Temperature
66 F at 3 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 17 degrees cooler: a high of 69° after 86° today.
Now. Columbus Airport is 67° and partly cloudy at 4 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest Sunday, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:20 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Columbus Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Columbus-Phenix City - GA and AL (GA), 0 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 71, moderate, Fri 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 6,997 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 54° / 234° | Calm | Calm |
| 13 / 31 | 3,997 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Columbus Metro Arpt (CSG), Columbus Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 3 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 1 PM Thursday to 93% at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 5,500 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Columbus Metro Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Columbus Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/397 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-185 @ SR 85GA350
Beside a road/0.9 mi away/423 ft/26 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Fort BenningFBGG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.2 mi away/361 ft/36 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Columbus STN #2CLMG1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/390 ft/7 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Columbus 5.6 NNEGA-MS-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/405 ft/8 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.