Columbus weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Columbus, Georgia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Columbus Metropolitan Airport, 6 km from Columbus; records cover 1891–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 48.8 in1240 mm
- Snow a year
- 0.5 in1.3 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 6
- First fall freeze
- Nov 21
- Heating degree days
- 1,943
- Cooling degree days
- 2,533
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 24°−4° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Columbus in January
Highs average 59°15° and lows 38°3°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1943)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 515
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Columbus in February
Highs average 63°17° and lows 42°5°, with 4.5 in113 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1927)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 361
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Columbus in March
Highs average 70°21° and lows 47°8°, with 4.9 in125 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1907)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 222
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Columbus in April
Highs average 78°25° and lows 54°12°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1942)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 71
- Cooling degree days
- 96
Columbus in May
Highs average 85°30° and lows 63°17°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1916)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 289
Columbus in June
Highs average 90°32° and lows 71°21°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2012)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 460
Columbus in July
Highs average 93°34° and lows 74°23°, with 4.4 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1913)
- Record low
- 59°15° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 564
Columbus in August
Highs average 92°33° and lows 73°23°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1938)
- Record low
- 57°14° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 539
Columbus in September
Highs average 87°31° and lows 68°20°, with 3.3 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1925)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 379
Columbus in OctoberThis month
Highs average 78°26° and lows 57°14°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2019)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 59
- Cooling degree days
- 138
Columbus in November
Highs average 68°20° and lows 46°8°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1926)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 256
- Cooling degree days
- 23
Columbus in December
Highs average 61°16° and lows 41°5°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1926)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 451
- Cooling degree days
- 5