Columbus (WCMH) – Since 1901 “The Game” has been played almost every other year here in Columbus.   We have had days as warm as 70°, and as low as 20° and everything in between, even rain and lots of snow!

** I only studied games that were played in Columbus for this story **Saturday we are forecast to have a high of 45°, who does that give the edge to?

In history of games here in Columbus, we have had 2 occurrences of highs of 45°, and the series is tied at 1-1 on those days.In the history of games played in Columbus, temperatures have been all over the place:

The earlier games were played sometimes in October, so it was possible to see warm games, like the 10/15/32 game when it was 70°.   Starting in 1934 the games were always played in November.

It is interesting to note that Ohio State has beat that team up north at home when temperatures have been in the 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, but never when temperatures have been in the 70s or 20s!Precipitation has fallen in many forms since 1901 here in Columbus, including the incredible “Snow Bowl” in 1950:

We have only had measurable snowfall twice, in 1950 we had 7.5″ of snowfall, much during the game.  Also, in 2012 we picked up  0.2″ of snowfall that cold day, with flurries during the game.Saturday will be a fair game here with dry conditions and a bit of a breeze:

Here is a recap of every home football game against that team up north here in Columbus:

If you can’t read my notes… here it is below in clear print 🙂  (in red is when the Buckeyes won, Green is a tie)

Year	Date	High	Mist?	Rain	Flurry	Snow
1901	9-Nov	63
1904	15-Oct	64
1906	20-Oct	65
1908	24-Oct	66		0.06
1910	22-Oct	52		0.02
1912	19-Oct	63
1918	30-Nov	38
1920	6-Nov	58
1922	21-Oct	68
1924	15-Nov	45
1926	13-Nov	59
1928	20-Oct	54
1930	18-Oct	44
1932	15-Oct	70
1934	17-Nov	62
1936	21-Nov	48			Flurry
1938	19-Nov	49		0.22
1940	23-Nov	49		0.16
1942	21-Nov	64		0.35
1944	25-Nov	38
1946	23-Nov	38
1948	20-Nov	51
1950	25-Nov	20				7.5
1952	22-Nov	45		0.13
1954	20-Nov	53		0.15
1956	24-Nov	31
1958	22-Nov	47
1960	19-Nov	43
1962	24-Nov	46
1964	21-Nov	24			Flurry
1966	19-Nov	36
1968	23-Nov	63
1970	21-Nov	48
1972	25-Nov	40		0.04	Flurry
1974	23-Nov	64	Trace
1976	20-Nov	46
1978	25-Nov	42
1980	22-Nov	46
1982	21-Nov	62		1.1
1984	17-Nov	41
1986	22-Nov	47
1988	19-Nov	49		0.09
1990	24-Nov	51
1992	21-Nov	59		0.42
1994	19-Nov	56
1996	23-Nov	43
1998	21-Nov	41
2000	18-Nov	32			Flurry
2002	23-Nov	41
2004	20-Nov	59		0.05
2006	18-Nov	50
2008	22-Nov	30
2010	27-Nov	36
2012	24-Nov	33
2014	29-Nov	54				0.02
2016	26-Nov	45

If you have any questions about the weather, or weather for the games, I always love a good research question, or any others, email me: dmazza@wcmh.com

Have a fun and great weekend, Go Buckeyes!

-Dave