February Weather




February weather Columbus Ohio

This page has all February weather records for the period 1879-2023.

**Last Updated: 3/19/2023- Updated for 2023 and added expanded data.

1991-2020 February Normals
Average High: 40.8
Average Low: 24.2
Mean: 32.5
Precipitation: 2.41″
Snowfall: 7.6″

Temperature Records

Cold Records

Top 20 Februarys with the Coldest Average High
1. 1978: 24.6
2. 1979: 27.7
3. 1895: 28.3
4. 2007: 28.5
5. 2015: 28.6
6. 1885: 29.5
7. 1899: 30.0
8. 1905: 30.1
9. 1902: 30.6
10. 1901, 1934: 31.0
11. 1947: 31.3
12. 1912: 31.5
13. 1963: 32.0
14. 2010: 32.4
15. 1958, 1980: 32.5
16. 1914, 1936: 33.1
17. 1889: 33.2
18. 1904: 33.6
19. 2003: 33.8
20. 1929, 1967, 2021: 33.9
February weather average high

Top 10 Coldest February Highs
1. 2/9/1899: -7
2. 2/8/1895: -2
3. 2/10/1899: -1
4. 2/11/1899: 2
5. 2/7/1895: 3
6. 2/12/1899, 2/4/1912, 2/2/1951: 4
7. 2/6/1895: 5
8. 2/9/1933, 2/3/1996: 6
9. 2/11/1885, 2/20/1885, 2/4/1886, 2/13/1899, 2/2/1905, 2/5/1917: 7
10. 2/15/2015, 2/19/2015: 8
February weather coldest high

Top 20 Februarys with the Coldest Average Low
1. 1978: 8.6
2. 1885: 9.3
3. 2015: 10.0
4. 1979: 10.9
5. 1963: 12.8
6. 1934: 13.1
7. 1895, 2007: 13.8
8. 1905: 13.9
9. 1914: 14.0
10. 1912: 15.4
11. 1899: 15.6
12. 1936: 15.7
13. 1902, 1968: 15.8
14. 1904: 15.9
15. 1901: 16.0
16. 1917: 16.4
17. 1947: 16.8
18. 1958, 1985: 17.2
19. 2014: 17.3
20. 1967: 17.6
February weather average low

Top 10 Coldest February Lows
2. 2/10/1899: -20
3. 2/9/1899: -17
4. 2/13/1899, 2/2/1951, 2/8/1977: -13
5. 2/11/1885, 2/27/1963, 2/6/1977, 2/24/2015: -11
6. 2/10/1885, 2/5/1918, 2/9/1948, 2/3/1951, 2/26/1963, 2/3/1985: -10
7. 2/20/1885, 2/4/1985: -9
8. 2/21/1885, 2/8/1895, 2/11/1899, 2/14/1905, 2/5/1917, 2/12/1917, 2/9/1934, 2/22/1963, 2/20/2015: -8
9. 2/8/1899, 2/25/1900, 2/13/1905, 2/10/1912, 2/4/1917, 2/4/1918, 2/18/1936, 2/4/1965, 2/17/1979, 2/10/1982, 2/9/1985: -7
10. 2/12/1899, 2/2/1905, 2/3/1905, 2/9/1933, 2/19/1936, 2/8/1972, 2/6/1979, 2/10/1979: -6
February weather coldest low

Top 20 Februarys with the Coldest Mean
1. 1978: 16.6
2. 1979, 2015: 19.3
3. 1885: 19.4
4. 1895: 21.0
5. 2007: 21.2
6. 1905: 22.0
7. 1934: 22.1
8. 1963: 22.4
9. 1899: 22.8
10. 1902: 23.2
11. 1912: 23.4
12. 1901, 1914: 23.5
13. 1947: 24.1
14. 1936: 24.4
15. 1904: 24.7
16. 1958: 24.9
17. 1980: 25.2
18. 1968: 25.7
19. 1967: 25.8
20. 1917, 2014: 25.9
February weather average temperature

Top 10 Coldest February Daily Means
1. 2/9/1899: -12
2. 2/10/1899: -10.5
3. 2/8/1895: -5
4. 2/2/1951: -4.5
5. 2/11/1899, 2/13/1899: -3
6. 2/11/1885: -2
7. 2/20/1885, 2/12/1899: -1
8. 2/4/1912, 2/5/1917: -0.5
9. 2/9/1933: 0
10. 2/2/1905, 2/12/1917: 0.5
February weather coldest mean

Top 5 Februarys with the Most 32 or Below Highs
1. 1978: 26
2. 1979, 2015: 19
3. 1902, 2007, 2021: 18
4. 1901, 1980: 17
5. 1895, 1904, 1936, 1947: 16
February weather 32 or below highs

Top 5 Februarys with the Fewest 32 or Below Highs
1. 1957: 0
2. 1952, 1953, 1954, 1998: 1
3. 1882, 1884, 1890, 1931, 1932, 1949, 1987, 1991, 2002, 2012, 2023: 2
4. 1897, 1925, 1930, 1946, 1956, 1990: 3
5. 1880, 1892, 1909, 1915, 1927, 1940, 1944, 1969, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2017: 4

Top 5 Februarys with the Most 32 or Below Lows
1. 1901, 1916, 1934, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1978: 28
2. 1885, 1905, 1914, 1920, 1947, 1964, 1970, 1988, 2004, 2010, 2015: 27
3. 1879, 1895, 1904, 1907, 1917, 1924, 1936, 1960, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1993, 2003, 2007: 26
4. 1889, 1900, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1935, 1941, 1974, 1980, 1995, 2013, 2021: 25
5. 1902, 1923, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1948, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1977, 1994, 2008, 2014: 24
February weather 32 or below lows

Top 5 Februarys with the Fewest 32 or Below Lows
1. 1882, 1998: 13
2. 1884, 1890: 14
3. 1927, 2017: 15
4. 1930, 1992: 16
5. 1892, 1915, 1981, 2018, 2023: 17

Top 5 Februarys with the Most 0 or Below Highs
1. 1899: 2
2. 1895: 1
3. All Other Years: 0

Top 5 Februarys with the Most 0 or Below Lows
1. 1885: 10
2. 1979: 9
3. 2015: 8
4. 1899, 1917: 7
5. 1977: 6
February weather 0 or below lows

Heat Records

Top 20 Februarys with the Warmest Average High
1. 2023: 52.3
2. 2017: 51.8
3. 1882: 49.2
4. 1954: 48.2
5. 1930: 47.9
6. 1890: 47.6
7. 1932: 47.5
8. 1990, 1998, 2018: 47.3
9. 1976: 46.9
10. 1880: 46.6
11. 1949: 46.1
12. 1925, 1984: 46.0
13. 1938: 45.6
14. 2000: 45.5
15. 1953, 2002: 45.4
16. 1927: 45.2
17. 1961, 1999: 45.1
18. 1884: 44.9
19. 1909, 1957: 44.7
20. 1887, 1992: 44.6

Top 10 Warmest February Highs
1. 2/24/2017: 78
2. 2/20/2018: 77
3. 2/26/2000: 75
4. 2/11/1999, 2/25/2000: 74
5. 2/25/1957, 2/23/2023: 73
6. 2/16/1883, 2/8/1937, 2/24/1961, 2/23/2017, 2/9/2023, 2/15/2023: 72
7. 2/27/1996, 2/21/1997: 71
8. 2/22/1930, 2/11/1932, 2/19/1939, 2/26/1944, 2/15/1954, 2/29/1976, 2/29/2012: 70
9. 2/8/1925, 2/21/1930, 2/10/1932, 2/12/1984, 2/19/1994, 2/21/2017, 2/19/2018: 69
10. 2/20/1891, 2/14/1918, 2/22/1922, 2/13/1938, 2/15/1945, 2/29/1972, 2/12/1999, 2/20/2016, 2/21/2018: 68
February weather warmest high

Top 20 Februarys with the Warmest Average Low
1. 1882: 34.4
2. 1890, 1998: 33.6
3. 1930: 33.0
4. 2017: 32.6
5. 1932: 31.7
6. 1880: 30.9
7. 1938: 30.6
8. 1927: 30.4
9. 2018: 30.3
10. 2023: 30.0
11. 1931: 29.9
12. 1891, 1954: 29.8
13. 1884: 29.6
14. 1915: 29.5
15. 2000: 29.4
16. 1925: 29.1
17. 1999, 2012: 29.0
18. 1992: 28.9
19. 1892, 1984: 28.7
20. 1961: 28.6

Top 10 Warmest February Lows
1. 2/20/2018: 60
2. 2/24/2017: 59
3. 2/17/1891: 57
4. 2/21/1997: 56
5. 2/18/1880, 2/4/1890, 2/25/1930, 2/15/2018: 55
6. 2/25/1890, 2/26/2000, 2/5/2008, 2/22/2017: 54
7. 2/10/1932, 2/15/1954: 53
8. 2/11/1932, 2/25/1957, 2/18/1961, 2/23/2017: 52
9. 2/15/1883, 2/16/1883, 2/22/1930, 2/23/1930, 2/1/1988: 51
10. 2/25/1880, 2/7/1887, 2/22/1922, 2/24/1930, 2/13/1938, 2/24/2000: 50
February weather warmest low

Top 20 Februarys with the Warmest Mean
1. 2017: 42.2
2. 1882: 41.8
3. 2023: 41.1
4. 1890: 40.6
5. 1930, 1998: 40.4
6. 1932: 39.6
7. 1954: 39.0
8. 2018: 38.8
9. 1880: 38.7
10. 1938: 38.1
11. 1927: 37.8
12. 1925: 37.6
13. 1990, 2000: 37.5
14. 1976, 1984: 37.4
15. 1884: 37.2
16. 1999: 37.0
17. 1961, 2012: 36.9
18. 1891, 1931: 36.8
19. 1992: 36.7
20. 1949: 36.6

Top 10 Warmest February Daily Means
1. 2/24/2017, 2/20/2018: 68.5
2. 2/26/2000: 64.5
3. 2/21/1997: 63.5
4. 2/25/1957: 62.5
5. 2/25/1930, 2/23/2017: 62
6. 2/16/1883, 2/15/1954, 2/25/2000: 61.5
7. 2/10/1932, 2/11/1932: 61
8. 2/4/1890, 2/22/1930, 2/15/2018: 60.5
9. 2/17/1891, 2/27/1996, 2/15/2023: 59.5
10. 2/22/1922, 2/13/1938, 2/26/1944, 2/11/1999: 59
February weather warmest mean

Top 5 Februarys with the Most 60 or Above Highs
1. 2017: 10
2. 1930, 1976, 2018: 7
3. 1880, 1954, 2000, 2023: 6
4. 1890, 1932, 1990: 5
5. 1882, 1925, 1938, 1949, 1957, 1961, 1975, 1984, 1997, 2011: 4
February weather 60 or above highs

Top 5 Februarys with the Most 50 or Above Lows
1. 1930: 4
2. 2017: 3
3. 1880, 1883, 1890, 1932, 2000, 2018: 2
4. 1887, 1891, 1922, 1938, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1988, 1997, 2008: 1
5. All Other Years: 0
February weather 50 or above lows

Top 5 Februarys with the Greatest Temperature Range (Warmest High to Coldest Low)
1. 1899: 80
2. 1918, 1951, 1977: 78
3. 1985: 76
4. 1948: 75
5. 1917, 1972, 1996: 74



Precipitation Records

Top 20 Februarys with the Most Precipitation
1. 1893: 7.65″
2. 1887: 6.48″
3. 1883: 6.18″
4. 1890, 2022: 6.12″
5. 1882: 5.94″
6. 2019: 5.49″
7. 1891: 5.42″
8. 2018: 5.25″
9. 1990: 5.15″
10. 1910: 5.05″
11. 1909: 4.97″
12. 1884: 4.95″
13. 1981: 4.60″
14. 1881, 1903: 4.44″
15. 1956: 4.33″
16. 1988: 4.26″
17. 2011: 4.25″
18. 1939: 3.92″
19. 2008: 3.88″
20. 1965: 3.76″
February weather average precipitation

Top 20 Driest February
1. 1978: 0.29″
2. 1968: 0.38″
3. 1907: 0.43″
4. 1902, 1947: 0.51″
5. 1987: 0.59″
6. 1895, 1941: 0.64″
7. 1983: 0.74″
8. 1958: 0.82″
9. 1992: 0.85″
10. 1937: 0.87″
11. 1901, 1932: 0.88″
12. 1963: 1.01″
13. 1977: 1.02″
14. 1889: 1.06″
15. 1906: 1.08″
16. 1917: 1.09″
17. 1920: 1.12″
18. 1969: 1.17″
19. 1934: 1.18″
20. 1886: 1.26″

Top 10 February Days with the Most Precipitation
1. 2/16/1891: 2.18″
2. 2/24/1890: 2.16″
3. 2/23/1975: 2.15″
4. 2/23/1909: 2.05″
5. 2/20/1882: 1.94″
6. 2/17/2022: 1.83″
7. 2/15/1990: 1.72″
8. 2/9/1893: 1.62″
9. 2/19/1981: 1.58″
10. 2/26/1887: 1.55″
February weather greatest precipitation

Top 5 Februarys with the Most Precipitation Days
1. 1887, 1908, 2008: 26
2. 1888, 1960: 25
3. 1950, 1971, 2021: 24
4. 1901, 1940, 1956, 1962, 1967, 2003: 23
5. 1893, 1923, 1986, 1988, 2010: 22
February weather average precipitation days

Top 5 Februarys with the Fewest Precipitation Days
1. 1882: 10
2. 1886, 1925, 1947, 1987: 11
3. 1948, 2023: 12
4. 1880, 1895, 1917, 1943, 1953: 13
5. 1881, 1906, 2002, 2004, 2022: 14

Top 5 Februarys with the Most 0.25″+ Precipitation Days
1. 1893: 11
2. 1887: 10
3. 1881, 1883, 1956, 2018: 8
4. 1891, 1897, 1900, 1903, 1990, 2019: 7
5. 1884, 1890, 1892, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1930, 1939, 1950, 1955, 1965, 2008: 6
February weather 0.25"+ precipitation days

Top 5 Februarys with the Most 0.50″+ Precipitation Days
1. 1883, 1887, 1890, 1893, 1965, 2022: 5
2. 1882, 1884, 1903, 1910, 1955, 2019: 4
3. 1881, 1892, 1897, 1909, 1914, 1926, 1930, 1940, 1949, 1956, 1962, 1988, 1990, 2011: 3
4. 1885, 1891, 1894, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1913, 1918, 1923, 1929, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017: 2
5. 1880, 1898, 1901, 1905, 1912, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1944, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1984, 1986, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2023: 1
February weather 0.50"+ precipitation days

Top 5 Februarys with the Most: 1.00″+ Precipitation Days
1. 2022: 3
2. 1882, 1893, 1908, 1910, 1981, 2019: 2
3. 1883, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1897, 1909, 1918, 1929, 1936, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2018: 1
4. All Other Years: 0
February weather 1"+ precipitation days

Snow Records

Top 20 Februarys with the Most Snowfall
1. 2010: 30.1″
2. 1910: 29.2″
3. 2003: 26.3″
4. 1914: 19.6″
5. 1979: 16.4″
6. 2014: 15.9″
7. 1967: 15.6″
8. 2015: 15.5″
9. 1993: 14.6″
10. 1894: 13.3″
11. 1934: 13.2″
12. 1961, 2007: 13.1″
13. 1985: 12.5″
14. 1971: 12.3″
15. 2021: 12.1″
16. 2019: 11.6″
17. 1885: 11.5″
18. 1964: 11.3″
19. 1984: 10.8″
20. 2008: 10.7″
February weather average snowfall

Top 20 Februarys with the Least Snowfall
1. 1882: Trace
2. 1949, 2009: 0.2″
3. 1925, 1932: 0.4″
4. 1946: 0.5″
5. 1942, 1945, 2017: 0.6″
6. 1880, 1930: 0.7″
7. 1953, 1956: 0.8″
8. 1918, 1943: 1.1″
9. 1915, 1987: 1.2″
10. 1909, 1937, 2006: 1.3″
11. 2004: 1.5″
12. 1888: 1.6″
13. 1879, 1887, 1935: 1.7″
14. 1898, 1919, 1959, 1973, 1976, 1992: 1.8″
15. 1931: 1.9″
16. 2002: 2.0″
17. 1891, 1998: 2.2″
18. 1950: 2.4″
19. 1922, 1969, 1997: 2.5″
20. 1884, 1897, 1933: 2.7″

Top 10 February Days with the Most Snow
1. 2/15/2010: 9.7″
2. 2/5/2010: 9.0″
3. 2/8/1971, 2/16/2003: 8.9″
4. 2/16/1910: 8.2″
5. 2/18/1984: 7.2″
6. 2/4/2014: 7.1″
7. 2/17/1910, 2/21/2015: 6.8″
8. 2/4/1948: 6.7″
9. 2/12/1979: 6.6″
10. 2/27/1967: 6.4″
February weather greatest snowfall

Top 5 Februarys with the Most Snowfall Days
1. 1901: 23
2. 1908, 1967: 21
3. 2003, 2008, 2010: 20
4. 1940, 1960: 19
5. 1978, 1988, 2021: 18
February weather average snowfall days

Top 5 Februarys with the Fewest Snowfall Days
1. 1882: 1
2. 2023: 2
3. 1880: 3
4. 1891, 1925, 1998: 4
5. 1884: 5

Top 5 Februarys with the Most 1″+ Snow Days
1. 2003: 8
2. 1964, 2015, 2016, 2021: 6
3. 1910, 1914, 1960, 1967, 1985, 1993, 2010: 5
4. 1885, 1894, 1912, 1929, 1934, 1939, 1961, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1999, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2019: 4
5. 1889, 1916, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1988, 1995, 2000, 2007: 3
February weather 1"+ snow days

Top 5 Februarys with the Most 2.5″+ Snow Days
1. 1910: 5
2. 1885, 1914, 1961, 2003, 2010: 3
3. 1883, 1894, 1911, 1916, 1934, 1940, 1944, 1962, 1967, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1993, 2007, 2014, 2019: 2
4. 1881, 1886, 1889, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2008, 2015, 2018, 2022: 1
February weather 2.5"+ snow days

Top 5 Februarys with the Most 5″+ Snow Days
1. 1910: 3
2. 1914, 2010: 2
3. 1893, 1894, 1911, 1948, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1979, 1984, 2003, 2007, 2014, 2015: 1
4. All Other Years: 0
February weather 5"+ snow days

Top 10 Biggest February Snowstorms
1. 2/14-2/17/2003: 15.5″
2. 2/16-2/18/1910: 15.3″
3. 2/11-2/12/1910, 2/4-2/5/2014: 10.6″
4. 2/15-2/16/2010: 10.4″
5. 2/7-2/8/1971, 2/5-2/6/2010: 9.9″
6. 2/27-2/28/1984: 9.5″
7. 2/25-2/26/1934: 8.4″
8. 2/6-2/7/1883: 7.3″
9. 2/27-2/28/1967, 2/11-2/12/1979: 6.9″
10. 2/21/2015: 6.8″

Top 5 Februarys with the Deepest Average Snow Depth Since 1940
1. 1979: 6.1″
2. 1978, 2010: 6.0″
3. 1985: 5.9″
4. 1977: 4.4″
5. 2003: 3.6″
February weather average snow depth

Top 5 February Days with the Deepest Snow Depth
1. 2/16/2010, 2/17/2010: 14″
2. 2/5/1977, 2/6/1977, 2/7/1977, 2/19/1979, 2/20/1979, 2/17/2003, 2/18/2010: 13″
3. 2/1/1977, 2/2/1977, 2/13/1979, 2/14/1979, 2/18/2003: 12″
4. 2/3/1977, 2/8/1977, 2/9/1977, 2/15/1979, 2/16/1979, 2/21/1979, 2/13/1985, 2/14/1985, 2/15/1985, 2/16/1985, 2/19/2003, 2/19/2010: 11″
5. 2/9/1971, 2/17/1979, 2/18/1979, 2/17/1985, 2/20/2003, 2/10/2010: 10″
February weather greatest snow depth

Top 5 Februarys with the Most 1″+ Snow Depth Days
1. 1978: 28
2. 1979: 25
3. 1985, 2010 22
4. 2003: 21
5. 2021: 20
February weather 1"+ snow depth days

Other Records
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