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Columbus, OH · now

82°

Mostly Clear

Feels
86°
High / Low
89° / 71°
Wind
29 mph SW
Humidity
66%
NewRoad trip planner — weather you'll actually drive into.
Dry now; thunderstorms expected around 8:00 PM.

Precipitation · next 12 hrs

Peak 82% · 3 AM

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What to wear today

Loose, light, and water nearby

89°F — wear breathable fabrics and stay hydrated.

Next 24 hours

65° 80° 95° ↑ 88° ↓ 71° 5 PM 8 PM 11 PM 2 AM 5 AM 8 AM 11 AM 2 PM

  1. 5 PM

    88°

    10%

  2. 7 PM

    85°

    23%

  3. 9 PM

    81°

    50%

  4. 11 PM

    77°

    55%

  5. 1 AM

    75°

    66%

  6. 3 AM

    74°

    82%

  7. 5 AM

    73°

    64%

  8. 7 AM

    71°

    43%

  9. 9 AM

    74°

    18%

  10. 11 AM

    77°

    13%

  11. 1 PM

    80°

    3%

  12. 3 PM

    82°

    6%

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7 days

  1. Today 7/27 Partly Sunny 82% 89° · 71°
    1. 5 PM 88° Partly Sunny 10%
    2. 6 PM 86° Partly Cloudy 10%
    3. 7 PM 85° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    4. 8 PM 84° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 36%
    5. 9 PM 81° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    6. 10 PM 79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 52%
    7. 11 PM 77° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55%
  2. Tue 7/28 Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Partly Sunny 55% 84° · 64°
    1. 12 AM 76° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 58%
    2. 1 AM 75° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 66%
    3. 2 AM 74° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 74%
    4. 3 AM 74° Showers And Thunderstorms 82%
    5. 4 AM 73° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 73%
    6. 5 AM 73° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 64%
    7. 6 AM 72° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55%
    8. 7 AM 71° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 43%
    9. 8 AM 73° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    10. 9 AM 74° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    11. 10 AM 76° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    12. 11 AM 77° Mostly Cloudy 13%
    13. 12 PM 78° Mostly Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 80° Mostly Sunny 3%
    15. 2 PM 81° Mostly Sunny 5%
    16. 3 PM 82° Mostly Sunny 6%
    17. 4 PM 83° Mostly Sunny 5%
    18. 5 PM 83° Sunny 5%
    19. 6 PM 81° Partly Cloudy 5%
    20. 7 PM 80° Partly Cloudy 5%
    21. 8 PM 79° Partly Cloudy 4%
    22. 9 PM 76° Mostly Cloudy 4%
    23. 10 PM 74° Partly Cloudy
    24. 11 PM 72° Partly Cloudy
  3. Wed 7/29 Sunny 0% 82° · 62°
    1. 12 AM 71° Partly Cloudy
    2. 1 AM 70° Partly Cloudy
    3. 2 AM 68° Mostly Clear
    4. 3 AM 68° Clear
    5. 4 AM 66° Clear
    6. 5 AM 66° Mostly Clear
    7. 6 AM 65° Sunny
    8. 7 AM 64° Sunny
    9. 8 AM 66° Sunny
    10. 9 AM 69° Sunny
    11. 10 AM 72° Sunny
    12. 11 AM 74° Sunny
    13. 12 PM 76° Sunny
    14. 1 PM 78° Mostly Sunny
    15. 2 PM 79° Mostly Sunny
    16. 3 PM 80° Mostly Sunny
    17. 4 PM 81° Sunny
    18. 5 PM 81° Sunny
    19. 6 PM 81° Mostly Clear
    20. 7 PM 79° Mostly Clear
    21. 8 PM 77° Mostly Clear
    22. 9 PM 75° Mostly Clear
    23. 10 PM 72° Mostly Clear
    24. 11 PM 70° Clear
  4. Thu 7/30 Sunny 3% 84° · 63°
    1. 12 AM 68° Clear
    2. 1 AM 67° Clear
    3. 2 AM 65° Clear
    4. 3 AM 64° Clear
    5. 4 AM 63° Clear
    6. 5 AM 62° Clear
    7. 6 AM 62° Sunny
    8. 7 AM 63° Sunny
    9. 8 AM 64° Sunny
    10. 9 AM 68° Sunny
    11. 10 AM 71° Sunny
    12. 11 AM 75° Sunny
    13. 12 PM 78° Sunny
    14. 1 PM 80° Sunny
    15. 2 PM 82° Sunny 3%
    16. 3 PM 83° Sunny 3%
    17. 4 PM 83° Sunny 3%
    18. 5 PM 83° Sunny 3%
    19. 6 PM 83° Mostly Clear 3%
    20. 7 PM 81° Mostly Clear 3%
    21. 8 PM 79° Mostly Clear 1%
    22. 9 PM 77° Mostly Clear 1%
    23. 10 PM 74° Mostly Clear 1%
    24. 11 PM 71° Clear 1%
  5. Fri 7/31 Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers 20% 87° · 67°
    1. 12 AM 69° Mostly Clear 1%
    2. 1 AM 68° Mostly Clear 1%
    3. 2 AM 66° Mostly Clear 1%
    4. 3 AM 65° Mostly Clear 1%
    5. 4 AM 64° Mostly Clear 1%
    6. 5 AM 63° Mostly Clear 1%
    7. 6 AM 63° Sunny 1%
    8. 7 AM 64° Sunny 1%
    9. 8 AM 65° Mostly Sunny 5%
    10. 9 AM 69° Sunny 5%
    11. 10 AM 74° Sunny 5%
    12. 11 AM 78° Sunny 5%
    13. 12 PM 81° Mostly Sunny 5%
    14. 1 PM 82° Mostly Sunny 5%
    15. 2 PM 84° Slight Chance Rain Showers 20%
    16. 3 PM 85° Slight Chance Rain Showers 20%
    17. 4 PM 86° Slight Chance Rain Showers 20%
    18. 5 PM 86° Slight Chance Rain Showers 20%
    19. 6 PM 86° Slight Chance Rain Showers 20%
    20. 7 PM 84° Slight Chance Rain Showers 20%
    21. 8 PM 82° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    22. 9 PM 79° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    23. 10 PM 77° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    24. 11 PM 74° Partly Cloudy 8%
  6. Sat 8/1 Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% 86° · 68°
    1. 12 AM 72° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    2. 1 AM 71° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    3. 2 AM 70° Mostly Cloudy 10%
    4. 3 AM 69° Mostly Cloudy 10%
    5. 4 AM 68° Mostly Cloudy 10%
    6. 5 AM 67° Mostly Cloudy 10%
    7. 6 AM 67° Mostly Cloudy 10%
    8. 7 AM 68° Mostly Cloudy 10%
    9. 8 AM 69° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    10. 9 AM 72° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    11. 10 AM 75° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    12. 11 AM 78° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    13. 12 PM 80° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    14. 1 PM 82° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    15. 2 PM 83° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%
    16. 3 PM 84° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%
    17. 4 PM 85° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%
    18. 5 PM 85° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%
    19. 6 PM 84° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%
    20. 7 PM 82° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%
    21. 8 PM 80° Chance Rain Showers 30%
    22. 9 PM 78° Chance Rain Showers 30%
    23. 10 PM 76° Chance Rain Showers 30%
    24. 11 PM 74° Chance Rain Showers 30%
  7. Sun 8/2 Chance Rain Showers 50% 86° · 67°
    1. 12 AM 73° Chance Rain Showers 30%
    2. 1 AM 72° Chance Rain Showers 30%
    3. 2 AM 71° Slight Chance Rain Showers 23%
    4. 3 AM 70° Slight Chance Rain Showers 23%
    5. 4 AM 69° Slight Chance Rain Showers 23%
    6. 5 AM 68° Slight Chance Rain Showers 23%
    7. 6 AM 68° Slight Chance Rain Showers 23%
    8. 7 AM 68° Slight Chance Rain Showers 23%
    9. 8 AM 70° Chance Rain Showers 33%
    10. 9 AM 72° Chance Rain Showers 33%
    11. 10 AM 75° Chance Rain Showers 33%
    12. 11 AM 78° Chance Rain Showers 33%
    13. 12 PM 80° Chance Rain Showers 33%
    14. 1 PM 82° Chance Rain Showers 33%
    15. 2 PM 83° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    16. 3 PM 84° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    17. 4 PM 85° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    18. 5 PM 85° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    19. 6 PM 84° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    20. 7 PM 82° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    21. 8 PM 80° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    22. 9 PM 78° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    23. 10 PM 76° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    24. 11 PM 74° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
Extended outlook days 8–16
  1. Mon 8/3 Drizzle 21% 72° · 67°
  2. Tue 8/4 Cloudy 11% 85° · 67°
  3. Wed 8/5 Drizzle 18% 86° · 68°
  4. Thu 8/6 Drizzle 22% 83° · 68°
  5. Fri 8/7 Cloudy 31% 88° · 66°
  6. Sat 8/8 Cloudy 54% 90° · 71°
  7. Sun 8/9 Thunderstorms 58% 76° · 67°
  8. Mon 8/10 Mostly Sunny 26% 80° · 61°
  9. Tue 8/11 Cloudy 35% 82° · 59°

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 65°F · light wind (8 mph) · no rain expected · rain should clear by 9 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • BikeTomorrow 9 AM

    comfortable at 74°F · light wind (10 mph) · slight chance of rain (18%) · rain should clear by 9 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • GolfTomorrow 9 AM

    comfortable at 74°F · light wind (10 mph) · slight chance of rain (18%) · rain should clear by 9 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • PicnicTomorrow 9 AM

    comfortable at 74°F · light wind (10 mph) · slight chance of rain (18%) · rain should clear by 9 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
±6°
2 days graded
1 day out
±7°
2 days graded
3 days out
±8°
2 days graded
7 days out
±11°
2 days graded
Day-by-day, 1 day out7 days
  1. Yesterday±9°
    High88°79°+9°
    Low70°66°+4°
  2. Sat, Jul 25±5°
    High86°82°+4°
    Low66°61°+5°
  3. Fri, Jul 24pending
    High81°——
    Low63°——
  4. Thu, Jul 23pending
    High79°——
    Low58°——
  5. Wed, Jul 22pending
    High75°——
    Low56°——
  6. Tue, Jul 21pending
    High86°——
    Low65°——
  7. Mon, Jul 20pending
    High86°——
    Low69°——

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