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Columbus, Texas

City in Colorado County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Columbus

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 66 miles off.

33Good
  • Ozone33Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Columbus

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, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Columbus, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Columbus, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Columbus66R

At an airfield/4.8 mi away/244 ft/44 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank881of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Colorado River At ColumbusCBST2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/187 ft/13 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Columbus 2.6 NNETX-CLR-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/196 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Columbus, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.8 mi from Columbus, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Columbus, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 66RFIG. A THE SKY OVER COLUMBUSSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEColumbus, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 66RTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-66R-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 71.0 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Columbus: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.0, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 66RFIG. B THE AIR AT COLUMBUSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 76.0 FDEW POINT 71.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEColumbus, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 66RTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-66R-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Columbus, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 66RFIG. C THE WIND AT COLUMBUSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColumbus, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 66RTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-66R-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Columbus, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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Near Columbus

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