On April 22nd of this year, All Columbus Data suffered a major hack. Several attempts were made to restore the website in full and to save the content through backups. At least twice, the site was restored only for it to fall back into the hacked configuration- some kind of jewelry website. Eventually, it was determined that there was corruption within the core files themselves, and since it could not be safely determined which ones, the host refused to restore any of the original content, as the attack was malicious enough to threaten the hosting servers themselves. So, the site was completely scrubbed and at least some of the original content that was not otherwise saved on archived websites was lost. After 7 years of work, it was a sickening result. Now, the rebuilding process has begun. Fortunately, a lot of the core lost data much of the site was built upon still existed in my own personal files, so for many of the pages, it’s simply a matter of putting that information back up on new pages. That is what I’ve been working on this week. Here is what I’ve done so far this week:
-2 new articles were added. -Monthly weather pages for April and May have been restored, complete with updated data for 2019. -Several pages within the Historic Building Database have had at least a few buildings added. -Partially restored the Completed page for Columbus Development . -Added several population graphs to the Columbus city, county and metro area demographics pages. -Partially restored- and expanded- the Columbus Tornado History page, one of All Columbus Data’s most popular.
I will continue to work to restore more pages and posts over time, but it will be an extended process.
And here were the top 25 cities with the highest numeric growth 2010-2018. 1. Columbus: +105,500 2. Hilliard: +7,979 3. Dublin: +6,896 4. Grove City: +6,050 5. Cincinnati: +5,662 6. Delaware: +5,177 7. North Ridgeville: +4,424 8. Westerville: +4,267 9. New Albany: +3,165 10. Pickerington: +2,910 11. Mason: +2,874 12. Newark: +2,456 13. Reynoldsburg: +2,385 14. Gahanna: +2,303 15. Wadsworth: +2,214 16. Beavercreek: +2,198 17. Marysville: +2,173 18. Avon: +2,070 19. Powell: +1,809 20. Grandview Heights: +1,785 21. Upper Arlington: +1,751 22. Harrison: +1,711 23. Lancaster: +1,634 24. Oxford: +1,514 25. Sunbury: +1,485
Columbus’ growth is very impressive in Ohio, but it has also been a top 15 fastest-growing city in the country for the past few years now, and there appears to be little standing in the way of that continuing.
The Winter 2018-2019 Review reveals the season was another one of extremes, with record highs and near record lows, snowy months and snowless months. The only real consistency was how wet it was.
Temperature and snowfall ranking data goes back to the winter of 1878-1879. Snow depth ranking data goes back to 1940. Rankings are accurate through the 2018-2019 winter.
December-February Only Average High: 41.4 22nd Warmest Average Low: 26.4 21st Warmest Mean: 33.8 24th Warmest Precipitation: 12.15″ 8th Wettest Snowfall: 23.3″ 35th Snowiest Average Daily Snow Depth: 0.5″ 32 or Below Highs: 22 16th Fewest 32 or Below Lows: 66 14th Fewest Measurable Precipitation Days: 43 10th Most Measurable Snowfall Days: 22 15th Most Deepest Snow Depth: 4″ on January 13th and 20th, February 1st and 2nd Days with 1″+ Snow Depth: 17 14th Fewest
Entire Cold Season- October-April Average High: 49.7 27th Warmest Average Low: 33.3 25th Warmest Mean: 41.5 23rd Warmest Precipitation: 29.33″ 3rd Wettest Snowfall: 27.4″ 44th Snowiest Average Snow Depth: 0.2″ 32 or Below Highs: 27 17th Fewest 32 or Below Lows: 106 25th Fewest Measurable Precipitation Days: 91 14th Most Measurable Snowfall Days: 29 16th Most Deepest Snow Depth: 4″ on January 13th and 20th, February 1st and 2nd Days with 1″+ Snow Depth: 20 13th Fewest
Average High By Month October 2018: 65.7 43rd Warmest November 2018: 45.2 8th Coldest December 2018: 44.1 21st Warmest January 2019: 36.6 48th Coldest February 2019: 43.4 25th Warmest March 2019: 47.5 36th Coldest April 2019: 65.4 21st Warmest
Average Low By Month October 2018: 47.2 25th Warmest November 2018: 33.2 28th Coldest December 2018: 30.6 15th Warmest January 2019: 22.2 47th Warmest February 2019: 26.3 33rd Warmest March 2019: 28.7 27th Coldest April 2019: 44.6 12th Warmest
Mean By Month October 2018: 56.5 28th Warmest November 2018: 39.2 14th Coldest December 2018: 37.3 18th Warmest January 2019: 29.4 51st Coldest February 2019: 34.8 30th Warmest March 2019: 38.1 34th Coldest April 2019: 55.0 14th Warmest
Precipitation By Month October 2018: 2.60″ 43rd Wettest November 2018: 5.70″ 4th Wettest December 2018: 3.57″ 30th Wettest January 2019: 3.09″ 47th Wettest February 2019: 5.49″ 6th Wettest March 2019: 5.33″ 15th Wettest April 2019: 3.55″ 54th Wettest
Snowfall By Month October 2018: 0.0″ November 2018: 2.1″ December 2018: 0.4″ January 2019: 11.3″ February 2019: 11.6″ March 2019: 2.0″ April 201: 0.0″
Average Daily Snow Depth By Month October 2018: 0.0″ November 2018: Trace December 2018: 0.0″ January 2019: 1″ February 2019: 0.5″ March 2019: 0.1″ April 2019: 0.0″
Maximum High By Month October: 88 on the 6th and 8th November: 61 on the 1st December: 66 on the 2nd January: 62 on the 8th February: 62 on the 7th March: 75 on the 14th April: 82 on the 11th
Maximum High Records -The 62 on February 7th was a record for the date, beating the old record of 61 set in 1925.
Minimum High By Month October: 49 on the 21st November: 30 on the 28th December: 28 on the 8th January: 11 on the 31st February: 22 on the 1st March: 20 on the 5th April: 43 on the 1st
Minimum High Records -The 33 on November 14th tied the record set in 2014. -The 20 on March 5th tied the record set in 1890.
Maximum Low By Month October: 69 on the 2nd and 9th November: 50 on the 5th December: 46 on the 15th January: 41 on the 8th February: 43 on the 6th March: 51 on the 14th and 29th April: 64 on the 18th
Maximum Low Records -The 69 on October 2nd was a record for the date, beating the old record of 68 set in 1881 and 1884. -The 68 on October 8th tied the record for the date set in 1879. -The 69 on October 9th tied the record for the date set in 1879. -The 68 on October 10th was a record for the date, beating the old record of 66 set in 1879. -The 43 on February 6th was a record for the date, beating the old record of 42 set in 1991. -The 64 on April 18th was a record for the date, beating the old record of 63 set in 1941.
Minimum Low By Month October: 32 on the 22nd and 25th November: 22 on the 10th and 11th December: 16 on the 10th January: -4 on the 30th and 31st February: 9 on the 2nd March: 7 on the 5th April: 24 on the 1st
Highest Daily Precipitation By Month October: 0.63″ on the 31st November: 1.80″ on the 1st December: 1.01″ on the 31st January: 0.81″ on the 19th February: 1.22″ on the 20th March: 1.97″ on the 30th April: 0.77″ on the 19th
Precipitation Records -The 1.80″ on November 2nd was a record for the date, beating the old record of 1.45″ set in 1984. -The 1.01″ on December 31st was a record for the date, beating the old record of 0.89″ set in 1887. -The 0.91″ on February 12th was a record for the date, beating the old record of 0.77″ in 1930. -The 1.97″ on March 30th was a record for the date, beating the old record of 1.47″ set in 1987.
Highest Daily Snowfall By Month October: 0.0″ November: 1.3″ on the 15th December: 0.2″ on the 5th January: 4″ on the 12th February: 4.2″ on the 1st March: 1.9″ on the 3rd April: 0.0″
Deepest Snow Depth By Month October: 0″ November: 1″ December: 0″ January: 4″ on the 13th and 20th February: 4″ on the 1st and 2nd March: 2″ on the 1st April: 0″
Overall, the winter of 2018-2019, while having a few cold spells, was largely warmer than normal. It was also wet and had snowfall near normal.
East Broad Street after a snowstorm in March, 1906.
In light of yesterday’s strange storm that challenged local forecasters, I thought it might be time to look at the biggest snowstorms of all time in Columbus, or at least since records began in 1878. I looked up the total snowfall over different periods of time.
If your yard has been a swampy no man’s land all year, there’s a reason for it. 2018 was one of the wettest years ever across the state. In some cities, almost every month featured above normal precipitation. Let’s take a look across the state to see how places fared in this extraordinary and very wet 2018.
Here were the final 2018 totals in major Ohio cities and how they rank since their records began. Cincinnati: 55.90″ 3rd wettest since 1871. Columbus: 55.18″ 1st wettest since 1878. Cleveland: 51.47″ 4th wettest since 1871. Youngstown: 50.97″ 2nd wettest since 1896. Dayton: 48.99″ 10th wettest since 1893. Akron: 48.46″ 5th wettest since 1896. Toledo: 38.01″ 22nd wettest since 1871.
In big cities in Ohio, only Toledo managed to avoid having a top 10 wettest year. Columbus had its wettest on record, beating the previous record of 54.96″ set just a few years ago in 2011.
Locally in the Columbus metro, here were some other totals. Newark: 56.01″ Marysville: 51.12″ Lancaster: 50.51″ Circleville: 46.66″ OSU Campus: 46.66″
Biggest Individual Precipitation Day and Rank Cincinnati: 5.02″ on 8/16/2018, 2nd highest since 1871. Youngstown: 3.50″ on 9/9/2018, 11th highest since 1896. Dayton: 2.88″ on 4/3/2018, 24th highest since 1893. Akron: 2.50″ on 9/9/2018, unranked. Cleveland: 2.12″ on 11/1/2018, unranked. Columbus: 2.06″ on 4/15/2018, unranked. Toledo: 1.62″ on 3/1/2018, unranked.
Cincinnati had 2 days in the top 10, but most other cities had just constant rain rather than exceptionally high individual totals.
Total 2018 Measurable Precipitation Days and Rank Youngstown: 191 1st most since 1896. Akron: 180 1st most since 1896. Cleveland: 177 8th most since 1871. Columbus: 162 6th most since 1878. Cincinnati: 151 7th most since 1871. Dayton: 148 10th most since 1893. Toledo: 142 16th most since 1871.
3 cities saw more than half their days with measurable precipitation. Columbus came in at just under 50%. This also had the unfortunate result of making most of the year feel unusually gloomy. Traditionally sunny months in the summer and fall were much cloudier than normal.
Total 2018 1″+ Precipitation Days and Rank Columbus: 15 1st most since 1878. Cleveland: 13 2nd most since 1871. Cincinnati: 12 7th most since 1871. Dayton: 11 6th most since 1893. Akron: 10 5th most since 1896. Toledo: 7 7th most since 1871. Youngstown: 5 9th most since 1896.
Columbus had the most 1″ days of any year on record, and even beat every other major Ohio city.
Wettest 2018 Months Cincinnati: 8.21″ in August Youngstown: 7.91″ in September Akron: 7.26″ in September Dayton: 6.72″ in September Columbus: 6.71″ in June Cleveland: 6.68″ in July Toledo: 5.91″ in May
No cities saw any of their months be even close to the wettest ever. There were not really any events with heavy flooding, either, except in February in Cincinnati, when the Ohio River reached the highest since the 1997 flood. There was also some scattered flooding from some tropical system remnants that passed through, particularly in September, but for the most part, it was just constantly wet from beginning to end in most places.
Flooding in Cincinnati in February, 2018.
One might ask if 2018 was merely a blip or part of a long-term trend in the state. Climate scientists have actually looked at this, and the state has indeed been getting both warmer and wetter over the last century or so, but the pace of both the warming and the increase in precipitation has been much faster since the 1970s. Many of the Ohio’s wettest years on record have occurred since 1990.
