First snow 2026-27 ยท Columbus, OH

When does Columbus get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 20.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Nov 20 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Oct 10, 1906
Latest on record
Jan 10, 2016
Record since
1884 (136 winters)
Station
John Glenn Columbus International Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Columbus get its first snow?

Around Nov 20. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at John Glenn Columbus International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Columbus had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 20.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Columbus?

Oct 10, 1906, in a record that goes back to 1884.

What is the latest first snow on record in Columbus?

Jan 10, 2016.

Every winter on record

First snow in Columbus by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Nov 90.5 in
2024-25Oct 150.1 in
2023-24Dec 110.1 in
2022-23Nov 120.2 in
2021-22Nov 140.4 in
2020-21Nov 301.9 in
2019-20Nov 112.1 in
2018-19Nov 151.3 in
2017-18Dec 91.5 in
2016-17Dec 90.4 in
2015-16Jan 101 in
2014-15Nov 160.1 in
2013-14Nov 110.3 in
2012-13Oct 300.6 in
2011-12Dec 170.4 in
2010-11Dec 10.2 in
2009-10Dec 180.8 in
2008-09Nov 170.8 in
2007-08Dec 54 in
2006-07Nov 200.1 in
2005-06Nov 231.4 in
2004-05Nov 250.1 in
2003-04Nov 240.1 in
2002-03Nov 220.3 in
2001-02Dec 240.1 in
2000-01Nov 140.1 in
1999-00Nov 21.1 in
1998-99Dec 160.6 in
1997-98Nov 40.5 in
1996-97Nov 90.2 in
1995-96Nov 110.1 in
1994-95Dec 100.2 in
1993-94Oct 303.6 in
1992-93Nov 51.2 in
1991-92Nov 70.2 in
1990-91Dec 40.1 in
1989-90Oct 190.4 in
1988-89Nov 60.8 in
1987-88Nov 200.5 in
1986-87Nov 110.4 in
1985-86Dec 20.1 in
1984-85Nov 180.9 in
1983-84Nov 110.5 in
1982-83Dec 101 in
1981-82Nov 210.1 in
1980-81Nov 176 in
1979-80Nov 280.1 in
1978-79Nov 261 in
1977-78Nov 260.1 in
1976-77Nov 210.2 in
1975-76Nov 250.1 in
1974-75Nov 130.1 in
1973-74Dec 100.4 in
1972-73Nov 260.1 in
1971-72Nov 61.8 in
1970-71Nov 150.2 in
1969-70Nov 130.9 in
1968-69Nov 90.3 in
1967-68Nov 50.1 in
1966-67Nov 24.7 in
1965-66Nov 280.2 in
1964-65Nov 290.4 in
1963-64Nov 131.1 in
1962-63Oct 251.3 in
1961-62Nov 191.2 in
1960-61Nov 290.8 in
1959-60Nov 250.1 in
1958-59Nov 286.2 in
1957-58Dec 37.9 in
1956-57Nov 210.1 in
1955-56Nov 180.5 in
1954-55Oct 310.2 in
1953-54Nov 70.4 in
1952-53Nov 292.3 in
1951-52Nov 10.2 in
1950-51Nov 231.1 in
1949-50Dec 80.1 in
1948-49Dec 101 in
1947-48Nov 250.1 in
1946-47Dec 160.4 in
1945-46Nov 220.3 in
1944-45Dec 111.5 in
1943-44Nov 100.2 in
1942-43Nov 292 in
1941-42Nov 90.3 in
1940-41Nov 150.2 in
1939-40Dec 30.1 in
1938-39Nov 230.3 in
1937-38Nov 180.2 in
1936-37Nov 43.5 in
1935-36Nov 290.1 in
1934-35Dec 81 in
1933-34Nov 80.1 in
1932-33Dec 103.6 in
1931-32Nov 273.1 in
1930-31Nov 250.2 in
1929-30Dec 22 in
1928-29Jan 20.1 in
1927-28Nov 80.1 in
1926-27Nov 41.4 in
1925-26Oct 221 in
1924-25Nov 171.5 in
1923-24Dec 130.3 in
1922-23Nov 240.1 in
1921-22Nov 100.5 in
1920-21Nov 163.5 in
1919-20Dec 60.8 in
1918-19Dec 250.2 in
1917-18Oct 230.6 in
1913-14Nov 95 in
1910-11Oct 280.5 in
1909-10Nov 170.1 in
1908-09Dec 40.2 in
1907-08Dec 11.1 in
1906-07Oct 100.1 in
1905-06Dec 150.2 in
1904-05Nov 130.1 in
1903-04Nov 282.5 in
1902-03Dec 55.5 in
1901-02Nov 140.3 in
1900-01Nov 80.5 in
1899-00Dec 40.4 in
1898-99Nov 260.4 in
1897-98Dec 60.4 in
1896-97Dec 221 in
1895-96Nov 200.1 in
1894-95Nov 73 in
1893-94Nov 230.1 in
1892-93Nov 92 in
1891-92Nov 231 in
1890-91Nov 270.2 in
1889-90Nov 280.4 in
1888-89Nov 160.1 in
1887-88Nov 190.2 in
1886-87Nov 61.2 in
1885-86Nov 230.8 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/columbus