Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Columbus, IN. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4th in Columbus lands right in the heart of spring transition — 131 years of records show an average high of 62° and a low of 38°, but the date has a wild range. It's swung from a bitter 20° back in 1915 to a shirt-sleeve 86° as recently as 2012, so pack layers. There's a 44% chance of rain today, though snow is essentially off the table.
Columbus has seen some genuinely extreme weather in its 133-year record book — from a scorching 111° in July 1901 to a bone-crushing -27° in January 1912, a swing of 138 degrees. A single storm dumped 7 inches of rain on March 25, 1913, and a December 2004 snowstorm buried the city under 16 inches in one day.
Columbus summers are legitimately hot, with peak highs averaging 88° the third week of July and a muggy stretch that runs from June through August. Winters are cold but not brutal — January highs average just 39°, and the coldest stretch lands in early January. If you're watching for rain, mid-June is the wettest window of the year, averaging over an inch of precipitation in a single week.