Columbus, KS Weather Forecast
Cherokee County, Kansas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Columbus, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Columbus, KS at a glance
Columbus is home to about 2,870 people in Cherokee County, across 2.4 square miles. It ranks 90th by population of 99 places in Kansas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Baxter Springs, 12 miles away.
- County
- Cherokee County
- Population
- 2,870 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,180
- Forecast point
- 37.1716°N, 94.8441°W
How well can the network see Columbus?
The nearest Doppler radar is KSGF (Springfield, MO), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 6,800 ft above Columbus. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Columbus can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KMIO (Miami Muni). Far enough that current conditions for Columbus are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Columbus
- Baxter Springs, KS12 mi
- Galena, KS13 mi
- Carl Junction, MO17 mi
- Pittsburg, KS18 mi
- Miami, OK20 mi
- Joplin, MO20 mi
- Webb City, MO21 mi
- Oronogo, MO21 mi
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