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Outdoor weather archive

2011 College Football Weather Records

Measured extremes and score context from outdoor games. These lists describe conditions; they do not claim weather caused the result.

Source: game_weather.temperature

Coldest outdoor games

733 usable observations · °F

  1. regular · Week 13

    Nevada 17 at Utah State 21

    30.0°F

    30.0°F · 3.4 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 9

    Illinois 7 at Penn State 10

    32.0°F

    32.0°F · 4.7 mph wind · 0.05 in rain

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  3. regular · Week 14

    Idaho 3 at Nevada 56

    32.0°F

    32.0°F · 7.0 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 9

    West Virginia 41 at Rutgers 31

    33.1°F

    33.1°F · 8.1 mph wind · 0.02 in rain

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  5. regular · Week 9

    Fordham 0 at Army 55

    33.1°F

    33.1°F · 10.3 mph wind · 0.09 in rain

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Source: game_weather.temperature

Hottest outdoor games

733 usable observations · °F

  1. regular · Week 1

    UC Davis 14 at Arizona State 48

    107.1°F

    107.1°F · 9.2 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 1

    TCU 48 at Baylor 50

    100.0°F

    100.0°F · 12.7 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 1

    Louisiana 34 at Oklahoma State 61

    99.0°F

    99.0°F · 7.0 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 1

    Tulsa 14 at Oklahoma 47

    98.6°F

    98.6°F · 10.3 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 4

    USC 22 at Arizona State 43

    98.1°F

    98.1°F · 8.1 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.wind_speed

Windiest outdoor games

733 usable observations · mph

  1. regular · Week 11

    Wyoming 25 at Air Force 17

    41.4 mph

    55.4°F · 41.4 mph wind · 1.39 in rain

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  2. regular · Week 13

    Iowa State 6 at Oklahoma 26

    33.3 mph

    46.4°F · 33.3 mph wind · 0.01 in rain

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  3. regular · Week 7

    Toledo 28 at Bowling Green 21

    31.1 mph

    55.0°F · 31.1 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 7

    Buffalo 0 at Temple 34

    30.0 mph

    66.9°F · 30.0 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 1

    Montana 16 at Tennessee 42

    28.8 mph

    73.8°F · 28.8 mph wind · 0.06 in rain

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Source: game_weather.precipitation

Wettest outdoor games

36 usable observations · inches

  1. regular · Week 11

    Wyoming 25 at Air Force 17

    1.39 in

    55.4°F · 41.4 mph wind · 1.39 in rain

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  2. regular · Week 14

    Iowa State 23 at Kansas State 30

    0.27 in

    39.2°F · 7.0 mph wind · 0.27 in rain

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  3. regular · Week 5

    Kent State 10 at Ohio 17

    0.14 in

    46.4°F · 12.7 mph wind · 0.14 in rain

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  4. regular · Week 1

    Louisiana Tech 17 at Southern Miss 19

    0.13 in

    75.0°F · 18.3 mph wind · 0.13 in rain

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  5. regular · Week 1

    Army 26 at Northern Illinois 49

    0.10 in

    69.8°F · 5.8 mph wind · 0.10 in rain

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Source: games.points + game_weather

Largest score differentials with weather observations

733 usable observations · point margin

  1. regular · Week 3

    Western Illinois 0 at Missouri 69

    69 points

    57.9°F · 5.8 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 8

    New Mexico 0 at TCU 69

    69 points

    78.1°F · 15.0 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 1

    Charleston Southern 0 at UCF 62

    62 points

    84.0°F · 12.7 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 1

    Austin Peay 10 at Cincinnati 72

    62 points

    91.0°F · 0.0 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 11

    Oklahoma State 66 at Texas Tech 6

    60 points

    68.2°F · 26.4 mph wind

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Coverage and methodology

Temperature and wind sections require at least 10 non-null outdoor observations. Wettest and snowiest require at least three positive measurements, so an unavailable section is omitted instead of treating missing or zero values as an extreme. Indoor games are excluded. Score differentials are descriptive context only and do not establish that weather changed the outcome.