Friday night stays calm — mostly sunny with lows in the low 60s
What will the weather be like Friday night?
Friday night will be mostly sunny and cool, with temperatures dropping to the low 60s and virtually no chance of rain across the CNAW viewing area.
Forecast cloud cover across the Southeast. Map: CNAW 2, built from NOAA data on a USGS base.
Anyone planning to be outdoors Friday evening will find nearly ideal conditions. The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a high of 86 degrees, and by the time evening settles in the temperature will have dropped to around 63 degrees. The chance of rain is just 1 percent — essentially zero.
That dry pattern holds through the weekend. Saturday brings sunny skies with a high near 87 and a low around 61, and Sunday stays mostly sunny with similar temperatures. The cooler airmass moving in Wednesday will have fully taken hold by then, replacing the unseasonably warm air that has lingered across the region.
The shift is part of a larger autumn pattern that forecasters expect to anchor itself into early next week. Northerly winds on the back side of a trough moving over the mid-Atlantic will keep dry air in place, with temperatures gradually warming back into the upper 80s by Monday but rain chances staying minimal.
Right now in Columbus, Georgia
77°Temperature
73°Dew point
87%Humidity
2 mphWind — northeast
29.97"Pressure
The next seven days
Day
High
Low
Rain
Conditions
TODAY
94°
71°
27%
Patchy Fog then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
WED
91°
69°
24%
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
THU
84°
63°
22%
Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny
FRI
86°
63°
1%
Mostly Sunny
SAT
87°
61°
1%
Sunny
SUN
87°
61°
3%
Mostly Sunny
MON
89°
62°
5%
Mostly Sunny
Written by the CNAW 2 weather desk from CNAW 2 weather desk data. Last updated September 22, 2026 at 9:57 AM Eastern. Covering Columbus and Phenix City, Auburn–Opelika, LaGrange, Eufaula and the rest of the 19-county CNAW viewing area.
