National Weather Service Forecast for: Columbus NE
Issued by: National Weather Service WFO Omaha, NE
Updated: 5:12 am CST Dec 17, 2025
 
Today

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Light south wind increasing to 12 to 17 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
Mostly Sunny

 Tonight

Tonight: Rain likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Rain Likely
then Chance
Rain and
Breezy
 Thursday

Thursday: A chance of flurries between 10am and noon. Mostly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 25 by 5pm. Windy, with a northwest wind 28 to 33 mph decreasing to 21 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 49 mph.
Chance
Flurries and
Windy
 Thursday
Night
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 17. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light and variable. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
Mostly Clear

 Friday

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. South wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Mostly Sunny

 Friday
Night
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. South southwest wind 8 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.
Partly Cloudy

 Saturday

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. North northwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Partly Sunny

 Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. North wind 3 to 5 mph.
Partly Cloudy

 Sunday

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
Partly Sunny
Hi 53 °F Lo 36 °F Hi 37 °F⇓ Lo 17 °F Hi 51 °F Lo 33 °F Hi 43 °F Lo 23 °F Hi 42 °F

High Wind Warning
 

Today
 
 Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Light south wind increasing to 12 to 17 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
Tonight
 
 Rain likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
 
 A chance of flurries between 10am and noon. Mostly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 25 by 5pm. Windy, with a northwest wind 28 to 33 mph decreasing to 21 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 49 mph.
Thursday Night
 
 Mostly clear, with a low around 17. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light and variable. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
Friday
 
 Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. South wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Friday Night
 
 Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. South southwest wind 8 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.
Saturday
 
 Partly sunny, with a high near 43. North northwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Saturday Night
 
 Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. North wind 3 to 5 mph.
Sunday
 
 Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night
 
 Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. South southeast wind around 6 mph.
Monday
 
 Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. South wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.
Monday Night
 
 Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. South wind around 7 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.
Tuesday
 
 Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. West wind 6 to 8 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Columbus NE.