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Columbus, OH 39.991°N, 82.877°W · station CMHthr · 149 years of record
96°F
HOTTEST JUL 15 SINCE 1995
forecast high · Jul 15
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Columbus.
90° MON 7/13 93° TUE 7/14 96° WED 7/15 95° THU 7/16 93° FRI 7/17 90° SAT 7/18 88° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 15
Today ranks #4 / 148
warmest Jul 15 in 148 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 15 ever 106°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 15 ever 66°F
set in 1945
Hottest Jul 15 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 15 at Columbus. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
66 86 106 1878: 89°F 1879: 96°F 1880: 95°F 1881: 92°F 1882: 80°F 1883: 83°F 1884: 79°F 1885: 86°F 1886: 70°F 1887: 96°F 1888: 73°F 1889: 75°F 1890: 94°F 1891: 76°F 1892: 85°F 1893: 93°F 1894: 89°F 1895: 82°F 1896: 88°F 1897: 83°F 1898: 91°F 1899: 79°F 1900: 97°F 1901: 86°F 1902: 86°F 1903: 72°F 1904: 85°F 1905: 88°F 1906: 84°F 1907: 87°F 1908: 88°F 1909: 87°F 1910: 88°F 1911: 89°F 1912: 92°F 1913: 88°F 1914: 82°F 1915: 92°F 1916: 92°F 1917: 81°F 1918: 86°F 1919: 83°F 1920: 84°F 1921: 86°F 1922: 85°F 1923: 91°F 1924: 76°F 1925: 89°F 1926: 78°F 1927: 81°F 1928: 75°F 1929: 78°F 1930: 79°F 1931: 91°F 1932: 94°F 1933: 84°F 1934: 96°F 1935: 86°F 1936: 106°F 1937: 91°F 1938: 79°F 1939: 75°F 1940: 83°F 1941: 88°F 1942: 85°F 1943: 87°F 1944: 85°F 1945: 66°F 1946: 78°F 1947: 77°F 1948: 84°F 1949: 87°F 1950: 83°F 1951: 88°F 1952: 95°F 1953: 92°F 1954: 80°F 1955: 79°F 1956: 80°F 1957: 86°F 1958: 87°F 1959: 90°F 1960: 71°F 1961: 77°F 1962: 74°F 1963: 85°F 1964: 74°F 1965: 84°F 1966: 81°F 1967: 71°F 1968: 90°F 1969: 88°F 1970: 89°F 1971: 82°F 1972: 88°F 1973: 82°F 1974: 87°F 1975: 83°F 1976: 93°F 1977: 94°F 1978: 85°F 1979: 85°F 1980: 86°F 1981: 77°F 1982: 87°F 1983: 93°F 1984: 88°F 1985: 84°F 1986: 86°F 1987: 76°F 1988: 91°F 1989: 79°F 1990: 75°F 1991: 86°F 1992: 89°F 1993: 79°F 1994: 86°F 1995: 97°F 1996: 90°F 1997: 86°F 1998: 84°F 1999: 92°F 2000: 85°F 2001: 88°F 2002: 91°F 2003: 83°F 2004: 81°F 2005: 86°F 2006: 90°F 2007: 83°F 2008: 82°F 2009: 84°F 2010: 89°F 2011: 86°F 2012: 85°F 2013: 92°F 2014: 78°F 2015: 73°F 2016: 87°F 2017: 83°F 2018: 87°F 2019: 93°F 2020: 87°F 2021: 89°F 2022: 86°F 2023: 80°F 2024: 91°F 2025: 90°F 96° forecast 1878 1936 2025 Forecast high · Jul 15 96°F Hottest this date since 1995 This-date record 106°F This-date rank #4 of 148
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 106°F (1934) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1878–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Columbus in each calendar month, and for the whole 1878–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 74°F 1950 -22°F 1994 Feb 78°F 2017 -20°F 1899 Mar 86°F 2026 -6°F 1984 Apr 90°F 1915 14°F 1982 May 96°F 1895 25°F 1966 Jun 102°F 1944 35°F 1972 Jul 106°F 1934 43°F 1972 Aug 103°F 1918 39°F 1965 Sep 100°F 1953 31°F 1962 Oct 94°F 2019 17°F 1952 Nov 80°F 1950 -5°F 1880 Dec 76°F 1982 -17°F 1989 All-time 106°F 1934 -22°F 1994
Records set or tied at Columbus so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 2 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (86°F)
Record Lows in 2026 1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 14 days
record run, ended Jul 16 1881
So far in 2026 11 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Columbus's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 86°F · forecast is +10° vs normal .
Jan: 37°F Jan: 22°F Feb: 41°F Feb: 25°F Mar: 51°F Mar: 32°F Apr: 64°F Apr: 43°F May: 74°F May: 53°F Jun: 82°F Jun: 62°F Jul: 85°F Jul: 66°F Aug: 84°F Aug: 64°F Sep: 78°F Sep: 57°F Oct: 66°F Oct: 45°F Nov: 52°F Nov: 35°F Dec: 42°F Dec: 28°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:14 AM Sunset 7:00 PM Solar noon 11:37 AM Daylight 14h 47m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 39.99°N, 82.88°W Columbus's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Columbus's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Columbus, coloured by temperature — 149 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Columbus — counted through Jul 15 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
11 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 45th most in 149 years. Normal for this point: 8 . Record: 27 in 1934.
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