November 15	62	25	0.00	0.0
November 16	58	26	0.00	0.0
November 17	54	31	0.02	0.0
November 18	49	37	0.00	0.0
November 19	56	36	0.91	0.0
November 20	55	30	0.00	0.0
November 21	31	26	0.01	0.1
November 22	29	18	0.00	0.0
November 23	40	14	0.13	1.0
November 24	40	27	0.33	0.8
November 25	41	22	0.00	0.0
November 26	63	30	0.03	0.0
November 27	57	35	0.00	0.0
November 28	38	33	0.00	0.0
November 29	39	22	0.00	0.0
November 30	38	19	0.00	0.0

December 1981 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	59	35	0.44	0.0
December 2	46	38	0.00	0.0
December 3	45	35	0.00	0.0
December 4	43	34	0.21	0.0
December 5	37	32	0.00	0.0
December 6	41	22	0.00	0.0
December 7	47	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	47	27	0.00	0.0
December 9	28	20	0.01	0.1
December 10	29	21	0.01	0.3
December 11	32	19	0.00	0.0
December 12	31	29	0.00	0.0
December 13	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 14	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 16	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 17	28	24	0.23	4.1
December 18	26	16	0.01	0.2
December 19	18	12	0.01	0.2
December 20	14	1	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	11	0.43	4.3
December 22	47	34	0.92	0.0
December 23	49	26	0.03	0.0
December 24	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 25	38	19	0.00	0.0
December 26	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 27	39	30	0.22	0.0
December 28	36	28	0.10	0.6
December 29	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 30	34	20	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	27	0.26	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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