Columbus Weather in 1988

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1988 based on NOAA data.

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1988 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	June 25
Lowest temperature	-1 °F	February 6
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 17
Lowest daily high	9 °F	February 6
Most daily precipitation	2.9 inches	July 20
Most daily snow	4.7 inches	January 25
Total annual precipitation	36.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	25.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1988?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1988 was 101 °F which happened on June 25.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Jun 25
2	100 °F	Jul 16
2	100 °F	Jul 15
2	100 °F	Jul 9
2	100 °F	Jul 8
2	100 °F	Jul 7
7	98 °F	Jun 21
8	97 °F	Aug 17
8	97 °F	Jul 6
8	97 °F	Jun 22

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1988?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1988 was -1 °F which happened 3 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-1 °F	February 6
1	-1 °F	January 26
1	-1 °F	January 6
4	0 °F	February 7
4	0 °F	January 5
6	1 °F	February 5
7	3 °F	December 12
7	3 °F	February 13
7	3 °F	January 7
10	4 °F	January 14
10	4 °F	January 11
10	4 °F	January 10

January 1988 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	33	16	0.00	0.0
January 2	27	9	0.00	0.0
January 3	35	15	0.00	0.1
January 4	30	7	0.02	0.3
January 5	12	0	0.00	0.0
January 6	15	-1	0.00	0.0
January 7	19	3	0.01	0.4
January 8	25	14	0.00	0.2
January 9	24	7	0.00	0.1
January 10	26	4	0.00	0.0
January 11	37	4	0.00	0.0
January 12	46	28	0.02	0.0
January 13	41	16	0.03	0.6
January 14	19	4	0.00	0.3
January 15	39	14	0.00	0.0
January 16	50	25	0.00	0.0
January 17	47	38	0.29	0.0
January 18	46	29	0.07	0.0
January 19	48	26	0.89	0.0
January 20	57	37	0.00	0.0
January 21	37	27	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	23	0.00	0.0
January 23	35	28	0.02	0.5
January 24	40	23	0.06	0.2
January 25	39	7	0.35	4.7
January 26	19	-1	0.01	0.5
January 27	18	8	0.02	0.4
January 28	32	17	0.01	0.1
January 29	53	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	57	43	0.00	0.0
January 31	61	49	0.34	0.0

February 1988 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	57	51	1.42	0.0
February 2	59	28	0.87	0.1
February 3	35	28	0.33	0.0
February 4	32	16	0.23	1.5
February 5	20	1	0.00	0.1
February 6	9	-1	0.00	0.1
February 7	27	0	0.03	0.6
February 8	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 9	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 10	35	24	0.00	0.0
February 11	41	23	0.52	1.6
February 12	26	8	0.08	1.2
February 13	18	3	0.00	0.0
February 14	49	6	0.01	0.0
February 15	46	30	0.09	0.0
February 16	35	26	0.00	0.0
February 17	49	29	0.00	0.0
February 18	50	29	0.00	0.0
February 19	45	37	0.45	0.0
February 20	40	19	0.01	0.3
February 21	27	10	0.00	0.0
February 22	61	25	0.00	0.0
February 23	49	26	0.22	0.9
February 24	32	20	0.00	0.1
February 25	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 26	43	15	0.00	0.0
February 27	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	43	20	0.00	0.0
February 29	49	28	0.00	0.0

March 1988 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	51	25	0.00	0.0
March 2	43	28	0.29	0.0
March 3	42	29	0.56	0.3
March 4	34	20	0.36	0.3
March 5	38	14	0.00	0.0
March 6	50	20	0.00	0.0
March 7	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 8	68	32	0.00	0.0
March 9	57	37	0.06	0.0
March 10	47	32	0.00	0.0
March 11	58	25	0.00	0.0
March 12	54	41	0.17	0.0
March 13	41	26	0.00	0.1
March 14	30	23	0.02	0.4
March 15	29	20	0.01	0.5
March 16	35	26	0.02	0.4
March 17	41	23	0.00	0.1
March 18	38	28	0.12	1.0
March 19	44	24	0.00	0.0
March 20	37	24	0.07	0.7
March 21	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 22	54	22	0.00	0.0
March 23	74	42	0.00	0.0
March 24	76	52	0.00	0.0
March 25	65	47	0.79	0.0
March 26	58	35	0.03	0.0
March 27	41	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	63	26	0.00	0.0
March 29	77	47	0.00	0.0
March 30	67	41	0.02	0.0
March 31	62	39	0.02	0.0

April 1988 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	63	50	0.06
April 2	66	55	0.02
April 3	63	54	1.38
April 4	64	45	0.00
April 5	82	42	0.00
April 6	70	44	0.24
April 7	46	42	0.23
April 8	54	36	0.00
April 9	62	33	0.00
April 10	68	32	0.00
April 11	66	42	0.00
April 12	67	41	0.00
April 13	67	37	0.00
April 14	65	42	0.00
April 15	48	31	0.00
April 16	54	29	0.00
April 17	69	31	0.00
April 18	63	37	0.01
April 19	52	29	0.00
April 20	61	27	0.00
April 21	56	36	0.00
April 22	58	42	0.04
April 23	81	46	0.10
April 24	53	40	0.00
April 25	63	34	0.00
April 26	71	35	0.00
April 27	53	40	0.07
April 28	48	38	0.09
April 29	61	34	0.00
April 30	67	35	0.00

May 1988 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	71	37	0.00
May 2	71	37	0.00
May 3	66	44	0.00
May 4	61	41	0.01
May 5	59	48	0.66
May 6	74	51	0.00
May 7	79	45	0.00
May 8	84	54	0.01
May 9	74	57	0.24
May 10	75	55	0.01
May 11	68	48	0.00
May 12	79	44	0.00
May 13	83	56	0.08
May 14	74	51	0.00
May 15	89	48	0.00
May 16	80	54	0.06
May 17	70	49	0.00
May 18	69	50	0.00
May 19	65	53	0.54
May 20	71	57	0.01
May 21	79	51	0.00
May 22	85	56	0.00
May 23	81	61	0.46
May 24	70	51	0.19
May 25	61	42	0.00
May 26	74	39	0.00
May 27	79	45	0.00
May 28	83	47	0.00
May 29	88	51	0.00
May 30	90	57	0.00
May 31	93	60	0.00

June 1988 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	92	60	0.00
June 2	69	49	0.36
June 3	67	47	0.00
June 4	72	41	0.00
June 5	85	45	0.00
June 6	92	57	0.00
June 7	91	57	0.00
June 8	91	48	0.31
June 9	66	45	0.06
June 10	68	41	0.00
June 11	79	41	0.00
June 12	86	50	0.00
June 13	92	53	0.00
June 14	93	58	0.00
June 15	92	61	0.00
June 16	79	62	0.23
June 17	81	60	0.00
June 18	84	54	0.00
June 19	89	55	0.00
June 20	94	63	0.26
June 21	98	70	0.00
June 22	97	71	0.00
June 23	84	63	0.12
June 24	88	57	0.00
June 25	101	60	0.00
June 26	88	60	0.00
June 27	80	52	0.00
June 28	87	50	0.00
June 29	81	55	0.00
June 30	77	47	0.00

July 1988 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	79	44	0.00
July 2	82	48	0.00
July 3	89	52	0.00
July 4	93	57	0.00
July 5	96	64	0.00
July 6	97	65	0.00
July 7	100	66	0.00
July 8	100	70	0.00
July 9	100	70	0.00
July 10	94	72	0.30
July 11	86	70	0.01
July 12	88	67	0.00
July 13	85	68	0.00
July 14	91	71	0.00
July 15	100	64	0.00
July 16	100	74	0.00
July 17	92	76	0.00
July 18	93	71	0.62
July 19	83	72	0.81
July 20	75	69	2.85
July 21	83	66	0.67
July 22	89	63	0.70
July 23	84	65	0.98
July 24	86	61	0.00
July 25	86	62	0.30
July 26	85	66	0.01
July 27	87	66	0.00
July 28	90	63	0.00
July 29	91	69	0.00
July 30	89	69	0.45
July 31	84	68	0.10

August 1988 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	67	0.00
August 2	94	71	0.00
August 3	93	70	0.00
August 4	91	72	0.00
August 5	90	73	0.00
August 6	86	67	0.19
August 7	89	62	0.00
August 8	90	64	0.00
August 9	91	65	0.00
August 10	92	67	0.16
August 11	93	69	0.00
August 12	93	72	0.01
August 13	92	72	0.00
August 14	93	72	0.00
August 15	91	71	0.06
August 16	91	66	0.00
August 17	97	69	0.00
August 18	93	70	0.40
August 19	78	68	0.00
August 20	83	65	0.31
August 21	80	58	0.00
August 22	79	55	0.00
August 23	79	61	0.69
August 24	81	60	0.00
August 25	83	56	0.00
August 26	79	61	0.00
August 27	84	56	0.00
August 28	75	63	0.51
August 29	73	53	0.35
August 30	74	49	0.00
August 31	76	50	0.00

September 1988 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	58	0.00
September 2	84	59	0.46
September 3	72	65	1.80
September 4	76	60	0.00
September 5	65	46	0.03
September 6	66	41	0.00
September 7	68	40	0.00
September 8	77	44	0.00
September 9	78	51	0.00
September 10	81	55	0.00
September 11	81	52	0.00
September 12	78	61	0.81
September 13	77	57	0.00
September 14	76	52	0.00
September 15	73	53	0.00
September 16	79	53	0.36
September 17	74	66	0.00
September 18	79	66	0.00
September 19	76	67	0.00
September 20	77	61	0.03
September 21	63	53	0.00
September 22	77	54	0.00
September 23	80	60	0.00
September 24	65	56	0.02
September 25	73	51	0.00
September 26	76	47	0.00
September 27	78	48	0.00
September 28	79	52	0.00
September 29	79	56	0.00
September 30	77	61	0.01

October 1988 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	80	60	0.00
October 2	71	53	0.00
October 3	65	44	0.00
October 4	61	35	0.00
October 5	56	34	0.00
October 6	58	31	0.00
October 7	60	37	0.00
October 8	61	31	0.00
October 9	61	45	0.00
October 10	62	46	0.32
October 11	56	37	0.00
October 12	48	30	0.00
October 13	50	28	0.00
October 14	65	28	0.00
October 15	69	43	0.00
October 16	68	42	0.13
October 17	67	57	0.13
October 18	66	45	0.47
October 19	57	37	0.00
October 20	56	34	0.00
October 21	49	44	0.38
October 22	52	40	0.00
October 23	50	32	0.13
October 24	44	37	0.04
October 25	54	31	0.00
October 26	45	27	0.00
October 27	58	24	0.00
October 28	56	34	0.10
October 29	49	26	0.00
October 30	45	27	0.00
October 31	53	25	0.00

November 1988 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	56	35	0.00	0.0
November 2	46	30	0.01	0.0
November 3	59	26	0.37	0.0
November 4	70	54	0.11	0.0
November 5	63	41	0.88	0.0
November 6	41	33	0.17	0.8
November 7	46	34	0.00	0.0
November 8	51	37	0.16	0.0
November 9	54	29	0.01	0.0
November 10	63	42	0.51	0.0
November 11	47	31	0.00	0.0
November 12	52	30	0.00	0.0
November 13	53	38	0.47	0.0
November 14	63	34	0.00	0.0
November 15	65	34	0.00	0.0
November 16	70	38	0.05	0.0
November 17	47	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	51	29	0.00	0.0
November 19	49	40	0.09	0.0
November 20	62	41	0.70	0.0
November 21	44	38	0.00	0.0
November 22	44	29	0.00	0.0
November 23	47	24	0.00	0.0
November 24	52	24	0.00	0.0
November 25	63	32	0.00	0.0
November 26	66	45	0.00	0.0
November 27	58	39	0.05	0.0
November 28	39	30	0.00	0.0
November 29	45	25	0.00	0.0
November 30	45	32	0.01	0.0

December 1988 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	37	28	0.00	0.0
December 2	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 3	56	29	0.00	0.0
December 4	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 5	47	22	0.00	0.0
December 6	54	28	0.00	0.0
December 7	46	30	0.01	0.0
December 8	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 9	32	20	0.00	0.0
December 10	33	13	0.03	0.4
December 11	23	5	0.00	0.0
December 12	25	3	0.00	0.0
December 13	35	25	0.14	1.6
December 14	52	30	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	20	0.00	0.0
December 16	24	12	0.00	0.0
December 17	26	16	0.04	0.9
December 18	26	11	0.01	0.1
December 19	53	22	0.00	0.0
December 20	57	49	0.00	0.0
December 21	54	31	0.03	0.0
December 22	44	25	0.04	0.0
December 23	56	32	0.46	0.0
December 24	54	29	0.61	0.0
December 25	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 26	32	20	0.05	0.7
December 27	62	32	0.16	0.0
December 28	45	18	0.91	2.2
December 29	23	13	0.00	0.0
December 30	33	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	17	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