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Columbus, OH · now

73°

Cloudy

Feels
74°
High / Low
77° / 60°
Wind
50 mph S
Humidity
83%
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Dry now; thunderstorms expected around 4:00 PM.

Precipitation · next 12 hrs

Peak 76% · 3 PM

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What to wear today

Rain jacket and umbrella

Plan for showers (76%). Skip cotton or anything that dries slow.

Next 24 hours

55° 70° 85° ↑ 78° ↓ 61° 3 PM 6 PM 9 PM 12 AM 3 AM 6 AM 9 AM 12 PM

  1. 3 PM

    74°

    76%

  2. 5 PM

    75°

    52%

  3. 7 PM

    74°

    23%

  4. 9 PM

    70°

    19%

  5. 11 PM

    66°

    18%

  6. 1 AM

    65°

    14%

  7. 3 AM

    62°

    12%

  8. 5 AM

    61°

    12%

  9. 7 AM

    62°

    9%

  10. 9 AM

    66°

    11%

  11. 11 AM

    72°

    23%

  12. 1 PM

    77°

    43%

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7 days

  1. Today 5/23 Showers And Thunderstorms 89% 77° · 60°
    1. 3 PM 74° Showers And Thunderstorms 76%
    2. 4 PM 75° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 71%
    3. 5 PM 75° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 52%
    4. 6 PM 76° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 38%
    5. 7 PM 74° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    6. 8 PM 73° Slight Chance Rain Showers 23%
    7. 9 PM 70° Slight Chance Rain Showers 19%
    8. 10 PM 68° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    9. 11 PM 66° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
  2. Sun 5/24 Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 80% 80° · 61°
    1. 12 AM 65° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    2. 1 AM 65° Partly Cloudy 14%
    3. 2 AM 63° Partly Cloudy 12%
    4. 3 AM 62° Patchy Fog 12%
    5. 4 AM 62° Patchy Fog 13%
    6. 5 AM 61° Patchy Fog 12%
    7. 6 AM 62° Patchy Fog 10%
    8. 7 AM 62° Patchy Fog 9%
    9. 8 AM 63° Partly Sunny 5%
    10. 9 AM 66° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    11. 10 AM 70° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 17%
    12. 11 AM 72° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    13. 12 PM 75° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 33%
    14. 1 PM 77° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 43%
    15. 2 PM 78° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 53%
    16. 3 PM 79° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 67%
    17. 4 PM 80° Showers And Thunderstorms 80%
    18. 5 PM 78° Showers And Thunderstorms 76%
    19. 6 PM 78° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 71%
    20. 7 PM 78° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 66%
    21. 8 PM 75° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 62%
    22. 9 PM 72° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 53%
    23. 10 PM 69° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 45%
    24. 11 PM 67° Chance Rain Showers 36%
  3. Mon 5/25 Slight Chance Rain Showers 18% 81° · 63°
    1. 12 AM 66° Chance Rain Showers 28%
    2. 1 AM 66° Slight Chance Rain Showers 19%
    3. 2 AM 65° Mostly Cloudy 13%
    4. 3 AM 65° Mostly Cloudy 13%
    5. 4 AM 63° Mostly Cloudy 13%
    6. 5 AM 63° Mostly Cloudy 13%
    7. 6 AM 63° Mostly Cloudy 13%
    8. 7 AM 62° Mostly Cloudy 13%
    9. 8 AM 63° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    10. 9 AM 66° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    11. 10 AM 69° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    12. 11 AM 73° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    13. 12 PM 76° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    14. 1 PM 77° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    15. 2 PM 79° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    16. 3 PM 80° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    17. 4 PM 81° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    18. 5 PM 81° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    19. 6 PM 80° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    20. 7 PM 80° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    21. 8 PM 78° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    22. 9 PM 75° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    23. 10 PM 71° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    24. 11 PM 68° Mostly Cloudy 8%
  4. Tue 5/26 Chance Rain Showers 39% 81° · 66°
    1. 12 AM 66° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    2. 1 AM 65° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    3. 2 AM 65° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    4. 3 AM 64° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    5. 4 AM 63° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    6. 5 AM 63° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    7. 6 AM 64° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    8. 7 AM 65° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    9. 8 AM 66° Chance Rain Showers 33%
    10. 9 AM 69° Chance Rain Showers 33%
    11. 10 AM 72° Chance Rain Showers 33%
    12. 11 AM 75° Chance Rain Showers 33%
    13. 12 PM 77° Chance Rain Showers 33%
    14. 1 PM 78° Chance Rain Showers 33%
    15. 2 PM 79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 29%
    16. 3 PM 80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 29%
    17. 4 PM 80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 29%
    18. 5 PM 81° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 29%
    19. 6 PM 81° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 29%
    20. 7 PM 80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 29%
    21. 8 PM 79° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    22. 9 PM 75° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    23. 10 PM 72° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    24. 11 PM 70° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
  5. Wed 5/27 Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 70% 79° · 65°
    1. 12 AM 69° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    2. 1 AM 69° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    3. 2 AM 69° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 39%
    4. 3 AM 68° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 39%
    5. 4 AM 67° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 39%
    6. 5 AM 67° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 39%
    7. 6 AM 67° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 39%
    8. 7 AM 67° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 39%
    9. 8 AM 68° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 70%
    10. 9 AM 70° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 70%
    11. 10 AM 72° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 70%
    12. 11 AM 74° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 70%
    13. 12 PM 75° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 70%
    14. 1 PM 76° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 70%
    15. 2 PM 77° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 64%
    16. 3 PM 78° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 64%
    17. 4 PM 79° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 64%
    18. 5 PM 79° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 64%
    19. 6 PM 79° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 64%
    20. 7 PM 78° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 64%
    21. 8 PM 76° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    22. 9 PM 74° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    23. 10 PM 71° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    24. 11 PM 69° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
  6. Thu 5/28 Chance Rain Showers 35% 83° · 58°
    1. 12 AM 68° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    2. 1 AM 67° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    3. 2 AM 67° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    4. 3 AM 66° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    5. 4 AM 65° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    6. 5 AM 65° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    7. 6 AM 65° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    8. 7 AM 66° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    9. 8 AM 67° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    10. 9 AM 70° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    11. 10 AM 73° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    12. 11 AM 76° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    13. 12 PM 78° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    14. 1 PM 79° Chance Rain Showers 29%
    15. 2 PM 80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 35%
    16. 3 PM 82° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 35%
    17. 4 PM 83° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 35%
    18. 5 PM 83° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 35%
    19. 6 PM 82° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 35%
    20. 7 PM 81° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 35%
    21. 8 PM 78° Partly Cloudy 14%
    22. 9 PM 74° Partly Cloudy 14%
    23. 10 PM 71° Partly Cloudy 14%
    24. 11 PM 67° Partly Cloudy 14%
  7. Fri 5/29 Slight Chance Rain Showers 17% 76° · 54°
    1. 12 AM 65° Partly Cloudy 14%
    2. 1 AM 63° Partly Cloudy 14%
    3. 2 AM 62° Mostly Cloudy 12%
    4. 3 AM 61° Mostly Cloudy 12%
    5. 4 AM 60° Mostly Cloudy 12%
    6. 5 AM 60° Mostly Cloudy 12%
    7. 6 AM 59° Partly Sunny 12%
    8. 7 AM 59° Partly Sunny 12%
    9. 8 AM 60° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17%
    10. 9 AM 63° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17%
    11. 10 AM 66° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17%
    12. 11 AM 69° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17%
    13. 12 PM 71° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17%
    14. 1 PM 73° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17%
    15. 2 PM 74° Mostly Sunny 9%
    16. 3 PM 75° Mostly Sunny 9%
    17. 4 PM 76° Mostly Sunny 9%
    18. 5 PM 76° Mostly Sunny 9%
    19. 6 PM 75° Partly Cloudy 9%
    20. 7 PM 73° Partly Cloudy 9%
    21. 8 PM 71° Partly Cloudy 8%
    22. 9 PM 68° Partly Cloudy 8%
    23. 10 PM 64° Partly Cloudy 8%
    24. 11 PM 61° Partly Cloudy 8%
Extended outlook days 8–16
  1. Sat 5/30 Cloudy 7% 60° · 49°
  2. Sun 5/31 Sunny 10% 69° · 46°
  3. Mon 6/1 Sunny 17% 76° · 53°
  4. Tue 6/2 Cloudy 12% 82° · 61°
  5. Wed 6/3 Partly Cloudy 19% 86° · 65°
  6. Thu 6/4 Cloudy 29% 89° · 68°
  7. Fri 6/5 Drizzle 39% 85° · 66°
  8. Sat 6/6 Drizzle 23% 76° · 62°
  9. Sun 6/7 Cloudy 36% 67° · 54°

Days 8+ from the Open-Meteo multi-model ensemble — treat as a guide; accuracy drops past day 7.

Best time to head outside

Picks the upcoming daytime hour with the most favorable conditions for each activity. Factors in temperature, wind, precipitation timing, and pollen.

  • RunTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 62°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (10%) · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • BikeTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 62°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (10%) · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • GolfTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 62°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (10%) · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • PicnicTomorrow 10 AM

    comfortable at 70°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (17%) · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • Magic ShowAnytime

    Any weather is magic show weather. Indoors or out, magic doesn't care.

    Corporate Magician Scott Henderson

How well did we do?

Average miss by lead time.

Each morning we save the day's predicted high/low. As later days arrive, we grade what we said against what the station actually recorded.

Same day
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Day-by-day, 1 day out7 days
  1. Yesterday±10°
    High73°63°+10°
    Low61°53°+8°
  2. Thu, May 21±4°
    High72°68°+4°
    Low55°52°+3°
  3. Wed, May 20pending
    High72°——
    Low48°——
  4. Tue, May 19pending
    High89°——
    Low65°——
  5. Mon, May 18pending
    High90°——
    Low69°——
  6. Sun, May 17pending
    High87°——
    Low66°——
  7. Sat, May 16pending
    High81°——
    Low62°——

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