Columbus (WCMH) – I spent the morning going through every Easter Sunday that we had weather data for, so since 1878.   It looks like this Sunday will be the 24th warmest Easter Sunday on record.Easter Sunday changes dates every year:

Easter Sunday can fall anywhere from March 22nd, to April 25th, that is why there is wide range of temperatures, and even precipitation that falls on Easter Sunday.

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon that falls on or after the start of Spring, which is determined as March 21st.

Since we had our “Pink” Full Moon earlier this week, and it was the first full moon of Spring, Easter falls this upcoming Sunday.Since the date of Easter falls in a 35 day window, we have had snow, rain, cold, and 80s too!

Our forecast high temperature for this Sunday would match last Easter Sunday (3-27-16) at 75 degrees, the 24th warmest on record for Easter Sunday!

• Highs in the 80s  9 times
• Highs in the 70s  33 times
• Highs in the 60s  32 times
• Highs in the 50s  34 times
• Highs in the 40s  23 times
• Highs in the 30s  7 time
• Highs in the 20s  1 time
• Warmest high temperature 86 (4-13-1941 record high)
• Coldest high temperature 25 (3-24-1940, record cold high temp)

• Lows in the teens  2 times
• Lows in the 20s  26 times
• Lows in the 30s  50 times
• Lows in the 40s  37 times
• Lows in the 50s  23 times
• Lows in the 60s  1 time
• Warmest low temp 62 (4-22-1973)
• Coldest low temp  13 (3-24-1940)
• Only record low temp 15 (4-1-1923)

• Dusting of snow 13 days
• Measurable snow  6 days
• total snowfall 4.1″
• heaviest snowfall 1.9″ (3-29-1970) daily record

• Drizzle/mist 23 days
• Measurable rain 59 days
• total rainfall  13.51″
• heaviest rainfall  1.33″ (3-27-1921)

Since 1878 Easter Sunday has occurred on April 16th 5 other times, this will be the 6th this year:

Almost every Easter Sunday on April 16th is warm & wet, this one will be no different.

Below is a full data set I collected for every single Easter Sunday since 1878 for Columbus:

I noted the date, high temp, low temp, rain (0 = mist/not measurable), snow (0 = a dusting/not measurable)

If you have any questions about climate, seasonal climate, Easter weather, or any other weather, email me: dmazza@wcmh.com

-Dave

		high	low	rain	snow
1878	21-Apr	66	44	0.12
1879	13-Apr	50	37	0.06
1880	28-Mar	47	36	0.04
1881	17-Apr	56	40	0.08
1882	9-Apr	57	42	0.59
1883	25-Mar	55	33
1884	13-Apr	60	44	0.03
1885	5-Apr	65	34	0.01
1886	25-Apr	81	55
1887	10-Apr	76	48
1888	1-Apr	76	41
1889	21-Apr	66	52
1890	6-Apr	68	37
1891	29-Mar	56	30
1892	17-Apr	58	42	0
1893	2-Apr	61	31
1894	25-Mar	31	24	0	0
1895	14-Apr	46	37	0.01
1896	5-Apr	59	29
1897	18-Apr	64	32
1898	10-Apr	59	40	0
1899	2-Apr	40	23	0	0
1900	15-Apr	63	36
1901	7-Apr	76	50
1902	30-Mar	54	36	0.26	0
1903	12-Apr	72	56	0.22
1904	3-Apr	36	28	0	0
1905	23-Apr	63	40
1906	15-Apr	48	39	0.03
1907	31-Mar	48	24
1908	19-Apr	67	50
1909	11-Apr	67	26
1910	27-Mar	81	51
1911	16-Apr	52	35	0.04
1912	7-Apr	61	33	0.17
1913	23-Mar	64	33	0.53
1914	12-Apr	57	27
1915	4-Apr	54	26
1916	23-Apr	50	37	0.01
1917	8-Apr	37	27	0.03
1918	31-Mar	70	42
1919	20-Apr	70	48	0.24
1920	4-Apr	52	36	0.09
1921	27-Mar	78	57	1.33
1922	16-Apr	76	45
1923	1-Apr	41	15
1924	20-Apr	51	42	0
1925	12-Apr	72	38
1926	4-Apr	48	26
1927	17-Apr	74	49
1928	8-Apr	39	30	0.01	0.1
1929	31-Mar	70	49	0
1930	20-Apr	67	46
1931	5-Apr	53	34
1932	27-Mar	43	35	0.01	0
1933	16-Apr	69	50	0.36
1934	1-Apr	72	37	0
1935	21-Apr	64	44
1936	12-Apr	56	41	0
1937	28-Mar	40	24
1938	17-Apr	78	59	0.01
1939	9-Apr	54	31	0.15	0
1940	24-Mar	25	13	0
1941	13-Apr	86	55
1942	5-Apr	78	58
1943	25-Apr	71	50	0.06
1944	9-Apr	66	55	0.32
1945	1-Apr	64	45	0.16
1946	21-Apr	74	38
1947	6-Apr	67	44
1948	28-Mar	40	25	0	0
1949	17-Apr	45	27	0	0
1950	9-Apr	35	25	0.37	0.3
1951	25-Mar	41	23
1952	13-Apr	66	51	0.45
1953	5-Apr	59	34
1954	18-Apr	70	45
1955	10-Apr	76	38
1956	1-Apr	63	30	0
1957	21-Apr	80	59	0
1958	6-Apr	69	46	0.69
1959	29-Mar	50	28	0.02
1960	17-Apr	77	49	0.15
1961	2-Apr	40	25	0	0
1962	22-Apr	81	49	0.16
1963	14-Apr	55	33
1964	29-Mar	40	23	0.06	0.7
1965	18-Apr	61	38	0
1966	10-Apr	50	26	0.01
1967	26-Mar	79	42
1968	14-Apr	74	49	0.38
1969	6-Apr	55	36
1970	29-Mar	40	25	0.16	1.9
1971	11-Apr	73	30
1972	2-Apr	40	30	0.01	0.1
1973	22-Apr	74	62	0.03
1974	14-Apr	78	45	0.22
1975	30-Mar	36	26	0	0
1976	18-Apr	84	50
1977	10-Apr	81	36
1978	26-Mar	45	38	0.7
1979	15-Apr	51	41	0
1980	6-Apr	64	36
1981	19-Apr	59	43	0.08
1982	11-Apr	46	29
1983	3-Apr	46	39	0.14
1984	22-Apr	52	39	0.83
1985	7-Apr	48	34	0.15	0
1986	30-Mar	82	50
1987	19-Apr	80	48
1988	3-Apr	63	54	1.38
1989	26-Mar	71	38
1990	15-Apr	59	31
1991	31-Mar	50	24	0.04
1992	19-Apr	79	56
1993	11-Apr	69	35	0
1994	3-Apr	61	30	0.41	1
1995	16-Apr	72	46	0
1996	7-Apr	41	27
1997	30-Mar	49	37	0.18
1998	12-Apr	68	36
1999	4-Apr	74	51	0.06
2000	23-Apr	64	36
2001	15-Apr	58	42	0.3
2002	31-Mar	54	39	0.02
2003	20-Apr	76	57	0.54
2004	11-Apr	56	41	0.01
2005	27-Mar	50	38	0
2006	16-Apr	71	50	0.09
2007	8-Apr	37	26	0	0
2008	23-Mar	44	22	0	0
2009	12-Apr	56	30
2010	4-Apr	73	41
2011	24-Apr	66	58	0.52
2012	8-Apr	64	47	0.02
2013	31-Mar	56	42	0.07
2014	20-Apr	77	45
2015	5-Apr	62	36
2016	27-Mar	75	38	0.29
2017	16-Apr