Columbus AFBCBM
At an airfield/1.2 mi away/220 ft/19 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Columbus AFB
Columbus AFB, Mississippi
Community in Lowndes County, MississippiRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WIND...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph behind a cold front. * HUMIDITY...Minimum Relative Humidity values between 25 to 40 percent. * FUELS...Critically dry. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures will create favorable weather for rapid fire growth and spread. Avoid activities that promote open flames and sparks. A Fire Weather Watch means that the potential for critical fire weather conditions exists. These conditions could promote the rapid spread of wildfires which could become life-threatening. Check www.weather.gov/jan/fireweather for forecast updates and a possible upgrade of this watch to a Red Flag Warning.
70°
93°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Light air 2 mph S
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Columbus AFB until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 82° after 93° today.
Now. Columbus AFB is 70° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 62° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 83°, and the coolest Saturday, near 69°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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.
0UV Low
35Air quality
78%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9363
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8263
20mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6947
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7242
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7543
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8045
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8347
overcast
70°
93°63°
82°63°
69°47°
72°42°
75°43°
80°45°
83°47°
As of 11:00 PM in Columbus AFB, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Columbus AFB
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Tupelo (MS), 46 miles off.
35Good
- Ozone35Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Columbus AFB
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Columbus AFB, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Columbus AFB, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Columbus AFB, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank193of 459
Citizen station FW0304FW0304
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/197 ft/4 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
MonroeMFCM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.0 mi away/446 ft/245 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
StarkvilleS2064
At a soil climate station/21.7 mi away/340 ft/139 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Hamilton 4.1 SMS-MN-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/214 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Columbus CoopCUSM6
At a cooperative observer's station/11.8 mi away/187 ft/14 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Columbus AFB, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 1.2 mi from Columbus AFB, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
69.4 F with a dew point of 62.2 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Columbus AFB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Columbus Coop (CUSM6), 11.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Mississippi
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Columbus AFB
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- New Hamiltoncommunity, 8 mi
- Caledoniatown, 8 mi
- Hamiltoncommunity, 9 mi
- Columbuscity, 9 mi
- West Pointcity, 11 mi
- New Hopecommunity, 14 mi
- Aberdeencity, 15 mi
- Artesiatown, 18 mi
- Gattmanvillage, 22 mi
- Mississippi Statecommunity, 23 mi
- Starkvillecity, 24 mi
- Hatleytown, 24 mi