Columbus Weather in 1983

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1983 based on NOAA data.

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1983 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	August 20
Lowest temperature	-12 °F	December 25
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 20
Lowest daily high	1 °F	December 25
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	April 30
Most daily snow	1.9 inches	December 8
Total annual precipitation	38.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	16.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1983?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1983 was 101 °F which happened on August 20.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1983

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Aug 20
2	97 °F	Jul 21
3	96 °F	Sep 10
3	96 °F	Aug 19
3	96 °F	Jul 23
6	95 °F	Aug 27
6	95 °F	Aug 22
6	95 °F	Aug 21
9	94 °F	Jul 12
10	93 °F	Aug 8
10	93 °F	Jul 30
10	93 °F	Jul 16
10	93 °F	Jul 15

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1983?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1983 was -12 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1983

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-12 °F	December 25
1	-12 °F	December 24
3	-5 °F	December 26
4	-3 °F	December 30
4	-3 °F	January 19
6	1 °F	December 29
7	3 °F	December 31
7	3 °F	January 18
9	4 °F	December 23
10	5 °F	January 20

January 1983 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	41	21	0.00	0.0
January 2	36	22	0.00	0.0
January 3	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 4	41	16	0.00	0.0
January 5	42	25	0.00	0.0
January 6	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 7	47	32	0.00	0.0
January 8	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 9	44	23	0.00	0.0
January 10	48	40	0.24	0.0
January 11	43	31	0.04	0.3
January 12	32	24	0.00	0.0
January 13	36	24	0.00	0.1
January 14	47	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	31	20	0.05	1.1
January 16	25	9	0.00	0.0
January 17	25	9	0.04	0.8
January 18	17	3	0.00	0.0
January 19	22	-3	0.00	0.0
January 20	30	5	0.00	0.0
January 21	38	24	0.03	0.2
January 22	38	33	0.42	0.0
January 23	40	33	0.08	0.1
January 24	35	33	0.00	0.0
January 25	34	31	0.00	0.0
January 26	33	30	0.00	0.0
January 27	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 28	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 29	47	27	0.02	0.0
January 30	45	31	0.28	0.0
January 31	35	30	0.00	0.0

February 1983 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	44	26	0.01	0.0
February 2	59	42	0.41	0.0
February 3	42	23	0.07	0.4
February 4	24	18	0.01	0.5
February 5	28	14	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	25	0.10	1.9
February 7	31	24	0.03	0.6
February 8	29	19	0.00	0.0
February 9	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 10	36	27	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	22	0.09	1.1
February 12	29	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 14	41	21	0.00	0.0
February 15	42	24	0.00	0.0
February 16	52	28	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	37	0.00	0.0
February 18	44	30	0.00	0.0
February 19	56	28	0.00	0.0
February 20	63	36	0.00	0.0
February 21	67	34	0.00	0.0
February 22	66	34	0.00	0.0
February 23	46	28	0.00	0.0
February 24	46	26	0.02	0.0
February 25	31	24	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	18	0.00	0.0
February 27	48	19	0.00	0.0
February 28	57	28	0.00	0.0

March 1983 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	57	29	0.00	0.0
March 2	61	25	0.00	0.0
March 3	70	29	0.00	0.0
March 4	77	49	0.00	0.0
March 5	78	49	0.00	0.0
March 6	71	55	0.16	0.0
March 7	77	55	0.00	0.0
March 8	62	45	0.03	0.0
March 9	45	35	0.01	0.0
March 10	40	29	0.12	0.8
March 11	33	30	0.16	1.9
March 12	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	51	23	0.00	0.0
March 14	65	41	0.00	0.0
March 15	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 16	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 17	57	39	0.01	0.0
March 18	55	44	0.15	0.0
March 19	50	38	0.18	0.0
March 20	43	34	0.07	0.0
March 21	44	26	0.01	0.0
March 22	33	23	0.01	0.1
March 23	35	21	0.00	0.0
March 24	39	18	0.00	0.0
March 25	44	18	0.00	0.0
March 26	57	26	0.00	0.0
March 27	64	41	0.67	0.0
March 28	42	35	0.10	0.0
March 29	40	28	0.01	0.0
March 30	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 31	53	31	0.00	0.0

April 1983 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	59	36	0.03	0.0
April 2	63	45	0.78	0.0
April 3	46	39	0.14	0.0
April 4	50	39	0.01	0.0
April 5	58	42	0.00	0.0
April 6	66	50	0.07	0.0
April 7	61	48	0.22	0.0
April 8	48	40	0.65	0.0
April 9	62	42	0.54	0.0
April 10	51	41	0.00	0.0
April 11	44	38	0.06	0.0
April 12	57	28	0.00	0.0
April 13	64	46	0.36	0.0
April 14	69	44	0.53	0.0
April 15	44	37	0.00	0.0
April 16	50	31	0.00	0.0
April 17	42	32	0.03	0.0
April 18	38	26	0.01	0.1
April 19	42	24	0.00	0.0
April 20	48	27	0.00	0.0
April 21	59	30	0.00	0.0
April 22	65	33	0.00	0.0
April 23	65	42	0.08	0.0
April 24	54	36	0.02	0.0
April 25	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 26	74	35	0.00	0.0
April 27	80	53	0.00	0.0
April 28	75	54	0.00	0.0
April 29	62	50	0.02	0.0
April 30	70	57	2.03	0.0

May 1983 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	67	58	0.45
May 2	75	57	0.63
May 3	61	50	0.53
May 4	65	44	0.04
May 5	59	42	0.00
May 6	72	40	0.00
May 7	78	57	0.05
May 8	57	37	0.07
May 9	55	30	0.00
May 10	65	32	0.00
May 11	74	37	0.00
May 12	77	50	0.00
May 13	81	54	0.00
May 14	82	63	0.95
May 15	65	44	0.50
May 16	61	43	0.00
May 17	65	37	0.00
May 18	69	46	0.00
May 19	65	54	0.42
May 20	71	55	0.00
May 21	71	51	0.00
May 22	74	60	0.87
May 23	73	55	0.00
May 24	71	43	0.00
May 25	69	50	0.10
May 26	59	42	0.00
May 27	64	36	0.00
May 28	59	53	0.01
May 29	69	50	0.44
May 30	64	47	0.00
May 31	65	49	0.00

June 1983 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	66	47	0.00
June 2	70	47	0.00
June 3	64	56	0.43
June 4	74	56	0.00
June 5	81	50	0.00
June 6	71	53	0.06
June 7	75	48	0.00
June 8	74	46	0.00
June 9	82	51	0.00
June 10	84	51	0.00
June 11	85	57	0.00
June 12	87	58	0.00
June 13	87	61	0.00
June 14	87	63	0.00
June 15	87	62	0.01
June 16	83	62	0.01
June 17	78	64	0.40
June 18	73	64	0.19
June 19	75	65	1.88
June 20	81	62	0.00
June 21	82	58	0.00
June 22	82	60	0.00
June 23	86	62	0.00
June 24	88	64	0.00
June 25	84	59	0.00
June 26	88	62	0.00
June 27	90	64	0.00
June 28	83	66	0.52
June 29	77	65	0.00
June 30	87	67	1.09

July 1983 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	67	0.13
July 2	91	72	0.00
July 3	87	70	0.00
July 4	89	69	0.51
July 5	81	61	0.00
July 6	70	53	0.00
July 7	76	48	0.00
July 8	81	52	0.00
July 9	86	57	0.00
July 10	82	62	0.00
July 11	87	57	0.00
July 12	94	67	0.00
July 13	89	66	0.00
July 14	91	66	0.00
July 15	93	69	0.00
July 16	93	70	0.00
July 17	89	69	1.59
July 18	90	69	0.34
July 19	91	70	0.00
July 20	91	72	0.08
July 21	97	73	0.00
July 22	84	69	0.11
July 23	96	73	0.00
July 24	85	69	0.00
July 25	82	67	0.00
July 26	84	59	0.00
July 27	86	59	0.00
July 28	90	67	0.00
July 29	91	71	0.00
July 30	93	69	0.00
July 31	92	72	0.04

August 1983 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	67	0.46
August 2	84	60	0.00
August 3	89	62	0.00
August 4	82	68	0.10
August 5	90	68	0.00
August 6	88	68	0.00
August 7	88	62	0.00
August 8	93	64	0.00
August 9	85	64	0.00
August 10	84	59	0.00
August 11	85	66	0.17
August 12	77	58	0.00
August 13	79	52	0.00
August 14	81	53	0.00
August 15	84	57	0.00
August 16	89	59	0.00
August 17	87	68	0.03
August 18	90	71	0.07
August 19	96	67	0.00
August 20	101	73	0.00
August 21	95	65	0.02
August 22	95	72	0.01
August 23	86	69	0.00
August 24	90	64	0.00
August 25	92	64	0.00
August 26	91	70	0.00
August 27	95	69	0.04
August 28	84	68	0.93
August 29	89	64	0.00
August 30	91	62	0.00
August 31	80	64	0.40

September 1983 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	61	0.00
September 2	85	59	0.00
September 3	87	61	0.00
September 4	88	64	0.00
September 5	89	71	0.00
September 6	89	72	0.00
September 7	82	58	0.01
September 8	84	52	0.00
September 9	90	54	0.00
September 10	96	63	0.00
September 11	91	67	0.20
September 12	85	64	0.07
September 13	77	54	0.00
September 14	71	49	0.00
September 15	73	43	0.00
September 16	75	58	0.52
September 17	74	54	0.00
September 18	89	57	0.00
September 19	89	63	0.00
September 20	81	68	0.31
September 21	74	46	0.80
September 22	58	44	0.00
September 23	58	40	0.00
September 24	65	35	0.00
September 25	72	37	0.00
September 26	70	55	0.00
September 27	74	47	0.00
September 28	79	47	0.00
September 29	77	50	0.00
September 30	78	49	0.00

October 1983 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	51	0.00
October 2	79	47	0.00
October 3	84	55	0.00
October 4	73	64	0.46
October 5	69	55	0.28
October 6	68	45	0.00
October 7	70	37	0.00
October 8	77	43	0.00
October 9	64	48	0.00
October 10	70	43	0.00
October 11	71	52	0.03
October 12	72	58	0.01
October 13	69	42	0.62
October 14	59	40	0.00
October 15	68	35	0.00
October 16	72	42	0.00
October 17	62	49	0.00
October 18	55	46	0.60
October 19	58	39	0.00
October 20	51	46	0.77
October 21	52	49	0.01
October 22	52	49	1.39
October 23	58	52	0.17
October 24	59	52	0.10
October 25	53	42	0.01
October 26	51	33	0.00
October 27	55	28	0.00
October 28	72	43	0.00
October 29	59	36	0.00
October 30	54	32	0.00
October 31	62	37	0.00

November 1983 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	70	52	0.14	0.0
November 2	67	48	1.02	0.0
November 3	59	33	0.09	0.0
November 4	41	29	0.00	0.0
November 5	44	36	0.00	0.0
November 6	56	30	0.00	0.0
November 7	57	35	0.00	0.0
November 8	64	33	0.00	0.0
November 9	69	33	0.00	0.0
November 10	57	41	1.03	0.0
November 11	42	30	0.25	0.5
November 12	35	26	0.00	0.0
November 13	39	24	0.00	0.0
November 14	47	23	0.00	0.0
November 15	44	37	0.36	0.0
November 16	38	35	0.20	0.0
November 17	42	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	53	32	0.00	0.0
November 19	67	48	0.01	0.0
November 20	62	45	0.19	0.0
November 21	59	39	0.00	0.0
November 22	62	39	0.00	0.0
November 23	62	50	0.47	0.0
November 24	60	31	0.03	0.0
November 25	47	26	0.00	0.0
November 26	57	35	0.00	0.0
November 27	50	34	0.83	0.0
November 28	58	38	0.38	0.0
November 29	38	30	0.00	0.0
November 30	40	27	0.00	0.0

December 1983 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	30	23	0.00	0.0
December 2	34	23	0.30	1.2
December 3	36	31	0.16	0.0
December 4	45	35	0.75	0.0
December 5	44	37	0.00	0.0
December 6	49	30	0.26	0.0
December 7	33	23	0.03	0.4
December 8	34	28	0.11	1.9
December 9	36	29	0.08	0.7
December 10	37	28	0.00	0.0
December 11	53	34	0.31	0.0
December 12	49	38	0.04	0.0
December 13	42	37	0.00	0.0
December 14	48	37	0.03	0.0
December 15	37	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	31	23	0.01	0.2
December 17	28	17	0.00	0.0
December 18	26	15	0.00	0.2
December 19	17	6	0.00	0.0
December 20	26	13	0.00	0.0
December 21	41	19	0.27	0.3
December 22	41	8	0.25	0.0
December 23	12	4	0.00	0.1
December 24	4	-12	0.00	0.0
December 25	1	-12	0.00	0.0
December 26	16	-5	0.00	0.0
December 27	24	13	0.02	0.3
December 28	34	21	0.54	0.3
December 29	21	1	0.00	0.1
December 30	10	-3	0.00	0.0
December 31	24	3	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