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2025 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

883 usable observations · °F

  1. regular · Week 14

    Indiana 56 at Purdue 3

    21.0°F

    Clear · 21.0°F · 0.0 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 14

    Wisconsin 7 at Minnesota 17

    21.4°F

    Snowfall · 21.4°F · 11.8 mph wind

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  3. postseason · Week 1

    Penn State 22 at Clemson 10

    26.6°F

    Cloudy · 26.6°F · 8.1 mph wind · 0.16 in snow

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  4. postseason · Week 1

    UConn 16 at Army 41

    26.6°F

    Cloudy · 26.6°F · 6.8 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 14

    Iowa 40 at Nebraska 16

    26.8°F

    Cloudy · 26.8°F · 10.6 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.temperature

Hottest outdoor games

883 usable observations · °F

  1. regular · Week 1

    Northern Arizona 19 at Arizona State 38

    101.3°F

    Fair · 101.3°F · 6.9 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 2

    South Carolina State 10 at South Carolina 38

    95.5°F

    95.5°F · 3.4 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 3

    Florida 10 at LSU 20

    94.8°F

    Clear · 94.8°F · 4.7 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 3

    Iowa State 24 at Arkansas State 16

    94.6°F

    94.6°F · 6.5 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 1

    Georgia Southern 14 at Fresno State 42

    94.1°F

    Fair · 94.1°F · 9.2 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.wind_speed

Windiest outdoor games

883 usable observations · mph

  1. postseason · Week 1

    California 31 at Hawai'i 35

    27.3 mph

    Clear · 75.6°F · 27.3 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 14

    Northwestern 13 at Illinois 20

    26.7 mph

    Heavy Snowfall · 33.8°F · 26.7 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 6

    Michigan State 27 at Nebraska 38

    25.5 mph

    Clear · 88.0°F · 25.5 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 7

    Arizona State 10 at Utah 42

    25.5 mph

    Rain · 43.3°F · 25.5 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 14

    Ohio 31 at Buffalo 26

    25.5 mph

    Cloudy · 34.2°F · 25.5 mph wind

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Source: game_weather.precipitation

Wettest outdoor games

53 usable observations · inches

  1. regular · Week 12

    Iowa 21 at USC 26

    0.34 in

    Heavy Rain · 60.8°F · 12.1 mph wind · 0.34 in rain

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  2. regular · Week 1

    Bucknell 13 at Air Force 49

    0.22 in

    Heavy Rain · 68.4°F · 9.2 mph wind · 0.22 in rain

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  3. regular · Week 9

    UConn 34 at Rice 37

    0.22 in

    Heavy Rain Shower · 77.7°F · 3.7 mph wind · 0.22 in rain

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  4. regular · Week 9

    Ole Miss 34 at Oklahoma 26

    0.21 in

    Heavy Rain · 62.6°F · 5.6 mph wind · 0.21 in rain

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  5. regular · Week 8

    Baylor 36 at TCU 42

    0.16 in

    Heavy Rain · 75.4°F · 13.2 mph wind · 0.16 in rain

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Source: games.points + game_weather

Largest score differentials with weather observations

883 usable observations · point margin

  1. regular · Week 2

    East Texas A&M 3 at Florida State 77

    74 points

    Fair · 89.1°F · 4.6 mph wind

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  2. regular · Week 2

    UL Monroe 0 at Alabama 73

    73 points

    93.6°F · 6.3 mph wind

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  3. regular · Week 3

    Indiana State 0 at Indiana 73

    73 points

    Clear · 80.4°F · 4.0 mph wind

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  4. regular · Week 2

    Grambling 0 at Ohio State 70

    70 points

    72.3°F · 9.2 mph wind

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  5. regular · Week 3

    Northwestern State 0 at Cincinnati 70

    70 points

    Fair · 83.8°F · 5.8 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.