Columbus, MS Weather Forecast
Lowndes County, Mississippi
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, MS at a glance
Columbus is home to about 23,035 people in Lowndes County, across 25 square miles. It ranks 18th by population of 85 places in Mississippi with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is West Point, 16 miles away.
- County
- Lowndes County
- Population
- 23,035 2023 est.
- Land area
- 25 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 920
- Forecast point
- 33.5082°N, 88.4071°W
How well can the network see Columbus?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGWX (Columbus AFB, MS), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 1,600 ft above Columbus. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Columbus show up clearly. Columbus is closer to its radar than 75% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCBM (Columbus AFB). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Columbus
- West Point, MS16 mi
- Aberdeen, MS24 mi
- Starkville, MS24 mi
- Amory, MS33 mi
- Fayette, AL36 mi
- Houston, MS44 mi
- Louisville, MS46 mi
- Winfield, AL46 mi
Elsewhere in Mississippi
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