Columbus, OH Weather Forecast
Franklin County, Ohio
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, OH at a glance
Columbus is home to about 913,175 people in Franklin County, across 221 square miles. It is the largest of 358 places in Ohio with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Grandview Heights, 3 miles away.
- County
- Franklin County
- Population
- 913,175 2023 est.
- Land area
- 221 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,137
- Forecast point
- 39.9839°N, 82.9849°W
How well can the network see Columbus?
The nearest Doppler radar is KILN (Wilmington, OH), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,200 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 KCMH (Columbus/Glenn Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Columbus
- Grandview Heights, OH3 mi
- Bexley, OH3 mi
- Whitehall, OH5 mi
- Upper Arlington, OH5 mi
- Gahanna, OH7 mi
- Worthington, OH8 mi
- Obetz, OH9 mi
- Grove City, OH9 mi
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