Snowfall · Ohio
How much snow does Columbus get?
Columbus gets about 28 inches of snow in a typical year.
Columbus gets about 28 inches of snow a year, ordinary enough that nobody bothers to argue about it.
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On about 9 days a year, an inch of snow or more falls. January is the snowiest month, with about 10 inches. That makes it the 22nd least snowy of the 75 US cities we track.
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Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Columbus forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 41°F in Columbus right now.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
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Snow by month
| September | a trace or none |
|---|---|
| October | 0.2 in |
| November | 1.2 in |
| December | 5.1 in |
| January | 9.5 in |
| February | 7.6 in |
| March | 4.1 in |
| April | 0.5 in |
| May | a trace or none |
Average snowfall in each month, 1991 to 2020. June to August get none.
Cities with about the same snow
- Omaha, Nebraska: about 27 inches a year
- New York, New York: about 30 inches a year
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: about 30 inches a year
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014821.