COLD FRONT

A cold front comes through around 4:15 PM

When does the next front move through Columbus, Georgia?

A cold front comes through around 4:15 PM — drier air behind it — the dew point drops about 7 degrees.

Forecast air temperature across the Southeast. Map: CNAW 2, built from NOAA data on a USGS base.

The barometer bottoms out around 4:15 PM, 2.5 millibars below where it sits now, and the wind swings from the east round to the east behind it. The dew point falls about 7 degrees after it passes, which is what makes the air feel different rather than just cooler.

Why it is doing this

A front is not weather in itself — it is the boundary between two air masses, and everything you notice is the swap happening.

There is a cold front about 11 hours out. What you feel as it goes past is the wind swinging round and the air drying — about 7 degrees off the dew point behind it.

The barometer has hardly moved in six hours — up 0.3 millibars — which is why nothing much is changing.

The wind is out of the north at about 4 miles an hour, so the air over us is coming down out of the interior, which is drier and cooler air.

Right now in Columbus, Georgia

48°Temperature

45°Dew point

90%Humidity

4 mphWind — north

30.24"Pressure

The next seven days

Day	High	Low	Rain	Conditions
TONIGHT	—	46°	0%	Partly Cloudy
TODAY	78°	49°	0%	Sunny
WED	78°	54°	0%	Mostly Sunny
THU	81°	57°	0%	Sunny
FRI	82°	60°	1%	Mostly Sunny
SAT	81°	61°	53%	Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers
SUN	79°	59°	53%	Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Written by the CNAW 2 weather desk from CNAW weather desk data. Last updated October 27, 2026 at 5:15 AM Eastern. Covering Columbus and Phenix City, Auburn–Opelika, LaGrange, Eufaula and the rest of the 19-county CNAW viewing area.

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