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Outdoor weather archive

2012 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

766 usable observations · °F

  1. regular · Week 11

    Fresno State 52 at Nevada 36

    23.0°F

    23.0°F · 5.8 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 13

    Michigan State 26 at Minnesota 10

    23.0°F

    23.0°F · 12.7 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 11

    Idaho 13 at BYU 52

    24.8°F

    24.8°F · 0.0 mph wind · 0.03 in rain

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  4. regular · Week 11

    UNLV 11 at Colorado State 33

    26.6°F

    26.6°F · 12.7 mph wind · 0.01 in rain

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  5. regular · Week 11

    UCLA 44 at Washington State 36

    27.0°F

    27.0°F · 0.0 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.temperature

Hottest outdoor games

766 usable observations · °F

  1. regular · Week 3

    Colorado 14 at Fresno State 69

    102.0°F

    102.0°F · 5.8 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 1

    Savannah St 0 at Oklahoma State 84

    100.0°F

    100.0°F · 0.0 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 1

    SMU 24 at Baylor 59

    100.0°F

    100.0°F · 13.9 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 4

    Utah 7 at Arizona State 37

    99.0°F

    99.0°F · 8.1 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 3

    North Dakota 41 at San Diego State 49

    98.1°F

    98.1°F · 9.2 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.wind_speed

Windiest outdoor games

766 usable observations · mph

  1. regular · Week 11

    Wyoming 28 at New Mexico 23

    34.4 mph

    44.6°F · 34.4 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 11

    San José State 47 at New Mexico State 7

    28.8 mph

    63.0°F · 28.8 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 11

    South Alabama 14 at North Texas 24

    27.7 mph

    80.1°F · 27.7 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 13

    San Diego State 42 at Wyoming 28

    27.5 mph

    60.8°F · 27.5 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 11

    Minnesota 17 at Illinois 3

    26.4 mph

    73.9°F · 26.4 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.precipitation

Wettest outdoor games

39 usable observations · inches

  1. regular · Week 1

    Eastern Kentucky 6 at Purdue 48

    0.44 in

    75.9°F · 7.0 mph wind · 0.44 in rain

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  2. regular · Week 5

    Louisville 21 at Southern Miss 17

    0.30 in

    73.0°F · 5.8 mph wind · 0.30 in rain

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  3. regular · Week 5

    TCU 24 at SMU 16

    0.26 in

    68.0°F · 10.3 mph wind · 0.26 in rain

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  4. regular · Week 7

    Stanford 13 at Notre Dame 20

    0.20 in

    53.1°F · 10.3 mph wind · 0.20 in rain

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  5. regular · Week 7

    Iowa 19 at Michigan State 16

    0.16 in

    41.0°F · 13.9 mph wind · 0.16 in rain

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Source: games.points + game_weather

Largest score differentials with weather observations

766 usable observations · point margin

  1. regular · Week 1

    Savannah St 0 at Oklahoma State 84

    84 points

    100.0°F · 0.0 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 14

    Nicholls 3 at Oregon State 77

    74 points

    50.0°F · 15.0 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 1

    Murray State 3 at Florida State 69

    66 points

    90.0°F · 7.0 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 4

    Idaho State 7 at Nebraska 73

    66 points

    60.8°F · 16.1 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 5

    Idaho 0 at North Carolina 66

    66 points

    62.1°F · 7.0 mph wind · 0.02 in rain

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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.