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CDUS41 KILN 180542
CLICMH
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
142 AM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
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..THE COLUMBUS OH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2026
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1869 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 82 2:30 PM 97 1988 84 -2 89
MINIMUM 72 11:59 PM 48 1981 64 8 71
AVERAGE 77 74 3 80
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.67 2.06 1972 0.13 0.54 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 6.04 2.03 4.01 0.60
SINCE JUN 1 11.87 11.03 0.84 11.45
SINCE JAN 1 32.80 27.90 4.90 28.86
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 3 16 -13 12
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
YESTERDAY 12 9 3 15
MONTH TO DATE 195 166 29 196
SINCE JUN 1 815 712 103 929
SINCE JAN 1 937 810 127 1002
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WIND (MPH)
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 1 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 2:00 AM
LOWEST 77 3:00 PM
AVERAGE 89
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THE COLUMBUS OH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 94 1922
1940
2019
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 48 1953
1962
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 18 2026........SUNRISE 6:46 AM EDT SUNSET 8:24 PM EDT
AUGUST 19 2026........SUNRISE 6:47 AM EDT SUNSET 8:22 PM EDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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