Columbus Weather in October
Average highs run from 86°F on October 1 to 76°F on October 31, and lows from 57°F to 45°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.78 in over about 3 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 81°F
- Average low
- 51°F
- Precipitation
- 0.78 in
- Record high
- 95°FOct 1, 1979
- Record low
- 22°FOct 28, 1970
- Chance of a freeze
- 14%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 2.8
- Daylight
- 11 h 50 min to 10 h 56 min
- Cloud cover
- 32%
- Humidity
- 41%
- Dew point
- 37°F
- Wind
- 8.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 86°F | 57°F | 95°F 1979 | 39°F 1965 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 86°F | 57°F | 95°F 2000 | 39°F 1965 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 85°F | 57°F | 95°F 1979 | 43°F 1961 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 85°F | 56°F | 93°F 2000 | 36°F 1961 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 85°F | 56°F | 94°F 2020 | 40°F 1961 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 85°F | 55°F | 94°F 1979 | 37°F 2013 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 84°F | 55°F | 95°F 1979 | 38°F 2013 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 84°F | 55°F | 92°F 1979 | 34°F 1976 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 84°F | 54°F | 92°F 1965 | 34°F 1970 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 83°F | 54°F | 91°F 1965 | 35°F 2000 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 83°F | 53°F | 93°F 1979 | 31°F 1973 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 83°F | 53°F | 91°F 2024 | 35°F 1970 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 83°F | 53°F | 91°F 2020 | 36°F 1973 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 82°F | 52°F | 93°F 2020 | 39°F 1969 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 82°F | 52°F | 90°F 2015 | 36°F 2021 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 82°F | 51°F | 89°F 2011 | 36°F 1975 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 81°F | 51°F | 90°F 2020 | 31°F 1980 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 81°F | 50°F | 90°F 2023 | 31°F 1965 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 81°F | 50°F | 89°F 2020 | 33°F 2006 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 80°F | 50°F | 91°F 1975 | 32°F 1971 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 80°F | 49°F | 88°F 2020 | 34°F 1980 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 22 | 80°F | 49°F | 86°F 2003 | 33°F 1979 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 23 | 79°F | 48°F | 88°F 2016 | 30°F 2007 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 24 | 79°F | 48°F | 90°F 2024 | 30°F 1981 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 25 | 78°F | 48°F | 88°F 1979 | 29°F 2019 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 26 | 78°F | 47°F | 88°F 1979 | 26°F 2019 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 27 | 78°F | 47°F | 89°F 2024 | 25°F 2020 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 28 | 77°F | 46°F | 89°F 2024 | 22°F 1970 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 29 | 77°F | 46°F | 89°F 1973 | 23°F 1970 | 8% | 0% |
| Oct 30 | 76°F | 45°F | 86°F 2001 | 23°F 2009 | 7% | 0% |
| Oct 31 | 76°F | 45°F | 83°F 2016 | 25°F 1967 | 7% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:05 AM, sunset 6:55 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 6:22 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00023058 (Columbus), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023078, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.