Mackay Stadium weather

    Live weather and kickoff forecast for Mackay Stadium in Reno — high-desert football at 4,639 feet with Sierra wind and big temperature swings.

    Home team: Nevada Wolf Pack
    Mountain West Conference
    Roof: Open
    Surface: FieldTurf
    Capacity: 30,000
    Field bearing: 0° N

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    Game-time forecast at Mackay Stadium

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    The next college football game at Mackay Stadium is Air Force Falcons at Nevada Wolf Pack, Friday 25 September at 9:00 pm venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at Mackay Stadium: Pack v Falcons

    Nevada Wolf Pack v Air Force Falcons weather at Mackay Stadium

    Nevada Wolf Pack host Air Force Falcons at Mackay Stadium on Friday 25 September at 9:00 pm venue time.

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    Live stadium conditions

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

    Why Mackay Stadium plays differently

    High desert at 4,639ft; thin dry air aids carry, with strong afternoon Washoe Zephyr winds.

    Game-time weather read

    No fixture is scheduled at Mackay 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 Mackay Stadium

    • Air Force Falcons at Nevada Wolf PackFri, 25 Sept, 9:00 pm venue time

    Last games at Mackay Stadium: conditions vs total

    DateMatchConditionsOur readTotal
    29 Nov 2025Nevada Wolf Pack v UNLV Rebels——59 (17-42)
    15 Nov 2025Nevada Wolf Pack v San José State Spartans——65 (55-10)
    24 Oct 2025Nevada Wolf Pack v Boise State Broncos——27 (3-24)
    11 Oct 2025Nevada Wolf Pack v San Diego State Aztecs——54 (10-44)
    13 Sept 2025Nevada Wolf Pack v Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders——27 (13-14)

    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.

    Mackay Stadium weather FAQs

    About this page

    Mackay 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 Mackay 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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