October sometimes brings first snowflakes of the season

Columbus and Central Ohio Weather

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- On Oct. 25, 2012, the high temperature in Columbus reached 80 degrees in a four-day warm spell at the conclusion of a blistering, drought summer. Four days later, it was snowing in many parts of Ohio.

Even more remarkable, the snow came from the remnants of a large hurricane -- Superstorm Sandy -- that made landfall in southern New Jersey on the evening of Oct. 29 as a post-tropical cyclone. The monster storm tapped...