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Outdoor weather archive

2015 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

829 usable observations · °F

  1. regular · Week 13

    UNLV 28 at Wyoming 35

    15.1°F

    15.1°F · 8.1 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 13

    BYU 51 at Utah State 28

    21.0°F

    Fog · 21.0°F · 0.0 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 13

    Iowa 28 at Nebraska 20

    22.8°F

    22.8°F · 16.1 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 12

    Illinois 23 at Minnesota 32

    23.0°F

    23.0°F · 11.4 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 12

    Purdue 20 at Iowa 40

    27.0°F

    27.0°F · 17.2 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.temperature

Hottest outdoor games

829 usable observations · °F

  1. regular · Week 2

    Cal Poly 21 at Arizona State 35

    99.0°F

    99.0°F · 3.4 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 4

    USC 42 at Arizona State 14

    98.1°F

    98.1°F · 5.8 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 2

    UCLA 37 at UNLV 3

    96.8°F

    96.8°F · 11.4 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 4

    Idaho State 8 at UNLV 80

    96.8°F

    96.8°F · 7.0 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 3

    New Mexico 10 at Arizona State 34

    96.1°F

    96.1°F · 8.1 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.wind_speed

Windiest outdoor games

829 usable observations · mph

  1. regular · Week 5

    Iowa 10 at Wisconsin 6

    25.3 mph

    53.1°F · 25.3 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 6

    New Mexico 17 at Nevada 35

    24.2 mph

    78.8°F · 24.2 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 8

    South Alabama 18 at Texas State 36

    23.1 mph

    66.9°F · 23.1 mph wind · 0.03 in rain

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  4. regular · Week 4

    App State 49 at Old Dominion 0

    21.9 mph

    73.0°F · 21.9 mph wind · 0.01 in rain

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  5. regular · Week 5

    Bowling Green 28 at Buffalo 22

    21.9 mph

    46.0°F · 21.9 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.precipitation

Wettest outdoor games

77 usable observations · inches

  1. regular · Week 2

    Norfolk State 10 at Old Dominion 24

    0.43 in

    72.0°F · 7.0 mph wind · 0.43 in rain

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  2. regular · Week 6

    NC State 13 at Virginia Tech 28

    0.26 in

    61.0°F · 0.0 mph wind · 0.26 in rain

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  3. regular · Week 2

    South Florida 14 at Florida State 34

    0.24 in

    73.0°F · 0.0 mph wind · 0.24 in rain

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  4. regular · Week 13

    Missouri 3 at Arkansas 28

    0.23 in

    39.9°F · 4.7 mph wind · 0.23 in rain

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  5. regular · Week 8

    Old Dominion 12 at Florida International 41

    0.21 in

    78.1°F · 9.2 mph wind · 0.21 in rain

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Source: games.points + game_weather

Largest score differentials with weather observations

829 usable observations · point margin

  1. regular · Week 2

    Howard 0 at Boston College 76

    76 points

    73.0°F · 4.7 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 1

    UT Martin 3 at Ole Miss 76

    73 points

    85.8°F · 0.0 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 4

    Idaho State 8 at UNLV 80

    72 points

    96.8°F · 7.0 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 1

    Mississippi Valley State 0 at New Mexico 66

    66 points

    69.8°F · 10.3 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 3

    Northern Arizona 13 at Arizona 77

    64 points

    80.6°F · 12.7 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.