Climatological summer runs from June 1 to August 31, and we just passed the midway mark of the season. So, through July 15, how has this summer been in Columbus and central Ohio? Temperatures Overall, this has been a warm summer in Columbus. June featured a seven-day streak with highs of at least 90° from […]

The leftovers of Hurricane Beryl are skirting by Ohio this week. The state does, on occasion, experience the direct effects of tropical systems – yes, even ones that are still technically tropical! Unfortunately, this one’s bringing a disappointingly low amount of rain here, enough that I finally broke down and got out the lawn sprinkler.

Another day, more rain. Today marks the 11th day this month with measurable rain in Columbus. The last time we had that many wet days from May 1-17 was in 2016. However, 2020 and 2019 both had 10 days with measurable rain in the first 17 days of May, so we’ve had a comparable situation

Columbus had a couple of near-freezing mornings last week on the 22nd and 25th, only to be followed by near-record highs on Sunday and Monday. Nothing like some weather whiplash to end April… Of course, getting warm weather this time of year means people are itching to plant flowers (me included). The conventional wisdom back

Since cool weather in the spring is a little annoying, this post on the Iowa Environmental Mesonet page got me thinking. How common are days in the 40s after the first part of April is over? More common than I expected, to be honest. It turns out that, across the I-70 corridor spanning central Ohio,

Ohio has experienced two tornado episodes this year, and it’s only mid-March. I believe all the confirmed tornadoes were logged on the National Weather Service’s Damage Assessment Toolkit, which shows the state had 10 confirmed tornadoes up through March 13. All but one of those happened on Feb. 28. However, the severe storms the afternoon

Spring weather is here… not that we had much of a winter. Columbus hit 70 degrees for the first time this season on Monday, a little ahead of the average date of March 9 (based on the 1991-2020 climate normals). Last year, we already reached 70 degrees in the second week of February. The first

March is here, which means climatological winter is over. This past winter—December through February—was the fifth-warmest on record in Columbus, Ohio. The average temperature was 38.0 degrees, pushing last winter (37.7 degrees) down to 6th place. The only cold stretch was a weeklong arctic blast in the middle of January. Otherwise, temperatures were above normal