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
| Season | Date | Snow |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Nov 9 | 0.5 in |
| 2024-25 | Oct 15 | 0.1 in |
| 2023-24 | Dec 11 | 0.1 in |
| 2022-23 | Nov 12 | 0.2 in |
| 2021-22 | Nov 14 | 0.4 in |
| 2020-21 | Nov 30 | 1.9 in |
| 2019-20 | Nov 11 | 2.1 in |
| 2018-19 | Nov 15 | 1.3 in |
| 2017-18 | Dec 9 | 1.5 in |
| 2016-17 | Dec 9 | 0.4 in |
| 2015-16 | Jan 10 | 1 in |
| 2014-15 | Nov 16 | 0.1 in |
| 2013-14 | Nov 11 | 0.3 in |
| 2012-13 | Oct 30 | 0.6 in |
| 2011-12 | Dec 17 | 0.4 in |
| 2010-11 | Dec 1 | 0.2 in |
| 2009-10 | Dec 18 | 0.8 in |
| 2008-09 | Nov 17 | 0.8 in |
| 2007-08 | Dec 5 | 4 in |
| 2006-07 | Nov 20 | 0.1 in |
| 2005-06 | Nov 23 | 1.4 in |
| 2004-05 | Nov 25 | 0.1 in |
| 2003-04 | Nov 24 | 0.1 in |
| 2002-03 | Nov 22 | 0.3 in |
| 2001-02 | Dec 24 | 0.1 in |
| 2000-01 | Nov 14 | 0.1 in |
| 1999-00 | Nov 2 | 1.1 in |
| 1998-99 | Dec 16 | 0.6 in |
| 1997-98 | Nov 4 | 0.5 in |
| 1996-97 | Nov 9 | 0.2 in |
| 1995-96 | Nov 11 | 0.1 in |
| 1994-95 | Dec 10 | 0.2 in |
| 1993-94 | Oct 30 | 3.6 in |
| 1992-93 | Nov 5 | 1.2 in |
| 1991-92 | Nov 7 | 0.2 in |
| 1990-91 | Dec 4 | 0.1 in |
| 1989-90 | Oct 19 | 0.4 in |
| 1988-89 | Nov 6 | 0.8 in |
| 1987-88 | Nov 20 | 0.5 in |
| 1986-87 | Nov 11 | 0.4 in |
| 1985-86 | Dec 2 | 0.1 in |
| 1984-85 | Nov 18 | 0.9 in |
| 1983-84 | Nov 11 | 0.5 in |
| 1982-83 | Dec 10 | 1 in |
| 1981-82 | Nov 21 | 0.1 in |
| 1980-81 | Nov 17 | 6 in |
| 1979-80 | Nov 28 | 0.1 in |
| 1978-79 | Nov 26 | 1 in |
| 1977-78 | Nov 26 | 0.1 in |
| 1976-77 | Nov 21 | 0.2 in |
| 1975-76 | Nov 25 | 0.1 in |
| 1974-75 | Nov 13 | 0.1 in |
| 1973-74 | Dec 10 | 0.4 in |
| 1972-73 | Nov 26 | 0.1 in |
| 1971-72 | Nov 6 | 1.8 in |
| 1970-71 | Nov 15 | 0.2 in |
| 1969-70 | Nov 13 | 0.9 in |
| 1968-69 | Nov 9 | 0.3 in |
| 1967-68 | Nov 5 | 0.1 in |
| 1966-67 | Nov 2 | 4.7 in |
| 1965-66 | Nov 28 | 0.2 in |
| 1964-65 | Nov 29 | 0.4 in |
| 1963-64 | Nov 13 | 1.1 in |
| 1962-63 | Oct 25 | 1.3 in |
| 1961-62 | Nov 19 | 1.2 in |
| 1960-61 | Nov 29 | 0.8 in |
| 1959-60 | Nov 25 | 0.1 in |
| 1958-59 | Nov 28 | 6.2 in |
| 1957-58 | Dec 3 | 7.9 in |
| 1956-57 | Nov 21 | 0.1 in |
| 1955-56 | Nov 18 | 0.5 in |
| 1954-55 | Oct 31 | 0.2 in |
| 1953-54 | Nov 7 | 0.4 in |
| 1952-53 | Nov 29 | 2.3 in |
| 1951-52 | Nov 1 | 0.2 in |
| 1950-51 | Nov 23 | 1.1 in |
| 1949-50 | Dec 8 | 0.1 in |
| 1948-49 | Dec 10 | 1 in |
| 1947-48 | Nov 25 | 0.1 in |
| 1946-47 | Dec 16 | 0.4 in |
| 1945-46 | Nov 22 | 0.3 in |
| 1944-45 | Dec 11 | 1.5 in |
| 1943-44 | Nov 10 | 0.2 in |
| 1942-43 | Nov 29 | 2 in |
| 1941-42 | Nov 9 | 0.3 in |
| 1940-41 | Nov 15 | 0.2 in |
| 1939-40 | Dec 3 | 0.1 in |
| 1938-39 | Nov 23 | 0.3 in |
| 1937-38 | Nov 18 | 0.2 in |
| 1936-37 | Nov 4 | 3.5 in |
| 1935-36 | Nov 29 | 0.1 in |
| 1934-35 | Dec 8 | 1 in |
| 1933-34 | Nov 8 | 0.1 in |
| 1932-33 | Dec 10 | 3.6 in |
| 1931-32 | Nov 27 | 3.1 in |
| 1930-31 | Nov 25 | 0.2 in |
| 1929-30 | Dec 2 | 2 in |
| 1928-29 | Jan 2 | 0.1 in |
| 1927-28 | Nov 8 | 0.1 in |
| 1926-27 | Nov 4 | 1.4 in |
| 1925-26 | Oct 22 | 1 in |
| 1924-25 | Nov 17 | 1.5 in |
| 1923-24 | Dec 13 | 0.3 in |
| 1922-23 | Nov 24 | 0.1 in |
| 1921-22 | Nov 10 | 0.5 in |
| 1920-21 | Nov 16 | 3.5 in |
| 1919-20 | Dec 6 | 0.8 in |
| 1918-19 | Dec 25 | 0.2 in |
| 1917-18 | Oct 23 | 0.6 in |
| 1913-14 | Nov 9 | 5 in |
| 1910-11 | Oct 28 | 0.5 in |
| 1909-10 | Nov 17 | 0.1 in |
| 1908-09 | Dec 4 | 0.2 in |
| 1907-08 | Dec 1 | 1.1 in |
| 1906-07 | Oct 10 | 0.1 in |
| 1905-06 | Dec 15 | 0.2 in |
| 1904-05 | Nov 13 | 0.1 in |
| 1903-04 | Nov 28 | 2.5 in |
| 1902-03 | Dec 5 | 5.5 in |
| 1901-02 | Nov 14 | 0.3 in |
| 1900-01 | Nov 8 | 0.5 in |
| 1899-00 | Dec 4 | 0.4 in |
| 1898-99 | Nov 26 | 0.4 in |
| 1897-98 | Dec 6 | 0.4 in |
| 1896-97 | Dec 22 | 1 in |
| 1895-96 | Nov 20 | 0.1 in |
| 1894-95 | Nov 7 | 3 in |
| 1893-94 | Nov 23 | 0.1 in |
| 1892-93 | Nov 9 | 2 in |
| 1891-92 | Nov 23 | 1 in |
| 1890-91 | Nov 27 | 0.2 in |
| 1889-90 | Nov 28 | 0.4 in |
| 1888-89 | Nov 16 | 0.1 in |
| 1887-88 | Nov 19 | 0.2 in |
| 1886-87 | Nov 6 | 1.2 in |
| 1885-86 | Nov 23 | 0.8 in |
Sources
- Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)