Carter-Finley Stadium weather

    Live weather and kickoff forecast for Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, home of NC State — humid Septembers and the occasional tropical remnant.

    Home team: NC State Wolfpack
    ACC
    Roof: Open
    Surface: Natural Grass
    Capacity: 57,583
    Field bearing: 100° E

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    Game-time forecast at Carter-Finley Stadium

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    The next college football game at Carter-Finley Stadium is App State Mountaineers at NC State Wolfpack, Saturday 26 September at 12:00 am venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at Carter-Finley Stadium: Wolfpack v Mountaineers

    NC State Wolfpack v App State Mountaineers weather at Carter-Finley Stadium

    NC State Wolfpack host App State Mountaineers at Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday 26 September at 12:00 am venue time.

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    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 Carter-Finley Stadium plays differently

    Open Piedmont site with few windbreaks; crosswinds off the west approach affect kicking more than passing.

    Game-time weather read

    No fixture is scheduled at Carter-Finley Stadium yet. The game-time weather read is written automatically 3 hours before kickoff once a match is on the calendar.

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    Upcoming games at Carter-Finley Stadium

    • App State Mountaineers at NC State WolfpackSat, 26 Sept, 12:00 am venue time
    • Louisville Cardinals at NC State WolfpackSat, 3 Oct, 12:00 am venue time
    • Wake Forest Demon Deacons at NC State WolfpackSat, 10 Oct, 12:00 am venue time

    Last games at Carter-Finley Stadium: conditions vs total

    DateMatchConditionsOur readTotal
    29 Nov 2025NC State Wolfpack v North Carolina Tar Heels——61 (42-19)
    21 Nov 2025NC State Wolfpack v Florida State Seminoles——32 (21-11)
    1 Nov 2025NC State Wolfpack v Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets——84 (48-36)
    4 Oct 2025NC State Wolfpack v Campbell Fighting Camels——66 (56-10)
    27 Sept 2025NC State Wolfpack v Virginia Tech Hokies——44 (21-23)

    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.

    Carter-Finley Stadium weather FAQs

    About this page

    Carter-Finley 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 Carter-Finley 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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