Climate averages 1991–2020
Columbus weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Columbus: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dayton (104 km away). In April its highs average 16.8°C, about as warm as Columbus, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Columbus ranks joint 324th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 441st of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Columbus is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 113 mm.
The annual picture
April 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 84 | 10.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 4.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 71 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.7°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 98 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 115 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 113 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 103 | 11.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 88 | 11.1 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 73 | 9.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 73 | 8.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 74 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 80 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 4.5°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 86 | 10.3 | 9.49 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
April in nearby cities
- Dayton in AprilUnited States · 104 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Cincinnati in AprilUnited States · 160 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Canton (Ohio), United States in AprilUnited States · 166 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Meads in AprilUnited States · 174 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Akron in AprilUnited States · 177 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Parma, United States in AprilUnited States · 193 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Toledo, United States in AprilUnited States · 195 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Cleveland in AprilUnited States · 203 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 104 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 year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.