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Highs holding in the 90s through the week

What is the seven-day forecast for Columbus, Georgia?

Highs holding in the 90s through the week — highs 91° to 95° over the next five days.

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

Afternoons run between 91 and 95 degrees over the next five days. Nothing in the seven-day is asking for a change of plan. Forecast from the National Weather Service.

Why it is doing this

A seven-day is a pattern, not seven forecasts. What is worth knowing is what is steering the pattern.

Behind the day to day, a strong El Niño is in place — the Pacific index sits at +1.80. It does not decide any single afternoon, but it tilts the odds for the season.

The barometer has hardly moved in six hours — up 0.2 millibars — which is why nothing much is changing.

The dew point is 68, the sticky end of comfortable. It is also the floor the overnight low works against: the air will not usually fall much below it.

Right now in Columbus, Georgia

71°Temperature
68°Dew point
92%Humidity
4 mphWind — south
29.96"Pressure

The next seven days

DayHighLowRainConditions
TONIGHT73°44%Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
TODAY94°73°23%Patchy Fog then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
MON95°72°35%Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
TUE93°72°37%Chance Rain Showers then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
WED91°69°20%Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
THU87°67°8%Mostly Sunny
FRI87°65°4%Sunny

Written by the CNAW 2 weather desk from National Weather Service data. Last updated September 20, 2026 at 1:21 AM Eastern. Covering Columbus and Phenix City, Auburn–Opelika, LaGrange, Eufaula and the rest of the 19-county CNAW viewing area.