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Outdoor weather archive

2024 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

868 usable observations · °F

  1. regular · Week 14

    Nebraska 10 at Iowa 13

    15.8°F

    Clear · 15.8°F · 7.0 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 14

    Kansas State 21 at Iowa State 29

    16.2°F

    Cloudy · 16.2°F · 5.8 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 14

    Illinois 38 at Northwestern 28

    22.1°F

    Cloudy · 22.1°F · 12.7 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 14

    Eastern Michigan 18 at Western Michigan 26

    23.4°F

    Cloudy · 23.4°F · 12.7 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 14

    Central Michigan 16 at Northern Illinois 24

    23.5°F

    Fair · 23.5°F · 13.9 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.temperature

Hottest outdoor games

868 usable observations · °F

  1. regular · Week 6

    Kansas 31 at Arizona State 35

    105.6°F

    Fair · 105.6°F · 5.6 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 4

    Utah 22 at Oklahoma State 19

    101.3°F

    Cloudy · 101.3°F · 11.4 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 6

    Nevada 31 at San José State 35

    101.1°F

    Clear · 101.1°F · 10.3 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 1

    Western Kentucky 0 at Alabama 63

    99.1°F

    99.1°F · 0.2 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 2

    Mississippi State 23 at Arizona State 30

    98.8°F

    Fair · 98.8°F · 12.7 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.wind_speed

Windiest outdoor games

868 usable observations · mph

  1. regular · Week 1

    Delaware State 14 at Hawai'i 35

    32.7 mph

    Cloudy · 77.9°F · 32.7 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 9

    Nevada 13 at Hawai'i 34

    24.9 mph

    Cloudy · 76.6°F · 24.9 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 2

    McNeese 10 at Texas A&M 52

    23.0 mph

    Clear · 87.6°F · 23.0 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 12

    Florida Atlantic 15 at Temple 18

    23.0 mph

    Fair · 60.8°F · 23.0 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 11

    UNLV 29 at Hawai'i 27

    22.8 mph

    Cloudy · 77.7°F · 22.8 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.precipitation

Wettest outdoor games

55 usable observations · inches

  1. regular · Week 4

    East Carolina 24 at Liberty 35

    0.37 in

    Heavy Rain · 81.1°F · 10.3 mph wind · 0.37 in rain

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  2. regular · Week 3

    Ball State 0 at Miami 62

    0.29 in

    Heavy Rain · 87.8°F · 10.6 mph wind · 0.29 in rain

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  3. regular · Week 13

    UNLV 27 at San José State 16

    0.26 in

    Heavy Rain · 59.2°F · 21.7 mph wind · 0.26 in rain

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  4. regular · Week 3

    Texas A&M 33 at Florida 20

    0.16 in

    Heavy Rain · 86.0°F · 10.3 mph wind · 0.16 in rain

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  5. regular · Week 10

    UCLA 27 at Nebraska 20

    0.15 in

    Heavy Rain · 58.1°F · 8.1 mph wind · 0.15 in rain

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Source: games.points + game_weather

Largest score differentials with weather observations

868 usable observations · point margin

  1. regular · Week 3

    Northwestern State 10 at South Alabama 87

    77 points

    Fair · 79.7°F · 5.8 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 1

    Furman 0 at Ole Miss 76

    76 points

    93.0°F · 3.8 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 2

    Western Illinois 3 at Indiana 77

    74 points

    Cloudy · 72.0°F · 8.1 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 3

    Kent State 0 at Tennessee 71

    71 points

    Clear · 76.8°F · 3.7 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 1

    Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0 at Arkansas 70

    70 points

    Fair · 93.6°F · 8.1 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.