Becky Hinckley (collins)

1. Your Geo Gnome is in Columbus, Ohio.
2. Columbus, Ohio has hot, muggy summers and cold, dry winters. The hottest temperature ever recorded in Columbus was 106°F, which occurred most recently on July 14 1936. The coldest temperature was -22°F, occurring January 19, 1994. Columbus is also subject to severe weather typical to the Midwestern United States. Tornadoes are possible from the spring to the fall, the most recent of which occurred on October 11, 2006. Floods, blizzards, and sever thunderstorms can also occur from time to time.
3. Ohio is surrounded by the following states: Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
4. The most common transportation in Columbus is the car, although there is also an extensive municipal bus service called the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA).5. Columbus is considered to have relatively flat topography thanks to a large glacier that covered most of Ohio during the Wisconsin Ice Age. However, there are sizable differences in elevation through the area, with the high point being 1132ft above sea level, and the low point being 670ft.