First freeze 2026 · Columbus, OH
When is Columbus's first freeze?
None yet through Nov 7, 13 days past the normal date (Oct 25). 17 of 148 falls since 1878 went past Nov 7 without a freeze.
- This fall
- None yet
- Normal date
- Oct 25 (1991-2020 median)
- Earliest on record
- Sep 21, 1962
- Latest on record
- Nov 27, 1902
- Record since
- 1878 (148 falls)
- Station
- John Glenn Columbus International Airport
- Coldest so far
- 35°F on Oct 18
- Hard freeze (28°F)
- None yet through Nov 7. Normal first hard freeze: Nov 10.
Common questions
When is Columbus's first freeze?
Around Oct 25. That is the median date of the first freeze (a low of 32°F or colder) at John Glenn Columbus International Airport over the 1991-2020 falls, our calculation from NOAA's record.
Has Columbus had its first freeze this fall?
None yet through Nov 7, 13 days past the normal date (Oct 25). 17 of 148 falls since 1878 went past Nov 7 without a freeze.
What is the earliest first freeze on record in Columbus?
Sep 21, 1962, in a record that goes back to 1878.
What is the latest first freeze on record in Columbus?
Nov 27, 1902.
Every fall on record
| Season | Date | Low |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nov 4 | 32°F |
| 2024 | Oct 17 | 32°F |
| 2023 | Oct 31 | 29°F |
| 2022 | Oct 20 | 32°F |
| 2021 | Nov 3 | 29°F |
| 2020 | Oct 31 | 30°F |
| 2019 | Nov 1 | 32°F |
| 2018 | Oct 22 | 32°F |
| 2017 | Oct 26 | 31°F |
| 2016 | Nov 10 | 32°F |
| 2015 | Oct 17 | 32°F |
| 2014 | Nov 2 | 29°F |
| 2013 | Oct 25 | 30°F |
| 2012 | Oct 11 | 32°F |
| 2011 | Oct 29 | 29°F |
| 2010 | Oct 30 | 32°F |
| 2009 | Oct 18 | 32°F |
| 2008 | Oct 22 | 32°F |
| 2007 | Nov 23 | 28°F |
| 2006 | Oct 15 | 31°F |
| 2005 | Oct 29 | 30°F |
| 2004 | Nov 9 | 30°F |
| 2003 | Oct 3 | 32°F |
| 2002 | Nov 1 | 30°F |
| 2001 | Oct 18 | 32°F |
| 2000 | Oct 29 | 31°F |
| 1999 | Oct 25 | 31°F |
| 1998 | Oct 23 | 32°F |
| 1997 | Oct 21 | 32°F |
| 1996 | Nov 2 | 31°F |
| 1995 | Oct 17 | 30°F |
| 1994 | Oct 28 | 31°F |
| 1993 | Oct 23 | 31°F |
| 1992 | Oct 17 | 32°F |
| 1991 | Oct 16 | 32°F |
| 1990 | Oct 26 | 32°F |
| 1989 | Oct 9 | 29°F |
| 1988 | Oct 6 | 31°F |
| 1987 | Oct 4 | 29°F |
| 1986 | Nov 3 | 29°F |
| 1985 | Nov 8 | 31°F |
| 1984 | Nov 2 | 31°F |
| 1983 | Oct 27 | 28°F |
| 1982 | Oct 17 | 29°F |
| 1981 | Oct 3 | 32°F |
| 1980 | Oct 6 | 30°F |
| 1979 | Oct 14 | 30°F |
| 1978 | Oct 17 | 32°F |
| 1977 | Oct 16 | 32°F |
| 1976 | Oct 17 | 31°F |
| 1975 | Oct 3 | 32°F |
| 1974 | Oct 2 | 32°F |
| 1973 | Nov 4 | 30°F |
| 1972 | Oct 19 | 28°F |
| 1971 | Nov 4 | 30°F |
| 1970 | Oct 16 | 31°F |
| 1969 | Oct 15 | 31°F |
| 1968 | Oct 5 | 31°F |
| 1967 | Oct 20 | 31°F |
| 1966 | Oct 21 | 32°F |
| 1965 | Oct 5 | 32°F |
| 1964 | Oct 6 | 31°F |
| 1963 | Sep 30 | 31°F |
| 1962 | Sep 21 | 31°F |
| 1961 | Sep 29 | 32°F |
| 1960 | Oct 21 | 27°F |
| 1959 | Oct 18 | 31°F |
| 1958 | Oct 29 | 32°F |
| 1957 | Oct 20 | 30°F |
| 1956 | Nov 13 | 26°F |
| 1955 | Oct 25 | 28°F |
| 1954 | Oct 20 | 32°F |
| 1953 | Oct 30 | 27°F |
| 1952 | Oct 4 | 32°F |
| 1951 | Oct 9 | 29°F |
| 1950 | Oct 26 | 31°F |
| 1949 | Oct 27 | 26°F |
| 1948 | Oct 18 | 27°F |
| 1947 | Nov 9 | 31°F |
| 1946 | Nov 18 | 30°F |
| 1945 | Nov 3 | 32°F |
| 1944 | Nov 5 | 29°F |
| 1943 | Nov 4 | 32°F |
| 1942 | Oct 26 | 29°F |
| 1941 | Nov 9 | 31°F |
| 1940 | Nov 7 | 28°F |
| 1939 | Oct 15 | 31°F |
| 1938 | Oct 31 | 31°F |
| 1937 | Oct 14 | 32°F |
| 1936 | Oct 27 | 32°F |
| 1935 | Oct 7 | 31°F |
| 1934 | Oct 28 | 32°F |
| 1933 | Oct 26 | 31°F |
| 1932 | Nov 11 | 29°F |
| 1931 | Nov 6 | 31°F |
| 1930 | Oct 19 | 28°F |
| 1929 | Nov 5 | 32°F |
| 1928 | Oct 30 | 30°F |
| 1927 | Nov 5 | 29°F |
| 1926 | Oct 25 | 32°F |
| 1925 | Oct 10 | 29°F |
| 1924 | Oct 23 | 32°F |
| 1923 | Oct 23 | 32°F |
| 1922 | Nov 10 | 32°F |
| 1921 | Nov 3 | 31°F |
| 1920 | Oct 30 | 31°F |
| 1919 | Nov 5 | 30°F |
| 1918 | Nov 2 | 30°F |
| 1917 | Oct 20 | 32°F |
| 1916 | Nov 14 | 24°F |
| 1915 | Nov 15 | 27°F |
| 1914 | Oct 26 | 28°F |
| 1913 | Oct 21 | 30°F |
| 1912 | Nov 1 | 32°F |
| 1911 | Oct 28 | 32°F |
| 1910 | Oct 28 | 31°F |
| 1909 | Oct 12 | 32°F |
| 1908 | Oct 2 | 32°F |
| 1907 | Oct 21 | 30°F |
| 1906 | Oct 10 | 31°F |
| 1905 | Oct 30 | 30°F |
| 1904 | Oct 28 | 30°F |
| 1903 | Oct 24 | 27°F |
| 1902 | Nov 27 | 29°F |
| 1901 | Oct 18 | 31°F |
| 1900 | Nov 8 | 28°F |
| 1899 | Oct 1 | 30°F |
| 1898 | Oct 27 | 32°F |
| 1897 | Nov 12 | 29°F |
| 1896 | Oct 19 | 25°F |
| 1895 | Oct 10 | 30°F |
| 1894 | Oct 15 | 30°F |
| 1893 | Oct 29 | 32°F |
| 1892 | Oct 6 | 30°F |
| 1891 | Oct 23 | 31°F |
| 1890 | Nov 1 | 32°F |
| 1889 | Oct 7 | 30°F |
| 1888 | Sep 30 | 32°F |
| 1887 | Oct 12 | 31°F |
| 1886 | Oct 2 | 32°F |
| 1885 | Oct 9 | 32°F |
| 1884 | Oct 24 | 29°F |
| 1883 | Nov 3 | 31°F |
| 1882 | Nov 13 | 30°F |
| 1881 | Nov 15 | 29°F |
| 1880 | Oct 18 | 32°F |
| 1879 | Oct 25 | 25°F |
| 1878 | Oct 28 | 26°F |
Sources
- Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)