Columbus Weather in January
Average highs run from 56°F on January 1 to 57°F on January 31, and lows from 37°F to 36°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.45 in over about 10 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 56°F
- Average low
- 36°F
- Precipitation
- 5.45 in
- Snowfall
- 0.2 in
- Record high
- 82°FJan 2, 2022
- Record low
- -6°FJan 21, 1985
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 59 min to 10 h 34 min
- Cloud cover
- 61%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 38°F
- Wind
- 7.2 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 56°F | 37°F | 80°F 1952 | 10°F 1928 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 2 | 56°F | 37°F | 82°F 2022 | 9°F 1928 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 3 | 56°F | 36°F | 78°F 2006 | 8°F 1928 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 4 | 55°F | 36°F | 78°F 1917 | 2°F 1919 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 5 | 55°F | 36°F | 77°F 1997 | 2°F 1919 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 6 | 55°F | 36°F | 75°F 1946 | 3°F 1924 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 7 | 55°F | 36°F | 77°F 1907 | 5°F 1912 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 8 | 55°F | 36°F | 77°F 1907 | 6°F 1942 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 9 | 55°F | 36°F | 79°F 1949 | 6°F 1970 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 10 | 55°F | 36°F | 80°F 1949 | 2°F 1962 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 11 | 55°F | 36°F | 78°F 1949 | -2°F 1962 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 12 | 55°F | 36°F | 78°F 1898 | 0°F 1962 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 13 | 55°F | 36°F | 80°F 1907 | 2°F 1918 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 14 | 55°F | 36°F | 80°F 1907 | 12°F 1963 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 15 | 55°F | 36°F | 80°F 1947 | 10°F 1927 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 16 | 55°F | 36°F | 80°F 1928 | 8°F 1972 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 17 | 56°F | 35°F | 80°F 1928 | 4°F 1977 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 18 | 56°F | 35°F | 79°F 1907 | 5°F 1977 | 32% | 0% |
| Jan 19 | 56°F | 35°F | 75°F 1907 | 2°F 1940 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 20 | 56°F | 35°F | 79°F 1935 | 3°F 1985 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 21 | 56°F | 35°F | 80°F 1935 | -6°F 1985 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 22 | 56°F | 36°F | 78°F 1938 | 7°F 2025 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 23 | 56°F | 36°F | 81°F 1943 | 7°F 2025 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 24 | 56°F | 36°F | 81°F 1943 | 1°F 1963 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 25 | 56°F | 36°F | 80°F 1950 | 4°F 1963 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 26 | 57°F | 36°F | 80°F 1950 | -3°F 1940 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 27 | 57°F | 36°F | 75°F 1911 | -2°F 1940 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 28 | 57°F | 36°F | 79°F 1975 | -4°F 1940 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 29 | 57°F | 36°F | 80°F 1947 | 9°F 2014 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 30 | 57°F | 36°F | 80°F 2013 | 3°F 1966 | 31% | 0% |
| Jan 31 | 57°F | 36°F | 78°F 1911 | 5°F 1966 | 31% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 6:58 AM, sunset 4:57 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:50 AM, sunset 5:24 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00221880 (Columbus), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00228374, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.