Rain is running three inches ahead of normal this year
Is Columbus running wet or dry this year?
Columbus is running about three inches wetter than normal through mid-September 2026.
Forecast rainfall over the next six hours. Map: CNAW 2, built from NOAA data on a USGS base.
The viewing area has picked up 39.12 inches of rain so far this year, running about three inches above what normally falls by this date. That surplus comes as a strong El Niño pattern is in place across the Pacific.
Historically, strong El Niño events have steered more moisture into the Gulf South and raised the odds of wetter conditions during the cold season. The seasonal outlook for October through December shows a 40 percent chance of above-normal rainfall across the region.
The pattern could also mean a slightly cooler cold season than average, though that carries only a 33 percent probability.
Right now in Columbus, Georgia
71°Temperature
68°Dew point
92%Humidity
4 mphWind — south
29.96"Pressure
The next seven days
Day
High
Low
Rain
Conditions
TONIGHT
—
73°
44%
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
TODAY
94°
73°
23%
Patchy Fog then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
MON
95°
72°
35%
Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
TUE
93°
72°
37%
Chance Rain Showers then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
WED
91°
69°
20%
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
THU
87°
67°
8%
Mostly Sunny
FRI
87°
65°
4%
Sunny
Written by the CNAW 2 weather desk from CNAW 2 weather desk 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.
