John Glenn Columbus International Airport

KCMH · Ohio, United States

Climate John Glenn Columbus International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of John Glenn Columbus International Airport (KCMH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.5 37 38 62 49 48
February 68.2 88 77 69 63 62
March 75.2 74 64 80 87 63
April 81.8 83 78 90 78
May 83.7 85 78 84 85
June 86.4 74 94 88 90
July 88.0 82 90 83 97
August 88.9 84 86 92 91
September 86.5 80 83 88 89
October 78.2 75 89 73 70
November 73.6 82 65 83 86
December 62.7 58 60 68 60
Average 76.9 66.7 74.2 79.3 80.2 77.9

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.8 82 78 85 87 88
February 87.4 97 98 91 87 76
March 93.2 92 92 99 98 89
April 95.6 97 96 97 94
May 95.6 97 93 97 96
June 95.2 89 99 95 98
July 96.0 94 93 96 99
August 96.3 98 94 96 98
September 96.3 97 97 97 97
October 93.7 92 99 94 89
November 91.6 92 88 94 95
December 87.4 83 88 91 82
Average 92.9 90.4 92.4 93.9 94.4 92.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.9 3 7 1 3 7
February 7.6 11 12 6 1 5
March 11.9 14 12 14 15 13
April 17.4 18 16 18 15
May 23.4 23 24 22 21
June 27.8 26 29 29 29
July 29.6 29 29 29 32
August 28.3 28 28 30 29
September 25.9 26 24 26 25
October 19.4 19 19 21 18
November 11.0 13 13 11 14
December 6.9 9 6 10 5
Average 16.7 9.2 18.4 17.7 17.9 17.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -4.9 -3 0 -7 -2 -1
February -2.2 -1 0 -4 -6 -2
March 1.6 4 1 2 2 4
April 6.4 6 6 7 5
May 12.7 12 14 11 11
June 17.4 15 17 18 18
July 19.9 20 20 20 21
August 18.7 18 19 20 19
September 15.6 15 15 16 14
October 9.6 10 7 13 8
November 1.9 2 3 1 4
December -1.6 2 0 2 -2
Average 7.2 0.1 8.4 8.0 8.4 8.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.6 27 27 25 23 21
February 16.5 6 8 20 23 23
March 12.8 10 15 12 5 15
April 10.0 7 12 8 13
May 9.2 10 10 7 15
June 5.4 7 2 7 4
July 4.6 3 9 4 4
August 4.1 5 3 4 4
September 5.3 3 6 5 3
October 7.9 8 2 8 10
November 10.8 9 13 9 13
December 14.1 14 11 9 20
Average 10.4 13.8 9.3 9.8 8.6 11.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.3 9 8 8 8 8
February 9.0 8 10 9 9 9
March 9.7 10 10 10 10 9
April 9.1 9 10 9 9
May 7.9 7 8 7 9
June 7.4 7 7 8 7
July 6.4 6 7 7 6
August 6.3 7 7 6 6
September 6.4 6 7 7 7
October 7.5 7 9 7 7
November 8.1 8 8 8 9
December 7.7 7 7 8 8
Average 7.9 9.1 7.6 7.9 7.6 7.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 245° 237° 254° 261° 237°
February 258° 236° 238° 306° 270°
March 251° 261° 246° 254° 252°
April 241° 238° 252° 278°
May 012° 171° 297° 234°
June 347° 256° 219° 252°
July 238° 245° 265° 255°
August 270° 239° 227° 251°
September 044° 291° 246° 179°
October 265° 245° 210° 231°
November 234° 231° 232° 241°
December 221° 241° 209° 242°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.