Climate averages 1991–2020
Columbus, United States weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Columbus, United States: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montgomery (124 km away). In January its highs average 13.4°C, about as warm as Columbus, United States, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Columbus, United States ranks joint 185th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 438th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Columbus, United States is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 111 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Columbus, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 13.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 108 | 9.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 111 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 107 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 83 | 7.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 67 | 8.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 89 | 13.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 112 | 15.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 96 | 13.7 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 86 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 75 | 6.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 91 | 7.5 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 113 | 9.5 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Montgomery in JanuaryUnited States · 124 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Albany (Georgia), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 126 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Warner Robins in JanuaryUnited States · 129 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 99 mm rain
- South Fulton in JanuaryUnited States · 129 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Macon in JanuaryUnited States · 134 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Atlanta in JanuaryUnited States · 154 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Sandy Springs in JanuaryUnited States · 172 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Roswell in JanuaryUnited States · 183 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 116 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Columbus) is explained once on the Columbus, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.