Columbus Weather in January
Average highs run from 32°F on January 1 to 33°F on January 31, and lows from 15°F to 14°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.65 in over about 5 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
- 32°F
- Average low
- 14°F
- Precipitation
- 0.65 in
- Snowfall
- 6.6 in
- Record high
- 70°FJan 25, 1944
- Record low
- -29°FJan 12, 1912
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 15 min to 10 h 03 min
- Cloud cover
- 63%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 17°F
- Wind
- 11.9 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 | 32°F | 15°F | 62°F 1939 | -22°F 1974 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 2 | 32°F | 14°F | 68°F 1939 | -14°F 1911 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 3 | 32°F | 14°F | 60°F 1931 | -20°F 1911 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 4 | 32°F | 14°F | 61°F 1909 | -17°F 1959 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 5 | 32°F | 14°F | 65°F 2012 | -26°F 1924 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 6 | 32°F | 14°F | 62°F 1933 | -21°F 1912 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 7 | 32°F | 14°F | 64°F 2003 | -21°F 1912 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 8 | 32°F | 14°F | 66°F 2003 | -20°F 1913 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 9 | 32°F | 14°F | 69°F 1928 | -18°F 1937 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 10 | 32°F | 14°F | 69°F 1990 | -21°F 1982 | 16% | 11% |
| Jan 11 | 32°F | 14°F | 62°F 1986 | -25°F 1918 | 16% | 11% |
| Jan 12 | 32°F | 14°F | 62°F 1928 | -29°F 1912 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 13 | 32°F | 14°F | 61°F 1987 | -29°F 1912 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 14 | 32°F | 14°F | 66°F 1900 | -23°F 1916 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 15 | 32°F | 14°F | 69°F 2006 | -20°F 1932 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 16 | 32°F | 14°F | 62°F 1913 | -20°F 1977 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 17 | 32°F | 14°F | 58°F 1923 | -21°F 1930 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 18 | 32°F | 14°F | 64°F 1951 | -25°F 1940 | 17% | 11% |
| Jan 19 | 32°F | 14°F | 65°F 2014 | -20°F 1943 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 20 | 32°F | 14°F | 65°F 1895 | -17°F 1936 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 21 | 32°F | 14°F | 60°F 1950 | -14°F 1930 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 22 | 32°F | 14°F | 61°F 1899 | -18°F 1966 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 23 | 32°F | 14°F | 65°F 1981 | -22°F 1963 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 24 | 33°F | 14°F | 69°F 1981 | -28°F 1894 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 25 | 33°F | 14°F | 70°F 1944 | -23°F 1905 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 26 | 33°F | 14°F | 66°F 2002 | -25°F 1905 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 27 | 33°F | 14°F | 61°F 1931 | -26°F 1963 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 28 | 33°F | 14°F | 63°F 2015 | -24°F 1915 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 29 | 33°F | 14°F | 67°F 1931 | -22°F 1966 | 17% | 12% |
| Jan 30 | 33°F | 14°F | 65°F 2012 | -22°F 1932 | 18% | 12% |
| Jan 31 | 33°F | 14°F | 65°F 1989 | -23°F 1950 | 18% | 12% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:56 AM, sunset 5:11 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:42 AM, sunset 5:45 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00251825 (Columbus 3 Ne), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00251825, 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.