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Friday Night Lights Forecast: Dry Everywhere, With a Low 40s Fourth Quarter
What will the weather be at Friday night football games in Columbus and Auburn?
Friday night games across the Valley will be dry, with 49 degrees around kickoff in Columbus falling to 45 late, and 44 degrees in LaFayette and Greenville dropping to 40.
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Pack the jacket you have been leaving in the closet. Friday night, November 13, every town in the viewing area is forecast to be in the 40s around kickoff, and most of them drop into the low 40s by the fourth quarter. The air behind Thursday's cold front is dry, the sky is clear to mostly clear from Hogansville to Eufaula, and dry air lets the ground give up its heat quickly once the sun goes down. That is why the second half will feel noticeably colder than the first.
The chilliest seats in the area are in three places. In LaFayette, where LaFayette and Chambers Academy play, it will be 44 around kickoff and 40 by the fourth quarter. Greenville, home of Greenville High School, matches it exactly: 44 falling to 40. Down in Clayton, where Barbour County plays, it will be 44 at kickoff and 41 late, with the dampest air of the night at 73 percent humidity, so expect dew on the bleachers before you leave.
The warmest stands are south and east of Columbus. In Columbus itself, where Shaw, Hardaway, Columbus, Spencer, Kendrick, Jordan, Carver, Northside, Calvary Christian, Pacelli and Brookstone all play, it will be 49 around kickoff and 45 by the fourth quarter under a clear sky. Cusseta, home of Chattahoochee County, is the same 49, as is Georgetown, where Quitman County plays. Buena Vista with Marion County and Lumpkin with Stewart County both run 48 to 45. Cuthbert's Randolph Clay, Ellaville's Schley County, Butler's Taylor County and Preston's Webster County all sit at 48 around kickoff and 44 late.
In between, the numbers are remarkably even. Around LaGrange, where LaGrange, Troup County and LaGrange Academy play, it will be 45 around kickoff and 42 by the fourth quarter. Hogansville, home of Callaway, goes 45 to 41. Opelika, with Beauregard and Opelika, is 45 to 42, and Valley, with Valley and Beulah, is 45 to 41. Auburn and Lee-Scott in Auburn, Smiths Station and Glenwood in Smiths Station, Harris County in Hamilton, Loachapoka, Notasulga, Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Russell County in Seale and Eufaula all land at 46 around kickoff, settling to 42 or 43 late. Central-Phenix City in Phenix City, Lanett and Springwood in Lanett, and Central-Talbotton all read 47 to 43.
Wind is the one thing that varies. Most of the area stays near 5 mph, which you will barely notice. Columbus, Phenix City's neighbors in Smiths Station, Lanett, Hamilton and Manchester are closer to 10 mph, and in air this dry a steady 10 takes several degrees off how it feels on the back of your neck in the top row.
What to bring: a jacket, not a sweatshirt, and a blanket if you sit on metal. Rain chances are zero in every town on the list, so the umbrella can stay in the car.
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
53°Temperature
48°Dew point
84%Humidity
3 mphWind — south
30.07"Pressure
The next seven days
Day
High
Low
Rain
Conditions
TONIGHT
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48°
1%
Mostly Clear
TODAY
74°
54°
3%
Mostly Sunny
THU
71°
40°
0%
Sunny
FRI
60°
34°
0%
Sunny
SAT
59°
33°
0%
Sunny
SUN
62°
38°
5%
Sunny
MON
62°
40°
21%
Slight Chance Rain Showers
Written by the CNAW2 weather desk from CNAW2 weather desk data. Last updated November 11, 2026 at 12:42 AM Eastern. Covering Columbus and Phenix City, Auburn–Opelika, LaGrange, Eufaula and the rest of the 19-county CNAW viewing area.
