Nice weather
Beautiful Monday from Columbus to Huntsville; Southwest holds through Wednesday
By Ryan Hall, Y'all Weather Desk ยท Published
Written by our automated news desk from National Weather Service data.
What's new: First Nice Weather edition of the week; Beautiful weather today from the Ohio Valley to the Southeast, shifting southwest Tuesday and Wednesday.
Key points
- Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville and Lexington, today. Beautiful, the top category on the board. Highs run from the upper 50s to the 60s with crisp, dry air. Take a long lunch walk or put the afternoon football game on the patio.
- Nashville, Knoxville and Huntsville, today. Beautiful, with highs in the 70s in spots and abundant sunshine. Good day for a trail or the lake. Start with a jacket; frost and localized river-valley fog are likely in parts of Tennessee and Alabama early.
- Tucson, Yuma and El Paso, today and Tuesday. Beautiful both days. Tuesday's highs average about 69 in the best zone, with lows near 45. Hit a hiking trail in the morning, and bring sunscreen because UV is moderate, around 5.
- Lubbock, Las Cruces and Roswell, Tuesday. Beautiful, dry and light-breezed. Good for a long drive across the South Plains and southern New Mexico.
- Tucson, Mesa, Chandler and San Angelo, Wednesday. Beautiful, with highs near 74, a mostly clear sky and winds around 9 mph. This is the day for outdoor dining or a round of golf.
The best weather in the country today runs from Ohio and Kentucky down through Tennessee and Alabama, with a second pocket in the Desert Southwest and El Paso. Skies are nearly cloudless, rain chances sit at about zero, and the wind is light. Tuesday and Wednesday the best air shifts to the Southwest and West Texas, then a cold, messy eastern storm takes over the end of the week.
Best bets
- Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville and Lexington, today. Beautiful, the top category on the board. Highs run from the upper 50s to the 60s with crisp, dry air. Take a long lunch walk or put the afternoon football game on the patio.
- Nashville, Knoxville and Huntsville, today. Beautiful, with highs in the 70s in spots and abundant sunshine. Good day for a trail or the lake. Start with a jacket; frost and localized river-valley fog are likely in parts of Tennessee and Alabama early.
- Tucson, Yuma and El Paso, today and Tuesday. Beautiful both days. Tuesday's highs average about 69 in the best zone, with lows near 45. Hit a hiking trail in the morning, and bring sunscreen because UV is moderate, around 5.
- Lubbock, Las Cruces and Roswell, Tuesday. Beautiful, dry and light-breezed. Good for a long drive across the South Plains and southern New Mexico.
- Tucson, Mesa, Chandler and San Angelo, Wednesday. Beautiful, with highs near 74, a mostly clear sky and winds around 9 mph. This is the day for outdoor dining or a round of golf.
Why the Ohio Valley and Southeast are glowing today
A broad area of high pressure is parked over the middle of the country. That means dry air, clear skies and light wind. Dewpoints, a measure of how muggy it feels, are in the low to mid 40s, so afternoons feel comfortable and mornings feel crisp.
Two things keep today from the very top. Highs are a little cool for early November, and a few cities have some haze. Indianapolis, for example, sits one step down at Nice because of its air quality. Frost and fog should burn off after sunrise from Kentucky and Tennessee into Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas. One more chilly night is coming in the Southeast tonight, then temperatures start to climb.
Tuesday the Ohio Valley gets breezier. Columbus slips a step, with a high near 61 and gusts around 27 mph. The Beautiful weather holds in the southern Appalachians and Deep South, including Johnson City, Tennessee, and Dothan, Alabama.
The Southwest stays steady while the East gets rough
The Southwest and West Texas are the steadiest places this week. Western Arizona, including Parker, Quartzsite and Yuma, tops the week's rankings, with every day in the forecast counting as a nice day. Wednesday also brings a broad Nice area up the East Coast and across Atlanta, Los Angeles and El Paso. New York is a cool but calm one, with a high near 58, and Philadelphia and Washington land in the same category.
Then the pattern turns. An upper trough is digging into the East late in the week. It brings clouds and rain to Indianapolis and Philadelphia on Thursday, and a cold rain to New York on Friday, with a chance of snow inland across the central Appalachians. Behind it, cold, dry high pressure settles over much of the country through the weekend.
The nicest weather late in the week shifts to the Gulf Coast and Texas. Houston, San Antonio, New Orleans and Phoenix look Nice on Friday, and Houston, Austin, Waco and Las Vegas on Saturday. Sunday's best spots are Orlando, Mobile and New Orleans. Days 6 and 7 carry lower confidence, so check back before you plan anything firm.
South Texas is the contrast today. Heavy rain is still falling from Corpus Christi toward Brownsville, with a Level 2 of 4 flash flood risk, and it should ease by evening. Ground there is soaked, so check the flash flood outlook before driving. Drier air takes over by midweek. The Texas Hill Country looks Nice by Wednesday, and Corpus Christi and Laredo show Nice by Friday.
Our Nice Weather outlook has the day-by-day city rankings if you want to pick your spot.
Bottom line
Get outside today if you live from Ohio to Alabama, because this is the best of it. If you can't, Tuesday and Wednesday are the days to plan around in Arizona and West Texas.
More on Nice weather, November 2026
Places in this story: Huntsville, AL; Louisville, KY; Knoxville, TN; El Paso, TX
Sources
- Ryan Hall, Y'all Nice Weather outlook (our own outlook), Ryan Hall, Y'all, issued