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Columbus Threshold Days by Year (USC00221880)

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Columbus (USC00221880): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Columbus Thresholds

  • Columbus: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 40 years, most in 1983 with 56.
  • Columbus: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 40 years, most in 2003 with 28.
  • Columbus: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 39 years, most in 2016 with 154.
  • Columbus: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 39 years, most in 2016 with 79.
  • 17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Columbus.
39 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Columbus Days per year at Columbus with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 154 in 2016. 0501001502001982: 1161983: 851984: 1081985: 1041986: 1281987: 1241988: 1041989: 931990: 1231992: 901993: 1111994: 1001995: 1231996: 1251997: 1021998: 1411999: 1202000: 1332001: 1062002: 1322003: 1122004: 1102005: 1292006: 1392007: 1462008: 1032009: 1072010: 1432011: 1202012: 1142013: 1062014: 1102015: 1142016: 1542017: 1382020: 1132023: 1452024: 1392026: 1051982198619901995199920032007201120152023
Days per year at Columbus with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 154 in 2016.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Columbus
YearDaysDecade average
1982116107.8
198385107.8
1984108107.8
1985104107.8
1986128107.8
1987124107.8
1988104107.8
198993107.8
1990123115
199290115
1993111115
1994100115
1995123115
1996125115
1997102115
1998141115
1999120115
2000133121.7
2001106121.7
2002132121.7
2003112121.7
2004110121.7
2005129121.7
2006139121.7
2007146121.7
2008103121.7
2009107121.7
2010143124.9
2011120124.9
2012114124.9
2013106124.9
2014110124.9
2015114124.9
2016154124.9
2017138124.9
2020113125.5
2023145125.5
2024139125.5
2026105125.5
First to last qualifying date each year at Columbus For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Columbus meeting 30 C (86 F). 1982: 19 March 1982 to 31 October 19821983: 13 May 1983 to 4 October 19831984: 3 May 1984 to 30 October 19841985: 29 April 1985 to 14 October 19851986: 7 April 1986 to 4 October 19861987: 20 April 1987 to 3 October 19871988: 5 April 1988 to 24 September 19881989: 22 April 1989 to 6 October 19891990: 24 April 1990 to 16 October 19901992: 12 April 1992 to 14 October 19921993: 6 May 1993 to 6 October 19931994: 19 April 1994 to 30 September 19941995: 22 March 1995 to 10 November 19951996: 23 February 1996 to 29 October 19961997: 28 March 1997 to 12 October 19971998: 29 March 1998 to 31 October 19981999: 5 April 1999 to 3 October 19992000: 4 May 2000 to 31 October 20002001: 9 April 2001 to 24 October 20012002: 15 March 2002 to 6 October 20022003: 14 April 2003 to 24 October 20032004: 24 April 2004 to 29 October 20042005: 27 March 2005 to 8 November 20052006: 2 April 2006 to 18 October 20062007: 25 March 2007 to 16 October 20072008: 23 April 2008 to 29 September 20082009: 23 April 2009 to 9 October 20092010: 7 April 2010 to 26 October 20102011: 9 April 2011 to 17 October 20112012: 15 March 2012 to 28 September 20122013: 10 April 2013 to 12 October 20132014: 4 May 2014 to 13 October 20142015: 9 April 2015 to 15 October 20152016: 15 March 2016 to 3 November 20162017: 20 March 2017 to 15 October 20172020: 18 March 2020 to 21 October 20202023: 22 February 2023 to 8 November 20232024: 15 April 2024 to 26 October 20242026: 12 March 2026 to 14 October 202619821987199319982003200820132020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Columbus meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Columbus
YearFirst dateLast date
19821982-03-191982-10-31
19831983-05-131983-10-04
19841984-05-031984-10-30
19851985-04-291985-10-14
19861986-04-071986-10-04
19871987-04-201987-10-03
19881988-04-051988-09-24
19891989-04-221989-10-06
19901990-04-241990-10-16
19921992-04-121992-10-14
19931993-05-061993-10-06
19941994-04-191994-09-30
19951995-03-221995-11-10
19961996-02-231996-10-29
19971997-03-281997-10-12
19981998-03-291998-10-31
19991999-04-051999-10-03
20002000-05-042000-10-31
20012001-04-092001-10-24
20022002-03-152002-10-06
20032003-04-142003-10-24
20042004-04-242004-10-29
20052005-03-272005-11-08
20062006-04-022006-10-18
20072007-03-252007-10-16
20082008-04-232008-09-29
20092009-04-232009-10-09
20102010-04-072010-10-26
20112011-04-092011-10-17
20122012-03-152012-09-28
20132013-04-102013-10-12
20142014-05-042014-10-13
20152015-04-092015-10-15
20162016-03-152016-11-03
20172017-03-202017-10-15
20202020-03-182020-10-21
20232023-02-222023-11-08
20242024-04-152024-10-26
20262026-03-122026-10-14

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Columbus
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days391542016105
35 C (95 F): Days3979201642
40 C (104 F): Days9620001
90 F (32.2 C): Days39130201684
100 F (37.8 C): Days2426200013
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max23719851
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min3769201019
-10 C (14 F): Days with min16619852
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min1119891
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min37112201699
25 C (77 F): Days with min2518201612
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain4056198328
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain402820034
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain391019838
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain10220051
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain1119901
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall2120001

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1982.

Download the Data

  • Data for Columbus threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2026-10-17).