Memorial Stadium (Illinois) weather

    Live weather and kickoff forecast for Memorial Stadium in Champaign, where prairie wind and early cold define late-season Big Ten football.

    Home team: Illinois Fighting Illini
    Big Ten
    Roof: Open
    Surface: FieldTurf
    Capacity: 60,670

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    Game-time forecast at Memorial Stadium (Illinois)
    Weather lean unlocks 3h before start

    Southern Illinois Salukis @ Illinois Fighting Illini — kickoff Sat 1:00 pm venue time (in 6 days).

    Game is more than 5 days out — forecast not available yet.

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

    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 Memorial Stadium (Illinois) is Southern Illinois Salukis at Illinois Fighting Illini, Saturday 19 September at 1:00 pm venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at Memorial Stadium (Illinois): Illini v Salukis

    Illinois Fighting Illini v Southern Illinois Salukis weather at Memorial Stadium (Illinois)

    Illinois Fighting Illini host Southern Illinois Salukis at Memorial Stadium (Illinois) on Saturday 19 September at 1:00 pm venue time.

    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 Memorial Stadium (Illinois) plays differently

    Illinois' Memorial Stadium is a 1923-vintage bowl on the central Illinois prairie — open at the south end and exposed to whatever the plains send. September is warm and calm; November is the story, with cold wind, grey skies and occasional early snow. The open bowl does little to slow a northwest wind, so late-season games here can be among the coldest, windiest environments in the Big Ten.

    Game-time weather read

    Southern Illinois Salukis at Illinois Fighting Illini · Sat 1:00 pm venue time

    Lean unlocks 3 hours before kickoff

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

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    Upcoming games at Memorial Stadium (Illinois)

    • Southern Illinois Salukis at Illinois Fighting IlliniSat, 19 Sept, 1:00 pm venue time
    • Purdue Boilermakers at Illinois Fighting IlliniFri, 2 Oct, 11:00 pm venue time

    Last games at Memorial Stadium (Illinois): conditions vs total

    DateMatchConditionsOur readTotal
    15 Nov 2025Missouri Tigers v Mississippi State Bulldogs——76 (49-27)
    8 Nov 2025Missouri Tigers v Texas A&M Aggies——55 (17-38)
    11 Oct 2025Missouri Tigers v Alabama Crimson Tide——51 (24-27)
    27 Sept 2025Missouri Tigers v Massachusetts Minutemen——48 (42-6)
    20 Sept 2025Missouri Tigers v South Carolina Gamecocks——49 (29-20)

    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.

    Memorial Stadium (Illinois) weather FAQs

    About this page

    Memorial Stadium (Illinois) 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.

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