It sure seems like we’ve had our share of blustery breezes so far this March. But has this month actually been unusually windy? Turns out, the answer is a big ol’ “nope.” Through March 19, Columbus has had seven days with a top wind gust of at least 30 mph. While that’s a few more […]

For the first time since November 6, Columbus crossed the 70-degree mark on Tuesday. It turns out that it’s right on schedule, too — the average of the first 70 is March 9, using the 1991–2020 climate period. I should mention that the average first date 100 years ago in 1925 was March 22. This

Writing simple code, for those of us who know nothing of actually writing code from scratch, is now a much more doable task thanks to generative AI. Instead of clawing my way through Reddit and Stack Overflow and hoping I can cobble something together, I can just ask ChatGPT for assistance. And that’s what I

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