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Friday Night Lights Forecast: Jackets at Kickoff, Coats by the Fourth Quarter
What is the weather forecast for Friday night high school football in the Columbus area?
Friday night, November 13, will be clear and dry across the Chattahoochee Valley, with kickoff temperatures from 43 degrees in Greenville and LaFayette to 48 in Columbus and falling into the low 40s by the fourth quarter.
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Take the heavier jacket to the stadium Friday. This is the kind of clear, dry, breezy November night that feels pleasant while you are walking in from the parking lot and catches up with you somewhere in the second quarter.
The remarkable thing about Friday, November 13, is how little the valley varies. From the LaGrange city limits to the Barbour County line, every town in the viewing area sits between 43 and 48 degrees around kickoff, the sky is mostly clear everywhere, and the rain chance is zero in all 28 towns we track. Nobody in west Georgia or east Alabama needs an umbrella. What separates a comfortable night from a cold one is the wind, which runs 15 mph in a long list of towns. Moving air strips warmth off bare skin far faster than still air does, so 43 degrees on an exposed hilltop field will feel considerably colder than 43 degrees in a sheltered bowl.
The coolest spots are Greenville and LaFayette. Around Greenville, where Greenville High plays, it will be 43 around kickoff and 40 by the fourth quarter, with a 15 mph breeze the whole way. In LaFayette, home to LaFayette High and Chambers Academy, the numbers match: 43 and then 40, also breezy. Those two towns are the ones where gloves are not overkill.
Around LaGrange, where LaGrange, Troup County and LaGrange Academy play, expect 45 around kickoff and 41 late. Callaway in Hogansville runs 44 and 41, Manchester 45 and 42, and Harris County in Hamilton 46 and 43. All four of those have the 15 mph breeze.
Columbus is the warm end of the thermometer: the stands at Kinnett Stadium and A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium, where Shaw, Hardaway, Columbus, Spencer, Kendrick, Jordan, Carver, Northside, Calvary Christian, Pacelli and Brookstone all play, hold 48 around kickoff and 45 by the fourth, though the wind there is also 15 mph and the air is dry, with humidity near 51 percent. Just across the river, Central-Phenix City sits at 46 and 44 with a gentler 10 mph. Russell County in Seale goes 45 to 42, and Smiths Station and Glenwood 45 to 43.
In Auburn and Opelika, Auburn High, Lee-Scott, Opelika and Beauregard all see 44 around kickoff and 42 late, with only a 10 mph breeze. Loachapoka and Notasulga hold 45 and 43. The calmest night in the viewing area belongs to Tuskegee, where Booker T. Washington gets 46 and 42 with the wind down to 5 mph. Valley and Beulah run 44 to 41, Lanett and Springwood 46 to 42.
South Georgia stays mildest. Chattahoochee County in Cusseta, Marion County in Buena Vista, Stewart County in Lumpkin, Randolph Clay in Cuthbert, Quitman County in Georgetown, Schley County in Ellaville and Webster County in Preston all show 48 around kickoff and 44 by the fourth quarter. Central-Talbotton and Taylor County in Butler land at 47 and 43. Eufaula holds 45 and 43, Barbour County in Clayton 44 and 42.
So: a jacket at kickoff everywhere, a real coat by the fourth quarter, a knit hat in the windy towns, and no umbrella anywhere. One more thing worth packing is a blanket to sit on. Aluminum bench seats pull heat out of you by direct contact, faster than the air ever will, and that is why the last 10 minutes always feel colder than the thermometer says.
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
62°Temperature
44°Dew point
51%Humidity
6 mphWind — northwest
30.05"Pressure
The next seven days
Day
High
Low
Rain
Conditions
TONIGHT
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43°
0%
Partly Cloudy
MON
76°
43°
0%
Mostly Sunny
TUE
77°
46°
1%
Mostly Sunny
WED
76°
50°
3%
Mostly Sunny
THU
72°
43°
9%
Mostly Sunny
FRI
59°
35°
1%
Sunny
SAT
59°
34°
0%
Sunny
Written by the CNAW2 weather desk from CNAW2 weather desk data. Last updated November 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM Eastern. Covering Columbus and Phenix City, Auburn–Opelika, LaGrange, Eufaula and the rest of the 19-county CNAW viewing area.
