Climate averages 1991–2020
Columbus weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Columbus: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 57 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dayton (104 km away). In June its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Columbus, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Columbus ranks joint 306th of 498 for the warmest June highs and joint 354th of 498 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 498 cities is 27.9°C; Columbus is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 88 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Dayton in JuneUnited States · 104 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Cincinnati in JuneUnited States · 160 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Canton (Ohio), United States in JuneUnited States · 166 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Meads in JuneUnited States · 174 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Akron in JuneUnited States · 177 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Parma, United States in JuneUnited States · 193 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Toledo, United States in JuneUnited States · 195 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Cleveland in JuneUnited States · 203 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 112 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.