Acrisure Stadium weather

    Live weather and kickoff forecast for Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, home of Pitt football — an open riverfront bowl famous for swirling wind.

    Home team: Pittsburgh Panthers
    ACC
    Roof: Open
    Surface: Natural Grass
    Capacity: 68,400
    Field bearing: 145° SE

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    Game-time forecast at Acrisure Stadium
    Weather lean unlocks 3h before start

    Syracuse Orange @ Pittsburgh Panthers — kickoff Thu 7:30 pm venue time (in 4 days).

    Temperature
    78°F
    Wind
    4 mph
    W (278°)
    Rain chance
    57%
    Conditions
    Rain

    Providers disagree on rain (20% vs 57%); the wetter reading is used.

    Lean pending: These are the kickoff readings. Weather lean unlocks 3h before start, once the forecast is settled enough to call.

    Research model
    -5.09 points
    Lead-time reliability still being measured for COLLEGE

    This is the forecast for kickoff, not the weather right now. Current readings are below.

    The next college football game at Acrisure Stadium is Syracuse Orange at Pittsburgh Panthers, Thursday 17 September at 7:30 pm venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at Acrisure Stadium: Panthers v Orange

    Pittsburgh Panthers v Syracuse Orange weather at Acrisure Stadium

    Pittsburgh Panthers host Syracuse Orange at Acrisure Stadium on Thursday 17 September at 7:30 pm venue time. Forecast at kickoff: 78°F, wind 4 mph, 57% rain chance.

    Live stadium conditions

    Live conditions are not available right now. They refresh automatically when the station responds.

    Live readings are context only. The game-time read uses the forecast at kickoff.

    Why Acrisure Stadium plays differently

    Open river end at the Ohio-Allegheny confluence channels wind straight down the field; late-season gusts are common.

    Game-time weather read

    Syracuse Orange at Pittsburgh Panthers · Thu 7:30 pm venue time

    Lean unlocks 3 hours before kickoff

    Nothing is published earlier than that. The forecast for kickoff at Acrisure Stadium is not settled enough further out to be worth reading.

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    Upcoming games at Acrisure Stadium

    • Syracuse Orange at Pittsburgh PanthersThu, 17 Sept, 7:30 pm venue time
    • Bucknell Bison at Pittsburgh PanthersSat, 26 Sept, 12:00 pm venue time
    • North Carolina Tar Heels at Pittsburgh PanthersSat, 10 Oct, 12:00 am venue time

    Last games at Acrisure Stadium: conditions vs total

    DateMatchConditionsOur readTotal
    29 Nov 2025Pittsburgh Panthers v Miami Hurricanes——45 (7-38)
    15 Nov 2025Pittsburgh Panthers v Notre Dame Fighting Irish——52 (15-37)
    25 Oct 2025Pittsburgh Panthers v NC State Wolfpack——87 (53-34)
    4 Oct 2025Pittsburgh Panthers v Boston College Eagles——55 (48-7)
    27 Sept 2025Pittsburgh Panthers v Louisville Cardinals——61 (27-34)

    Rows without conditions are archive results — final scores at this ground. Rows tagged with conditions and our read build up as we grade games here.

    Acrisure Stadium weather FAQs

    About this page

    Acrisure Stadium weather is updated live and produces a game-time forecast read for every home game. The page uses one permanent URL for the venue; match-up details rotate as the schedule changes, so search results always point to current conditions. Our own study of 4,330 college football games found wind alone showed no material scoring deviation, so we keep these reads descriptive — conditions and context, not exaggerated edge claims.

    What the research says

    The published studies behind the read on this page at Acrisure Stadium. Every figure is season-adjusted, with sample sizes and t-statistics shown.

    • College Football Wind & Kicking

      Crosswind — resolved against each venue's true field bearing — bends field-goal accuracy. Game totals show no material deviation.

      4,330 games

    • College Football Heat & Humidity Shock

      Do cool-climate teams underperform when they travel into hot, humid Southern venues in August and September? Graded against closing lines, with control games alongside.

      Ten seasons of Aug–Sept road games

    • College Football Extreme Heat & Totals

      A widely repeated claim says non-conference games go Over about 59% of the time at 85–106°F. Our data: 52.8% against a 49.1% control — no meaningful edge.

      Ten seasons of kickoff-hour temperatures graded against closing totals

    • College Football Rain & Totals

      Rain does not measurably move college football scoring. Wet games sit within a fraction of a point of dry games once each season is accounted for, and the Over rate barely shifts.

      1,441 outdoor games with closing totals, 2016–2025 (211 wet)

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