Joe Taschler|Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The weather has always played a role in the lore of Lambeau Field in Green Bay. But where, exactly, does the stadium rank in terms of weather in the NFL?
Meteorologist Kevin Roth,commissioned by sports betting app/site The Action Network decided to take a look at the weather conditions at NFL stadiums and came up with a set of rankings for such things as the coldest, hottest, snowiest and windiest stadiums.
"With the regular season spanning from September to January, NFL teams (and players) are subject to an array of weather conditions," Action Network said in a statement.
"To determine which NFL franchises are most affected by the weather, we recorded temperature, snowfall, rainfall, and wind speed data for each U.S. location where there’s an NFL stadium," according to thestatement. "Data was collected for the period September 2021 – January 2022 (the duration of the NFL regular season)."
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The organization then produced a series of rankings by different weather categories.
Stadiums with fixed or retractable roofs were not included.
Spoiler alert: Lambeau Field in Green Bay made more than one of the lists.
Here's a look at what the analysis came up with:
Coldest NFL stadiums
Lambeau Field's reputation as the coldest place in the NFL remains intact.Anyone who has attended a game at Lambeau in December or January certainly isn't shocked with this finding.Here are the top five coldest NFL locations based on monthly averages in degrees Fahrenheit during the 2021-22 regular season:
1. Green Bay,Lambeau Field,38 degrees
2.Orchard Park, NY, (Buffalo) Highmark Stadium,42
3.Foxborough, Mass.,Gillette Stadium,42.8
4.Denver, Empower Field at Mile High44.6
5Chicago, Soldier Field,44.8
Windiest stadiums in the NFL
Not only is is cold at Lambeau, it's also windy. It isn't the windiest, though. That distinction belongs — barely — toGreen Bay's archrivalto the south. Here's the ranking of the top five windiest stadiums based on monthly average wind speeds in miles per hour during the 2021 regular season. Of note:Three of the five windiest stadiums are on or near one of the Great Lakes.
1.Chicago, Soldier Field, 12.9 mph
2.Green Bay, Lambeau Field, 12.4 mph
3. Cleveland, FirstEnergy Stadium, 12.1 mph
4.Miami Gardens, Fla.,Hard Rock Stadium, 11.7 mph
5.Kansas City, Mo.,Arrowhead Stadium,11.2 mph
Snowiest stadiums in the NFL
Lambeau made this list, too, but wasn't at the top last season. Still, on any given day late in the season, Mother Nature can dump a lot of snow on Lambeau. Here are the top five snowiest NFL locations based on monthly averages during the most recentregular season:
1.Orchard Park, NY,Highmark Stadium, 23.7 inches
2.Cleveland, FirstEnergy Stadium, 7 inches
3.Foxborough, Mass.,Gillette Stadium, 5.3 inches
4.Green Bay, Lambeau Field, 5.1 inches
5.Denver, Empower Field at Mile High, 3.6 inches
Hottest stadiums in the NFL
Lambeau failed to make the list of the warmest stadiums in the NFL. If you want to stay warm during a game, you'll want to check out thestadiums on this list. (Wisconsin-to-Florida snowbirds who happen to be NFL fans might be interested in this category.) Three of the warmest stadiums during the 2021 regular season were in the Sunshine State:
1.Miami Gardens, Fla., Hard Rock Stadium 74.4°F
2.Tampa, Raymond James Stadium, 69.2°F
3.Jacksonville,TIAA Bank Field,64.6°F
4. Santa Clara, Calif.,Levi's Stadium,57.6°F
5.Charlotte, Bank of America Stadium,54°F
Rainiest stadiums in NFL
Lambeau, thankfully, did not make the list of the rainiest stadiums in the NFL. Hint:if you're going to a Seahawks game in Seattle, pack rain gear. Here are the top five rainiest NFL locations based on monthly averages during the 2021 regular season:
1. Seattle, Lumen Field, 5.26 inches
2.Nashville, Nissan Stadium, 3.54 inches
3.East Rutherford, NJ,MetLife Stadium,3.18 inches
4. Foxborough, Mass.,Gillette Stadium, 3.16 inches
5.Philadelphia, Lincoln Financial Field, 3.08 inches
Meanwhile, the Packers open their season on Sunday with a road game atMinnesota. We'd offer a weather forecast for the Packers game at the Vikings on Sunday, but there's no need: Pro football in Minnesota is played indoors.
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