Columbia, SC Weather Forecast
Richland County, South Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Columbia, 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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Columbia, SC at a glance
Columbia is home to about 142,416 people in Richland County, across 138 square miles. It ranks 2nd by population of 100 places in South Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Forest Acres, 4 miles away.
- County
- Richland County
- Population
- 142,416 2023 est.
- Land area
- 138 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,030
- Forecast point
- 34.0405°N, 80.9061°W
How well can the network see Columbia?
The nearest Doppler radar is KCAE (Columbia, SC), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 730 ft above Columbia. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Columbia show up clearly. Columbia is closer to its radar than 92% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCUB (Columbia/Downtown Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Columbia
- Forest Acres, SC4 mi
- Cayce, SC10 mi
- West Columbia, SC12 mi
- Blythewood, SC13 mi
- Springdale, SC13 mi
- Irmo, SC17 mi
- Lexington, SC18 mi
- Camden, SC23 mi
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