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Friday Night Lights Forecast: Clear, Dry and a Fourth Quarter in the 40s
How cold will it be at Friday night high school football games in the Columbus area?
Friday night football will be clear and dry across the Chattahoochee Valley, about 50 degrees around kickoff in Columbus and 42 in LaFayette, with fourth-quarter readings in the upper 30s and low 40s.
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This is the Friday night to dress for. The sky will be clear from Hogansville to Eufaula, there is no rain chance anywhere in the viewing area, and the air behind this cold front is dry enough that temperatures will keep sliding all evening instead of leveling off. There are no clouds to hold the day's warmth in, so what you feel at kickoff is not what you will feel at the end. The metal bleachers at Kinnett Stadium and A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium will be cold to sit on from the first whistle.
The coldest spot in the area is LaFayette, Alabama, where LaFayette and Chambers Academy play. It will be 42 around kickoff there and 40 by the fourth quarter, with a 10 mph northwest breeze that will make it feel colder still. Greenville, in Meriwether County, runs 43 around kickoff and ends up the coldest in the Valley late at 39. Over in Valley, home to Valley and Beulah, it is 43 and 41. Barbour County in Clayton sees 43 and 41 as well, though with the wind down near 5 mph it will feel a good deal more comfortable than the same number does farther north.
Columbus is the warm end of the scale. Shaw, Hardaway, Columbus, Spencer, Kendrick, Jordan, Carver, Northside, Calvary Christian, Pacelli and Brookstone all see about 50 around kickoff, falling to 44 by the fourth quarter, with the humidity down near 49 percent and a 10 mph breeze. Lanett and Springwood sit at 48 and 42, and Chattahoochee County in Cusseta matches that 48 before easing to 44.
Around LaGrange, where LaGrange, Troup County and LaGrange Academy play, it will be 45 at kickoff and 41 late. Callaway, in Hogansville, is 44 going down to 40. Harris County in Hamilton is 46 and 43, and Central in Phenix City is 46 and 43.
East Alabama gets the calmest air of the night. Auburn and Lee-Scott, along with Opelika and Beauregard, hold at 44 around kickoff and 42 by the fourth quarter with only a 5 mph wind. Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee runs 45 and 42, Smiths Station and Glenwood 45 and 42, Eufaula 44 and 41, and Russell County in Seale 44 and 41.
The southern tier of Georgia counties stays mildest. Stewart County in Lumpkin, Taylor County in Butler, Schley County in Ellaville and Marion County in Buena Vista all sit near 47 around kickoff and 44 late, with Randolph Clay in Cuthbert, Webster County in Preston and Quitman County in Georgetown close behind.
What to bring: a real coat, not a hoodie, plus a hat and a blanket for the bench. Gloves are worth it in LaFayette, Greenville and Hogansville. Leave the umbrella at home, and if you are parked far from the gate, remember the walk back will be the coldest few minutes of the night.
Friday night, school by school
Around kickoff → by the fourth quarter, on each school’s own clock.
No school or town by that name in the viewing area.
Central time in Alabama, Eastern in Georgia. Start times vary; check with the school. Forecast: National Weather Service.
Right now in Columbus, Georgia
48°Temperature
39°Dew point
72%Humidity
4 mphWind — northwest
29.88"Pressure
The next seven days
Day
High
Low
Rain
Conditions
TONIGHT
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41°
0%
Mostly Clear
TODAY
59°
35°
0%
Sunny
SAT
59°
33°
0%
Areas Of Frost then Sunny
SUN
61°
37°
0%
Widespread Frost then Sunny
MON
59°
39°
6%
Partly Sunny
TUE
64°
39°
6%
Mostly Sunny
WED
68°
41°
1%
Sunny
Written by the CNAW2 weather desk from CNAW2 weather desk data. Last updated November 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM Eastern. Covering Columbus and Phenix City, Auburn–Opelika, LaGrange, Eufaula and the rest of the 19-county CNAW viewing area.
