(Source: Wikipedia) - Brief information and overview of Columbus

Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it officially merged in 1970; the original merger excluded Bibb City, which joined in 2000 after dissolving its own city charter.

Climate in Columbus :
Columbus has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Daytime summer temperatures often reach highs above 95°F and on occasion will approach or exceed 100°F. The all-time high temperature in Columbus was 106°F, set on June 30, 2012 during an exceptional heat wave in the Southeast. Low temperatures in the winter average in the upper 30s, with several nights a year seeing temperatures below freezing. There are two recorded instances of temperatures below 0°F in the city: -2°F on January 21, 1985, part of a larger cold wave that affected the eastern half of the country; and the all-time record low of -3°F on February 13, 1899, part of another exceptional Arctic outbreak. Columbus is often considered a dividing line or "natural snowline" of the southeastern United States with areas north of the city receiving snowfall annually, with areas to the south typically not receiving snowfall every year or at all.