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Columbus, Ohio weather · now

70°

Fog/Mist

High / Low
83° / 67°
Wind
0 mph N
Humidity
100%
Dry now; thunderstorms expected around 8:00 AM.

Precipitation · next 12 hrs

Peak 81% · 2 PM

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GoodAir quality PollenTreeNoneGrassHighWeedLow
Sun 6:13 AM 9:01 PM 14h 49m
Moon Waning Crescent 12% lit

Current weather and 7-day forecast for Columbus, Ohio, sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Expect slight chance showers and thunderstorms then showers and thunderstorms today. Today's high is 83° with a low near 67°.

What to wear today

Rain jacket and umbrella

Plan for showers (81%). Skip cotton or anything that dries slow.

Next 24 hours

65° 75° 85° ↑ 82° ↓ 68° 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM 7 PM 10 PM 1 AM 4 AM

  1. 7 AM

    70°

    21%

  2. 9 AM

    73°

    40%

  3. 11 AM

    77°

    56%

  4. 1 PM

    78°

    72%

  5. 3 PM

    81°

    79%

  6. 5 PM

    81°

    70%

  7. 7 PM

    81°

    63%

  8. 9 PM

    77°

    35%

  9. 11 PM

    74°

    28%

  10. 1 AM

    72°

    5%

  11. 3 AM

    70°

    1%

  12. 5 AM

    68°

    1%

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7 days

  1. Today 7/11 Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms 81% 83° · 67°
    1. 7 AM 70° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    2. 8 AM 72° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 36%
    3. 9 AM 73° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 40%
    4. 10 AM 76° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 44%
    5. 11 AM 77° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 56%
    6. 12 PM 77° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 68%
    7. 1 PM 78° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 72%
    8. 2 PM 79° Showers And Thunderstorms 81%
    9. 3 PM 81° Showers And Thunderstorms 79%
    10. 4 PM 81° Showers And Thunderstorms 75%
    11. 5 PM 81° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 70%
    12. 6 PM 82° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 72%
    13. 7 PM 81° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 63%
    14. 8 PM 80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 40%
    15. 9 PM 77° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 35%
    16. 10 PM 75° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    17. 11 PM 74° Chance Rain Showers 28%
  2. Sun 7/12 Mostly Sunny 11% 86° · 68°
    1. 12 AM 73° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17%
    2. 1 AM 72° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    3. 2 AM 71° Partly Cloudy 2%
    4. 3 AM 70° Partly Cloudy 1%
    5. 4 AM 69° Partly Cloudy 1%
    6. 5 AM 68° Partly Cloudy 1%
    7. 6 AM 68° Mostly Sunny 1%
    8. 7 AM 67° Mostly Sunny 1%
    9. 8 AM 69° Mostly Sunny
    10. 9 AM 72° Mostly Sunny
    11. 10 AM 76° Mostly Sunny
    12. 11 AM 78° Mostly Sunny
    13. 12 PM 80° Mostly Sunny 1%
    14. 1 PM 82° Mostly Sunny 2%
    15. 2 PM 84° Mostly Sunny 11%
    16. 3 PM 84° Mostly Sunny
    17. 4 PM 85° Mostly Sunny
    18. 5 PM 86° Sunny
    19. 6 PM 84° Mostly Clear 1%
    20. 7 PM 84° Partly Cloudy 1%
    21. 8 PM 82° Partly Cloudy 5%
    22. 9 PM 79° Partly Cloudy 5%
    23. 10 PM 76° Partly Cloudy 5%
    24. 11 PM 74° Mostly Clear 5%
  3. Mon 7/13 Mostly Sunny 8% 88° · 68°
    1. 12 AM 72° Mostly Clear 5%
    2. 1 AM 71° Partly Cloudy 5%
    3. 2 AM 70° Partly Cloudy 8%
    4. 3 AM 69° Partly Cloudy 8%
    5. 4 AM 69° Partly Cloudy 8%
    6. 5 AM 68° Partly Cloudy 8%
    7. 6 AM 68° Mostly Sunny 8%
    8. 7 AM 69° Mostly Sunny 8%
    9. 8 AM 70° Sunny 6%
    10. 9 AM 73° Sunny 6%
    11. 10 AM 76° Mostly Sunny 6%
    12. 11 AM 79° Mostly Sunny 6%
    13. 12 PM 82° Mostly Sunny 6%
    14. 1 PM 84° Mostly Sunny 6%
    15. 2 PM 86° Mostly Sunny 8%
    16. 3 PM 87° Mostly Sunny 8%
    17. 4 PM 88° Sunny 8%
    18. 5 PM 88° Sunny 8%
    19. 6 PM 87° Mostly Clear 8%
    20. 7 PM 86° Mostly Clear 8%
    21. 8 PM 85° Mostly Clear 1%
    22. 9 PM 82° Mostly Clear 1%
    23. 10 PM 79° Mostly Clear 1%
    24. 11 PM 76° Mostly Clear 1%
  4. Tue 7/14 Sunny 2% 91° · 72°
    1. 12 AM 74° Mostly Clear 1%
    2. 1 AM 72° Mostly Clear 1%
    3. 2 AM 71° Clear
    4. 3 AM 70° Clear
    5. 4 AM 69° Clear
    6. 5 AM 68° Clear
    7. 6 AM 68° Sunny
    8. 7 AM 69° Sunny
    9. 8 AM 71° Sunny
    10. 9 AM 74° Sunny
    11. 10 AM 78° Sunny
    12. 11 AM 82° Sunny
    13. 12 PM 85° Sunny
    14. 1 PM 87° Sunny
    15. 2 PM 89° Sunny 1%
    16. 3 PM 90° Sunny 1%
    17. 4 PM 91° Sunny 1%
    18. 5 PM 91° Sunny 1%
    19. 6 PM 90° Clear 1%
    20. 7 PM 89° Clear 1%
    21. 8 PM 89° Clear 2%
    22. 9 PM 85° Clear 2%
    23. 10 PM 82° Clear 2%
    24. 11 PM 79° Clear 2%
  5. Wed 7/15 Sunny 10% 96° · 74°
    1. 12 AM 77° Clear 2%
    2. 1 AM 76° Clear 2%
    3. 2 AM 75° Mostly Clear
    4. 3 AM 74° Mostly Clear
    5. 4 AM 73° Mostly Clear
    6. 5 AM 73° Mostly Clear
    7. 6 AM 73° Sunny
    8. 7 AM 73° Sunny
    9. 8 AM 75° Sunny 2%
    10. 9 AM 79° Sunny 2%
    11. 10 AM 83° Sunny 2%
    12. 11 AM 87° Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 90° Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 92° Sunny 2%
    15. 2 PM 93° Sunny 10%
    16. 3 PM 95° Sunny 10%
    17. 4 PM 96° Sunny 10%
    18. 5 PM 96° Sunny 10%
    19. 6 PM 96° Mostly Clear 10%
    20. 7 PM 94° Mostly Clear 10%
    21. 8 PM 92° Mostly Clear 8%
    22. 9 PM 89° Mostly Clear 8%
    23. 10 PM 85° Mostly Clear 8%
    24. 11 PM 82° Mostly Clear 8%
  6. Thu 7/16 Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16% 91° · 71°
    1. 12 AM 80° Mostly Clear 8%
    2. 1 AM 79° Mostly Clear 8%
    3. 2 AM 78° Mostly Clear 4%
    4. 3 AM 76° Mostly Clear 4%
    5. 4 AM 75° Mostly Clear 4%
    6. 5 AM 74° Mostly Clear 4%
    7. 6 AM 74° Sunny 4%
    8. 7 AM 74° Sunny 4%
    9. 8 AM 75° Sunny 7%
    10. 9 AM 78° Sunny 7%
    11. 10 AM 81° Sunny 7%
    12. 11 AM 84° Sunny 7%
    13. 12 PM 86° Sunny 7%
    14. 1 PM 88° Sunny 7%
    15. 2 PM 89° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    16. 3 PM 90° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    17. 4 PM 91° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    18. 5 PM 91° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    19. 6 PM 90° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    20. 7 PM 88° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    21. 8 PM 86° Mostly Clear 10%
    22. 9 PM 83° Mostly Clear 10%
    23. 10 PM 81° Mostly Clear 10%
    24. 11 PM 78° Mostly Clear 10%
  7. Fri 7/17 Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21% 89° · 69°
    1. 12 AM 76° Mostly Clear 10%
    2. 1 AM 75° Mostly Clear 10%
    3. 2 AM 74° Partly Cloudy 13%
    4. 3 AM 73° Partly Cloudy 13%
    5. 4 AM 72° Partly Cloudy 13%
    6. 5 AM 72° Partly Cloudy 13%
    7. 6 AM 71° Mostly Sunny 13%
    8. 7 AM 71° Mostly Sunny 13%
    9. 8 AM 72° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 17%
    10. 9 AM 75° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 17%
    11. 10 AM 79° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 17%
    12. 11 AM 82° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 17%
    13. 12 PM 84° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 17%
    14. 1 PM 86° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 17%
    15. 2 PM 87° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    16. 3 PM 88° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    17. 4 PM 89° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    18. 5 PM 89° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    19. 6 PM 88° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
Extended outlook days 8–16
  1. Sat 7/18 Mostly Sunny 27% 91° · 74°
  2. Sun 7/19 Cloudy 31% 79° · 66°
  3. Mon 7/20 Cloudy 31% 75° · 61°
  4. Tue 7/21 Cloudy 21% 77° · 61°
  5. Wed 7/22 Cloudy 58% 78° · 59°
  6. Thu 7/23 Cloudy 44% 84° · 62°
  7. Fri 7/24 Partly Cloudy 32% 90° · 66°
  8. Sat 7/25 Mostly Sunny 48% 89° · 68°
  9. Sun 7/26 Cloudy 42% — · —

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

Best day this week

Mild temps, low rain chance, clearer skies.

Tuesday, 7/14

Sunny, 91° / 72°

  1. Tomorrow86°68°
  2. Mon88°68°
  3. Tue91°72°
  4. Wed96°74°
  5. Thu91°71°
  6. Fri89°69°

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 7 AM

    warm at 67°F · calm wind · no rain expected · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent96 / 100
  • BikeTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 68°F · calm wind · no rain expected · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • GolfTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 68°F · calm wind · no rain expected · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • PicnicTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 68°F · calm wind · no rain expected · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
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    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.

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Day-by-day, 1 day out7 days
  1. Yesterday±3°
    High86°86°0°
    Low68°71°-3°
  2. Thu, Jul 9±3°
    High90°91°-1°
    Low72°75°-3°
  3. Wed, Jul 8pending
    High89°——
    Low70°——
  4. Tue, Jul 7pending
    High86°——
    Low67°——
  5. Mon, Jul 6pending
    High86°——
    Low69°——
  6. Sun, Jul 5pending
    High88°——
    Low71°——
  7. Sat, Jul 4pending
    High94°——
    Low73°——

Climate normals

What weather to expect in Columbus

Columbus in July typically averages 86° highs and 68° lows, with about 19 days of rain. The hottest stretch is July (average high 86°); the coldest is January (average low 16°). May is the wettest month on average.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainy days
Jan30°16°14
Feb39°23°12
Mar58°38°17
Apr67°47°18
May69°52°21
Jun83°64°15
Jul86°68°19
Aug83°64°12
Sep80°60°9
Oct67°47°6
Nov53°38°14
Dec41°27°16

Normals derived from the past two years of observations via Open-Meteo's historical archive.

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Detailed forecast (NWS)

Today
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. East wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. East wind 3 to 7 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 91.

Forecast details

NWS gridpoint
ILN 85,81
Radar station
KILN
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
39.961, -82.999