Rainy days · Ohio
How often does it rain in Columbus?
Columbus rain is middle of the road in every way, which is also the most Columbus thing possible.
Columbus gets measurable rain or snow on about 141 days a year, adding up to about 42 inches.
November usually brings Columbus about 11 wet days and 2.8 inches. The wettest month is usually January, with about 15 wet days, and the driest is September, with about 9 wet days. That makes Columbus number 18 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 15 | 3.0 |
| February | 12 | 2.4 |
| March | 13 | 3.6 |
| April | 14 | 3.9 |
| May | 14 | 4.0 |
| June | 12 | 4.3 |
| July | 11 | 4.7 |
| August | 10 | 3.7 |
| September | 9 | 3.1 |
| October | 10 | 2.9 |
| November | 11 | 2.8 |
| December | 13 | 3.1 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Miami, Florida: about 141 wet days a year
- Albany, New York: about 139 wet days a year
- Scranton, Pennsylvania: about 139 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the Columbus area, 1991 to 2020 (at least 30 complete years behind every month), via the Applied Climate Information System. A wet day here means at least a hundredth of an inch of rain or melted snow.