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Valley Weather: The Coldest Air of the Season Arrives This Weekend
How cold will it get in Columbus, Georgia this weekend?
Columbus is forecast to fall to 34 Friday morning and 33 Saturday morning, the coldest air of the season so far, with the Weather Service expecting widespread frost across west Georgia and east Alabama.
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The two National Weather Service offices that cover this area — Peachtree City for the Georgia counties, Birmingham for the Alabama side — led this morning's forecast with the same message: the coldest air of the season so far arrives this weekend, with widespread frost and freezing temperatures.
Today argues otherwise. Columbus should reach 77 this afternoon, 7 degrees above the normal high of 70 for November 10 and still short of the 81 degrees set on this date back in 2002.
The turn comes in two steps. A weak system sliding along the Gulf Coast on Wednesday brings clouds and a little moisture back, enough for a stray light shower in far west Georgia and east Alabama, with a rain chance in Columbus of only 11 percent. Then a cold front crosses on Thursday. Forecasters expect its main effect to be gusty northwest winds rather than rain, with Columbus climbing to about 72 before temperatures start sliding back through the afternoon.
Friday is when it shows up in the yard. Columbus tops out at 60 after a morning low of 34, Saturday runs 59 degrees with a 33-degree start, and Sunday recovers to 62. Two things will make those mornings colder than they look on paper: the sky stays clear, and the ground is dry. Columbus Airport has measured 0.07 of an inch of rain this month, about an inch under normal for this point in November, and dry ground under a clear sky gives up its heat fast once the sun goes down.
For gardeners in Phenix City, Opelika and LaGrange, this is the weekend to move the tender pots inside the garage or against a warm wall. The top couple of inches of soil is still 56 degrees, so roots are in no trouble. It is the leaves a frost takes.
Take the 77 while it is here. That same yard will likely have frost on it Saturday morning.
Right now in Columbus, Georgia
43°Temperature
40°Dew point
88%Humidity
2 mphWind — south
30.14"Pressure
The next seven days
Day
High
Low
Rain
Conditions
TODAY
77°
50°
2%
Mostly Sunny
WED
75°
53°
11%
Mostly Sunny
THU
72°
41°
1%
Sunny
FRI
60°
34°
0%
Sunny
SAT
59°
33°
0%
Sunny
SUN
62°
38°
4%
Sunny
MON
64°
41°
14%
Mostly Sunny
Written by the CNAW2 weather desk from CNAW2 weather desk data. Last updated November 10, 2026 at 7:50 AM Eastern. Covering Columbus and Phenix City, Auburn–Opelika, LaGrange, Eufaula and the rest of the 19-county CNAW viewing area.
