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Valley Trails Today: Warmer and Calmer the Farther South You Go
What is the weather for hiking at Chewacla and Lakepoint state parks today?
Chewacla State Park near Auburn is 69 degrees at 2 PM with a 15 mph wind and a 25 percent shower chance, while Lakepoint State Park at Eufaula is 72 with a 10 mph wind.
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Stand on the RiverWalk in Columbus this afternoon and the water and the sky are the same shade of gray. The cloud deck is solid, the east wind is coming in off the river at around 8 mph, and at roughly 64 degrees with humidity near 84 percent, the air feels damper than the thermometer makes it sound.
The useful thing to know is that the afternoon improves the farther south you travel. At Chewacla State Park outside Auburn, 2 PM brings 69 degrees, a breeze of about 15 mph and a 25 percent chance of showers. That is enough wind to rattle the pines and enough of a rain chance that you would not want to be an hour from the car without a shell.
Down at Lakepoint State Park on Lake Eufaula, the same hour reads 72 degrees with the wind closer to 10 mph and a 22 percent chance of a passing shower. Three degrees warmer, a third less wind and a slightly smaller rain chance is a real difference when you are walking an exposed shoreline.
The reason is the gray wedge of cool air sitting over Georgia. High pressure anchored over the Mid-Atlantic is pushing cool, cloudy air down the eastern side of the Appalachians, and its grip loosens as you go south and west. Peachtree City forecasters describe east winds of 10 to 15 mph with gusts of 20 to 30 across north and central Georgia, and wind like that is felt most on open high ground — the Pine Mountain ridge above Callaway Gardens and out at Dowdell's Knob in F.D. Roosevelt State Park. Down inside Providence Canyon near Lumpkin, where the walls rise on both sides, you will hardly notice it.
The dew point is 56 degrees, which is the temperature at which the air would have to cool before water starts condensing out of it. With the actual temperature only a few degrees above that, the clouds stay low and gray and shaded stretches of trail feel clammy rather than crisp.
Two other numbers are worth knowing before you go. The soil two and a half inches down is still 66 degrees, holding onto summer, so low ground stays soft where rain has fallen. And the light is going fast: today gives 10 hours and 52 minutes of daylight, we are losing about a minute and three quarters a day — roughly 12 minutes a week — and sunset is at 5:49. The December solstice, when the slide finally stops, is 50 days out, on December 21 at 10:03 in the morning.
Dress in one light layer with a windbreaker over it, carry a packable rain shell rather than an umbrella, and wear shoes you do not mind getting muddy. If you are on the trail late, give yourself a cushion before 5:49 — and remember that an umbrella is an awkward thing to hold in a 15 mph wind, while a hood does the same job with both hands free.
Park by park this weekend
Each day, 8 AM → 2 PM.
Chewacla State Park
Auburn
Sun—→69°
Chance Rain Showers · 25% chance of rain · Wind up to 15 mph
Lakepoint State Park
Eufaula
Sun—→72°
Slight Chance Rain Showers · 22% chance of rain · Wind up to 10 mph
Forecast: National Weather Service, at each place. Wind and rain are the highest of the readings shown.
Right now in Columbus, Georgia
61°Temperature
54°Dew point
78%Humidity
8 mphWind — east
30.26"Pressure
The next seven days
Day
High
Low
Rain
Conditions
TONIGHT
—
57°
6%
Mostly Cloudy
MON
79°
61°
2%
Partly Sunny
TUE
81°
64°
15%
Partly Sunny
WED
79°
62°
74%
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
THU
80°
56°
24%
Slight Chance Rain Showers
FRI
77°
49°
18%
Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny
SAT
75°
47°
3%
Sunny
Written by the CNAW2 weather desk from CNAW2 weather desk data. Last updated November 1, 2026 at 7:54 PM Eastern. Covering Columbus and Phenix City, Auburn–Opelika, LaGrange, Eufaula and the rest of the 19-county CNAW viewing area.
