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Now · 7:25 AM

Columbus Weather & Hourly Forecast

United States · Nebraska · 68601

71°F

Light rain

Feels like: 72°F

💧 Humidity 94% 🌡 Pressure 29.85 inHg 💨 Wind 4 mph 👁 Visibility 6.2 mi ☁ Clouds 62% ☀️ UV index 0.0 · Low 🌅 Sunrise 6:55 AM 🌇 Sunset 8:03 PM

Hourly Forecast for Columbus

Today

8:00 AM

Light rain

71° 💧 0.03 in 💨 4 mph H 94%29.85 inHg

11:00 AM

Mostly cloudy

77° 💧 None 💨 3 mph H 68%29.88 inHg

2:00 PM

Overcast

87° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 35%29.83 inHg

5:00 PM

Overcast

95° 💧 None 💨 3 mph H 25%29.71 inHg

8:00 PM

Overcast

89° 💧 None 💨 7 mph H 34%29.71 inHg

11:00 PM

Overcast night

87° 💧 None 💨 9 mph H 33%29.74 inHg

Tomorrow

2:00 AM

Mostly cloudy night

78° 💧 None 💨 12 mph H 33%29.77 inHg

5:00 AM

Partly cloudy night

72° 💧 None 💨 3 mph H 42%29.77 inHg

8:00 AM

Mostly sunny

74° 💧 None 💨 3 mph H 50%29.80 inHg

11:00 AM

Partly cloudy

83° 💧 None 💨 10 mph H 35%29.80 inHg

2:00 PM

Partly cloudy

91° 💧 None 💨 13 mph H 22%29.74 inHg

5:00 PM

Partly cloudy

95° 💧 None 💨 10 mph H 20%29.68 inHg

8:00 PM

Overcast

86° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 34%29.68 inHg

11:00 PM

Mostly cloudy night

81° 💧 0.01 in 💨 5 mph H 41%29.74 inHg

Thursday

2:00 AM

Mostly cloudy night

81° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 42%29.71 inHg

5:00 AM

Light rain

80° 💧 0.01 in 💨 10 mph H 49%29.74 inHg

Today

8:00 AM

Light rain

71° 💧 0.03 in 💨 4 mph H 94%29.85 inHg

9:00 AM

Mostly cloudy

72° 💧 None 💨 3 mph H 91%29.88 inHg

10:00 AM

Mostly cloudy

73° 💧 None 💨 2 mph H 82%29.88 inHg

11:00 AM

Mostly cloudy

77° 💧 None 💨 3 mph H 68%29.88 inHg

12:00 PM

Mostly cloudy

83° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 46%29.85 inHg

1:00 PM

Mostly cloudy

83° 💧 None 💨 7 mph H 42%29.85 inHg

2:00 PM

Overcast

87° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 35%29.83 inHg

3:00 PM

Overcast

92° 💧 None 💨 3 mph H 30%29.80 inHg

4:00 PM

Overcast

93° 💧 None 💨 3 mph H 26%29.74 inHg

5:00 PM

Overcast

95° 💧 None 💨 3 mph H 25%29.71 inHg

6:00 PM

Overcast

91° 💧 None 💨 7 mph H 35%29.71 inHg

7:00 PM

Overcast

87° 💧 None 💨 7 mph H 39%29.71 inHg

8:00 PM

Overcast

89° 💧 None 💨 7 mph H 34%29.71 inHg

9:00 PM

Overcast night

88° 💧 None 💨 7 mph H 33%29.71 inHg

10:00 PM

Overcast night

89° 💧 None 💨 7 mph H 36%29.74 inHg

11:00 PM

Overcast night

87° 💧 None 💨 9 mph H 33%29.74 inHg

Tomorrow

12:00 AM

Overcast night

89° 💧 None 💨 14 mph H 34%29.74 inHg

1:00 AM

Overcast night

82° 💧 None 💨 12 mph H 34%29.77 inHg

2:00 AM

Mostly cloudy night

78° 💧 None 💨 12 mph H 33%29.77 inHg

3:00 AM

Partly cloudy night

78° 💧 None 💨 10 mph H 34%29.77 inHg

4:00 AM

Partly cloudy night

74° 💧 None 💨 7 mph H 39%29.77 inHg

5:00 AM

Partly cloudy night

72° 💧 None 💨 3 mph H 42%29.77 inHg

6:00 AM

Mostly clear night

73° 💧 None 💨 3 mph H 44%29.80 inHg

7:00 AM

Mostly sunny

74° 💧 None 💨 2 mph H 45%29.80 inHg

8:00 AM

Mostly sunny

74° 💧 None 💨 3 mph H 50%29.80 inHg

9:00 AM

Mostly sunny

79° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 47%29.83 inHg

10:00 AM

Partly cloudy

81° 💧 None 💨 9 mph H 39%29.80 inHg

11:00 AM

Partly cloudy

83° 💧 None 💨 10 mph H 35%29.80 inHg

12:00 PM

Mostly cloudy

87° 💧 None 💨 9 mph H 30%29.77 inHg

1:00 PM

Mostly cloudy

86° 💧 None 💨 10 mph H 30%29.77 inHg

2:00 PM

Partly cloudy

91° 💧 None 💨 13 mph H 22%29.74 inHg

3:00 PM

Mostly cloudy

88° 💧 None 💨 11 mph H 30%29.74 inHg

4:00 PM

Mostly cloudy

91° 💧 None 💨 6 mph H 26%29.71 inHg

5:00 PM

Partly cloudy

95° 💧 None 💨 10 mph H 20%29.68 inHg

6:00 PM

Partly cloudy

94° 💧 None 💨 6 mph H 25%29.68 inHg

7:00 PM

Partly cloudy

88° 💧 None 💨 6 mph H 32%29.68 inHg

8:00 PM

Overcast

86° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 34%29.68 inHg

9:00 PM

Overcast night

84° 💧 None 💨 8 mph H 37%29.71 inHg

10:00 PM

Overcast night

84° 💧 None 💨 8 mph H 35%29.71 inHg

11:00 PM

Mostly cloudy night

81° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 41%29.74 inHg

Thursday

12:00 AM

Light rain

82° 💧 0.01 in 💨 4 mph H 49%29.74 inHg

1:00 AM

Mostly cloudy night

76° 💧 None 💨 6 mph H 47%29.74 inHg

2:00 AM

Mostly cloudy night

81° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 42%29.71 inHg

3:00 AM

Partly cloudy night

82° 💧 None 💨 9 mph H 38%29.71 inHg

4:00 AM

Partly cloudy night

82° 💧 None 💨 12 mph H 43%29.71 inHg

5:00 AM

Light rain

80° 💧 0.01 in 💨 10 mph H 49%29.74 inHg

6:00 AM

Partly cloudy night

81° 💧 None 💨 10 mph H 46%29.74 inHg

7:00 AM

Partly cloudy

81° 💧 None 💨 12 mph H 46%29.74 inHg

8:00 AM

Sunny

84° 💧 None 💨 14 mph H 42%29.74 inHg

9:00 AM

Mostly sunny

88° 💧 None 💨 16 mph H 37%29.74 inHg

10:00 AM

Partly cloudy

92° 💧 None 💨 17 mph H 33%29.74 inHg

11:00 AM

Mostly sunny

96° 💧 None 💨 16 mph H 28%29.74 inHg

12:00 PM

Mostly sunny

100° 💧 None 💨 16 mph H 26%29.71 inHg

1:00 PM

Mostly sunny

103° 💧 None 💨 14 mph H 23%29.71 inHg

2:00 PM

Sunny

106° 💧 None 💨 13 mph H 20%29.68 inHg

3:00 PM

Sunny

107° 💧 None 💨 14 mph H 19%29.65 inHg

4:00 PM

Sunny

108° 💧 None 💨 17 mph H 18%29.65 inHg

5:00 PM

Sunny

106° 💧 None 💨 19 mph H 19%29.65 inHg

6:00 PM

Sunny

105° 💧 None 💨 13 mph H 20%29.65 inHg

7:00 PM

Sunny

103° 💧 None 💨 10 mph H 20%29.62 inHg

8:00 PM

Sunny

95° 💧 None 💨 13 mph H 28%29.62 inHg

9:00 PM

Mostly clear night

93° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 33%29.65 inHg

10:00 PM

Light rain

82° 💧 0.03 in 💨 10 mph H 60%29.71 inHg

11:00 PM

Partly cloudy night

81° 💧 None 💨 15 mph H 60%29.71 inHg

Friday

12:00 AM

Partly cloudy night

78° 💧 None 💨 12 mph H 64%29.71 inHg

1:00 AM

Partly cloudy night

77° 💧 None 💨 8 mph H 64%29.74 inHg

2:00 AM

Clear night

75° 💧 None 💨 8 mph H 64%29.74 inHg

3:00 AM

Clear night

77° 💧 None 💨 8 mph H 58%29.74 inHg

4:00 AM

Clear night

79° 💧 None 💨 8 mph H 52%29.74 inHg

5:00 AM

Clear night

80° 💧 None 💨 9 mph H 51%29.74 inHg

6:00 AM

Mostly clear night

81° 💧 None 💨 11 mph H 53%29.74 inHg

7:00 AM

Mostly sunny

83° 💧 None 💨 14 mph H 54%29.74 inHg

8:00 AM

Mostly cloudy

85° 💧 None 💨 15 mph H 50%29.77 inHg

9:00 AM

Mostly cloudy

87° 💧 None 💨 17 mph H 48%29.77 inHg

10:00 AM

Partly cloudy

91° 💧 None 💨 17 mph H 42%29.77 inHg

11:00 AM

Partly cloudy

95° 💧 None 💨 16 mph H 36%29.77 inHg

12:00 PM

Mostly sunny

98° 💧 None 💨 15 mph H 31%29.77 inHg

1:00 PM

Mostly sunny

102° 💧 None 💨 14 mph H 27%29.74 inHg

2:00 PM

Sunny

105° 💧 None 💨 14 mph H 23%29.71 inHg

3:00 PM

Sunny

106° 💧 None 💨 13 mph H 21%29.68 inHg

4:00 PM

Mostly sunny

106° 💧 None 💨 13 mph H 20%29.68 inHg

5:00 PM

Partly cloudy

106° 💧 None 💨 10 mph H 20%29.68 inHg

6:00 PM

Partly cloudy

104° 💧 None 💨 10 mph H 21%29.65 inHg

7:00 PM

Partly cloudy

100° 💧 None 💨 8 mph H 23%29.68 inHg

8:00 PM

Overcast night

80° 💧 None 💨 17 mph H 57%29.77 inHg

9:00 PM

Moderate rain

76° 💧 0.05 in 💨 6 mph H 66%29.85 inHg

10:00 PM

Moderate rain

72° 💧 0.05 in 💨 13 mph H 88%29.85 inHg

11:00 PM

Overcast night

71° 💧 None 💨 12 mph H 90%29.83 inHg

Saturday

12:00 AM

Overcast night

71° 💧 None 💨 6 mph H 88%29.83 inHg

1:00 AM

Mostly cloudy night

71° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 86%29.80 inHg

2:00 AM

Overcast night

72° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 83%29.80 inHg

3:00 AM

Overcast night

72° 💧 None 💨 6 mph H 83%29.80 inHg

4:00 AM

Overcast night

72° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 82%29.80 inHg

5:00 AM

Overcast night

71° 💧 None 💨 4 mph H 84%29.83 inHg

6:00 AM

Mostly cloudy night

71° 💧 None 💨 5 mph H 83%29.83 inHg

7:00 AM

Mostly cloudy

71° 💧 None 💨 4 mph H 83%29.83 inHg

In Columbus and, more broadly, across the state of Nebraska: This morning, expect mostly cloudy skies with very hot temperatures ranging from the low 70s to the upper 80s. Light south winds will blow at around 8 mph, with occasional gusts reaching 16 mph. As the day progresses into the afternoon, heat will intensify, pushing temperatures toward the mid-90s. There is a possibility of light rain, with an estimated accumulation of about 0.03 inches, and the highest chance of rain occurring during the afternoon hours. Winds will remain gentle, maintaining a southward direction at similar speeds, providing little relief from the heat. Overall, it will be a hot and partly unsettled day, with brief periods of rain possible in some areas.

15-Day Weather Outlook for Columbus

TomorrowTomorrow

Mostly cloudy 95°/72° 💧 None 💨 14 mph

Thursday, Sep 3Thu Sep 3

Light rain 108°/76° 💧 0.05 in 💨 19 mph

Friday, Sep 4Fri Sep 4

Light rain 106°/72° 💧 0.10 in 💨 17 mph

Saturday, Sep 5Sat Sep 5

Mostly cloudy 106°/71° 💧 None 💨 16 mph

Sunday, Sep 6Sun Sep 6

Mostly cloudy 96°/67° 💧 None 💨 9 mph

Monday, Sep 7Mon Sep 7

Light rain 97°/70° 💧 0.12 in 💨 10 mph

Tuesday, Sep 8Tue Sep 8

Light rain 72°/66° 💧 0.04 in 💨 12 mph

Wednesday, Sep 9Wed Sep 9

Mostly sunny 105°/60° 💧 None 💨 12 mph

Thursday, Sep 10Thu Sep 10

Light rain 96°/70° 💧 0.01 in 💨 14 mph

Friday, Sep 11Fri Sep 11

Light rain 87°/62° 💧 0.05 in 💨 14 mph

Saturday, Sep 12Sat Sep 12

Light rain 93°/68° 💧 0.19 in 💨 15 mph

Sunday, Sep 13Sun Sep 13

Light rain 109°/73° 💧 0.02 in 💨 17 mph

Monday, Sep 14Mon Sep 14

Mostly sunny 107°/71° 💧 None 💨 17 mph

Tuesday, Sep 15Tue Sep 15

Sunny 108°/76° 💧 None 💨 17 mph

Wednesday, Sep 16Wed Sep 16

Light rain 105°/72° 💧 0.01 in 💨 15 mph

TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK

Temperature & Weather Trends in Columbus

Vertical axis: °F · Color based on temperature

AIR QUALITY FORECAST

Air Quality Forecast for Columbus

Hourly forecast · Updated every 2 hours

Good

Nearest forecast value 8:00 AM

PM2.5 Fine particles Good 3,0µg/m³

Microscopic particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs. Elevated concentrations can especially affect children, older adults and people with respiratory conditions.

PM10 Particulate matter Good 3,5µg/m³

Includes dust, pollen and other airborne particles. High concentrations may irritate the respiratory system.

O₃ Ozone Good 47,0µg/m³

Ground-level ozone can irritate the eyes and respiratory system when concentrations are elevated.

NO₂ Nitrogen dioxide Good 2,7µg/m³

A gas emitted mainly by traffic and some industrial activity. High exposure can affect respiratory health.

Air quality is favorable for outdoor activities.

UV & HEALTH

UV, Sun & Health Outlook in Columbus

Maximum daily UV Today, tomorrow and the following day show the maximum UV index forecast for each day.

0–2 Low 3–5 Moderate 6–7 High 8–10 Very high 11+ Extreme

Today UV 7,4High 😊Good

Tomorrow UV 5,9Moderate 🙂Fair

Thursday UV 7,8High 🙂Fair

Friday UV 7,6High 🙂Fair

Saturday UV 9,0Very high 🙂Fair

Sunday UV 9,0Very high —Unavailable

Monday UV 10,0Very high —Unavailable

Hourly UV index today

8:00 AMUV 0,2 9:00 AMUV 0,8 10:00 AMUV 2,6 11:00 AMUV 4,7 12:00 PMUV 6,3 1:00 PMUV 7,4 2:00 PMUV 7,3 3:00 PMUV 6,6 4:00 PMUV 4,8 5:00 PMUV 2,7 6:00 PMUV 1,1 7:00 PMUV 0,3

Today's weather health advice Open today's recommendations.

Strong UV exposure

Protect exposed skin with SPF 30+ sunscreen, wear sunglasses, and try to limit direct midday sun.

Good air quality

Air quality is good and outdoor activities can be enjoyed normally.

Comfortable temperature conditions

Temperatures should feel comfortable for most people, with no particular heat or cold precautions needed.

Good conditions for outdoor activities

Outdoor activities can generally be enjoyed normally, with sun protection adjusted to the UV level.

WIND OUTLOOK

Hourly Wind Forecast for Columbus

Vertical axis: mph · Horizontal axis: hours

Sustained wind Max gusts

Internal PR simulation: 4.52 Population: 24,488

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Forecast data for Columbus were last refreshed today at 7:25 AM. The current forecast period extends through 03/09/2026 at 5:00 AM. Weather, air-quality and UV-index data are provided through WEATHER-INFO.COM. Forecasts are produced automatically from the latest available data and are subject to periodic technical checks. This service is intended for general weather information.