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Rain back in the picture on Saturday

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

Rain back in the picture on Saturday — highs 77° to 82° over the next five days.

Forecast rainfall over the next six hours. Map: CNAW 2, built from NOAA data on a USGS base.

Afternoons run between 77 and 82 degrees over the next five days. The wettest day looks like Saturday, at a 52 percent chance — mostly cloudy then slight chance rain showers. 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 very strong El Niño is in place — the Pacific index sits at +2.16. It does not decide any single afternoon, but it tilts the odds for the season.

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

The dew point is only 46. Dry air swings hard both ways: warm by afternoon, and a good deal colder by dawn than the forecast number suggests.

Right now in Columbus, Georgia

52°Temperature

46°Dew point

79%Humidity

4 mphWind — north

30.19"Pressure

The next seven days

Day	High	Low	Rain	Conditions
TONIGHT	—	50°	0%	Mostly Clear
TODAY	77°	55°	0%	Mostly Sunny
THU	81°	57°	0%	Mostly Sunny
FRI	82°	62°	2%	Mostly Sunny
SAT	80°	62°	52%	Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers
SUN	76°	59°	61%	Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
MON	80°	59°	10%	Partly Sunny

Written by the CNAW 2 weather desk from National Weather Service data. Last updated October 28, 2026 at 1:37 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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