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Christmas Day Climatology

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Christmas Day climatology Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio weather is has varied wildly over the 143 years of records, and the holidays are no different. It’s seen record warmth into the 60s, and record cold well below zero, as well as heavy snow and driving rainstorms. The records below break down Columbus’ historic Christmas Day climatology.

Normals 1991-2020
High: 35.6
Low: 23.1
Mean: 26.8
Precipitation: 0.10″
Snowfall: 0.1″

1878-2020 Averages
High: 36.4
Low: 23.5
Mean: 30.1
Precipitation: 0.08″
Snowfall: 0.3″

First, let’s take a look at the temperature breakdowns for the holiday.

Top 10 Coldest Highs
1. 1983: 1
2. 1878: 10
3. 1924: 11
4. 1980: 15
5. 1902: 16
6. 1985: 17
7. 2020: 18
8. 1884, 2000: 19
9. 1899, 1906, 1914:20
10. 1950, 1968: 22

Top 10 Coldest Lows
1. 1983: -12
2. 1980: -5
3. 1935: -4
4. 1924: -3
5. 1878: -2
6. 2004: -1
7. 1985: 1
8. 2000: 2
9. 1884: 4
10. 1914, 1999: 7

Top 10 Warmest Highs
1. 1893: 64
2. 1982: 63
3. 1932, 1940: 62
4. 1889: 60
5. 1964: 58
6. 1895, 1955: 57
7. 2019: 56
8. 1891: 55
9. 1936, 2015: 53
10. 1888, 1915, 1987: 52

Top 10 Warmest Lows
1. 1889, 1982: 55
2. 1895: 52
3. 1893: 49
4. 1891: 45
5. 2015: 43
6. 1932, 1940: 40
7. 1888, 1964, 1973: 39
8. 1987: 38
9. 1922, 1941, 2009, 2016: 37
10. 1936, 1972: 36

Number of Christmases with High Temperature
Less than 10: 1
10-19: 8
20-29: 24
30-39: 54
40-49: 36
50-59: 12
60 or Higher: 5

Number of Christmases with Low Temperature
Less than 0: 6
0-9: 7
10-19: 36
20-29: 47
30-39: 38
40-49: 5
50 or Higher: 4



Now let’s example precipitation and snowfall records.

Top 10 Wettest
1. 2009: 0.79″
2. 1944: 0.77″
3. 1926: 0.69″
4. 1951: 0.58″
5. 2006: 0.57″
6. 1945: 0.54″
7. 1957: 0.52″
8. 1987, 2005: 0.51″
9. 1915: 0.48″
10. 1909: 0.47″

Number of Christmases with Precipitation Amount
0.00″: 46
Trace: 27
0.01″-0.24″: 55
0.25″-0.49″: 6
0.50″-0.74″: 7
0.75″-0.99″: 2
1.00″ or More: 0

Top 10 Snowiest
1. 1890: 7.0″
2. 1909: 5.7″
3. 1950: 3.0″
4. 1917: 2.5″
5. 1969: 2.3″
6. 1884: 2.2″
7. 1976: 1.9″
8. 1880: 1.8″
9. 1935: 1.3″
10. 1944: 1.2″

Most Snow on the Ground (Since 1940)
1. 1960: 9″
2. 1961, 1963, 1989, 1995: 4″
3. 1969, 1980, 2004: 3″
4. 1947, 1950, 2000: 2″
5. 1944, 1945, 1951, 1956, 1962, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2010, 2017: 1″

Number of Christmases with Snowfall Amount
0.0″: 75
Trace: 23
0.1″-0.4″: 20
0.5″-0.9″: 9
1″-2.9″: 7
3″ or More: 3



How Columbus Changed in 10 Years Part 2

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how Columbus changed in 10 years part 2 Columbus, Ohio

An overcast day in 2011.

I received a massive positive response for the first version of this series, which was just a simple mashup of before and after photos of different parts of Columbus urban neighborhoods over the course of a decade. Because of that response, I have decided to do this How Columbus has changed in 10 years part 2 series. This time, besides adding more photos from core neighborhoods, I will expand the series out to other parts of the city and some suburbs, though still remaining within the 270 Outerbelt. In some ways, these before and after photos are even more drastic than the first set.

Downtown

Front Street, looking north from Main Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Gay Street, looking west from Front Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2020

Gay Street, looking northeast from Normandy Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

High Street, looking north at the Convention Center.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Nationwide Boulevard, looking north just east of Front Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Nationwide Boulevard, looking east from the Olentangy River.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Spring Street, looking northeast from Neil Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2020

Spruce Street, looking south from 670.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Goodale Street, looking west from the 315 Exit.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Short North

High Street, looking south just north of 3rd Avenue.
Before: 2009

After: 2021

Weinland Park

High Street, looking north at 7th Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Italian Village

Detroit Avenue, looking east at Hamlet.
Before: 2009

After: 2019

4th Street, looking north from 4th Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

OSU Campus

Fred Taylor Drive, looking east at Defiance Drive.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

High Street, looking east at 15th Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Medical Center Drive, looking north at Old Cannon Drive.
Before: 2009

After: 2021

Olentangy River Road, looking west at J Edward Weaver Memorial Drive.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Milo-Grogan

Cleveland Avenue, looking north towards 5th Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

American Addition

Lee Avenue, looking south from 12th Avenue.
Before: 2009

After: 2019

Linden

Cleveland Avenue, looking north at Agler Road.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Easton

Worth Avenue, looking east from Fenlon Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Worth Avenue, looking east from Stelzer Road.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Franklinton

Souder Avenue, looking west just south of I-70.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Fifth by Northwest

Norton Avenue, looking north halfway between 3rd and 5th.
Before: 2011

After: 2020

Chesapeake Avenue, looking west.
Before: 2011

After: 2020

King-Lincoln

Long Street, looking west at I-71.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Long Street, looking northeast at Garfield Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Long Street, looking north just west of 21st Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

West Side

Georgesville Road, looking east south of Broad Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021



North Side

Wakeford Street, looking west from Olentangy River Road.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Ohio Health Parkway, looking north from Healthy Community Way.
Before: 2015

After: 2021

East North Broadway, looking north at 315.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Grandview Heights

Yard Street, looking north from just south of Burr Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2020

First Avenue, looking northeast at Edgehill Road.
Before: 2012

After: 2021

Dublin

Edwards Farms Drive, looking south at Frawley Drive.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Dale Drive, looking northwest north of Banker Drive.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

High Street, looking north from North Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

High Street, looking east at Rock Cress Parkway.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Upper Arlington

Riverside Drive, looking east just south of Bethel Road.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Bexley

Parkview Avenue, looking southwest just north of Main Street.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

Main Street, looking northwest at Cassady Avenue.
Before: 2011

After: 2021

As I stated in the previous installment, these photos still just represent a small fraction of the development and changes that have occurred across the city and its suburbs in the past decade. These are meant to be representative of those changes, not to suggest that other neighborhoods not featured didn’t change as well. Either way, enjoy!

This 2-part before and after series highlights many projects that have changed the landscape around the city. Many other projects that will continue to transform the area for the next decade and beyond are still in development or construction phases. A list of local area commissions provide monthly updates on potential new projects around the city.