Columbus, KS Weather

Cherokee County10:25 AM CDT37.17°N, 94.84°WElevation 912 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
62°
Sunny
Feels like 62°
High 77°·Low 53°
WindSE 2 mph
Humidity75%
Dew point54°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover2%
UV index2 Low
Sunrise7:34 AM
Sunset6:35 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Thursday

    Patchy fog before 9am. Sunny. High near 77, with temperatures falling to around 75 in the afternoon. Southeast wind around 3 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 53. East wind around 3 mph.

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 5 to 9 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 20 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 62°
  2. 11 AM Sunny 67°
  3. 12 PM Sunny 71°
  4. 1 PM Sunny 74°
  5. 2 PM Sunny 75°
  6. 3 PM Sunny 76°
  7. 4 PM Sunny 77°
  8. 5 PM Sunny 75°
  9. 6 PM Mostly Clear 74°
  10. 7 PM Clear 69°
  11. 8 PM Clear 63°
  12. 9 PM Mostly Clear 60°
  13. 10 PM Mostly Clear 59°
  14. 11 PM Mostly Clear 58°
  15. Fri12 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  16. 1 AM Mostly Clear 56°
  17. 2 AM Mostly Clear 55°
  18. 3 AM Clear 54°
  19. 4 AM Mostly Clear 55°
  20. 5 AM Mostly Clear 54°
  21. 6 AM Sunny 54°
  22. 7 AM Sunny 53°
  23. 8 AM Sunny 54°
  24. 9 AM Sunny 58°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny50°73°
  2. TodayOct 22 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny53°77°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny55°77°
  4. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny54°77°
  5. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny53°75°
  6. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny52°72°
  7. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny50°67°
  8. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny46°65°
  9. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy0.23 in51°74°
  10. FriOct 30 Light showers Light showers0.10 in56°72°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

90
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Miami, OK reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:34 AM
Sunset 6:35 PM
Daylight 11 h 0 min (−2 min 14 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 86% lit
Moonrise 4:34 PM Moonset 3:47 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low68° / 45°
Record high90° (1963)
Record low22° (1952)
Wettest3.11 in (1972)
Month to date2.83 in (normal 2.66 in)

Columbus, records since 1892. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in SGF, issued 3 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Above normal temperatures into early next week. Highs in the middle 70s to around 80 and dry weather are expected.

Short Term

Issued at 1111 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Ridging will continue to support dry and warmer than normal conditions today and tonight.

Look for highs in the mid 70s to around 80 today and lows in the mid 40s to low 50s tonight.

RH values will bottom out around 25-35% today, but winds will generally be 5 mph or less.

Long Term

Issued at 1111 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

High pressure will continue to build through the weekend into early next week according to ensemble data, with high confidence in well above normal conditions (highs in the 70s to around 80). No precip is expected in this time frame.

Toward the middle of next week around 5-10% of ensembles are showing some light rain as a trough passes through the area, which is a decrease of around 5-10% from this time yesterday. While this time period has the greatest rain chances in the next 7 days, it is still far more likely to be dry than to wet. There remains quite a bit of uncertainty with temperatures due to model spread. For example, NBM 25-75th percentile MaxT spread increases to around 15 degrees on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.

Aviation

Issued at 632 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

VFR conditions and light winds will persist through the TAF period.

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