Ohio Stadium weather

Live weather and game-time forecast for Ohio Stadium, with a plain-English read on wind, cold and rain for every Buckeyes home game.

Home team: Ohio State Buckeyes

Big Ten

Roof: Open

Surface: FieldTurf

Capacity: 104,944

Field bearing: 5° N

Game-time forecast at Ohio Stadium

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The next college football game at Ohio Stadium is Oregon Ducks at Ohio State Buckeyes, Saturday 7 November at 12:00 am venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

Next match at Ohio Stadium: Buckeyes v Ducks

Ohio State Buckeyes host Oregon Ducks at Ohio Stadium on Saturday 7 November 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 Ohio Stadium plays differently

Horseshoe opens to the south, funnelling southerly wind straight down the field axis while northerly wind is largely blocked by the closed end.

Game-time weather read

No fixture is scheduled at Ohio Stadium yet. The game-time weather read is written automatically 6 hours before kickoff once a match is on the calendar.

Stadium Map

Upcoming games at Ohio Stadium

Oregon Ducks at Ohio State BuckeyesSat, 7 Nov, 12:00 am venue time
Northwestern Wildcats at Ohio State BuckeyesSat, 14 Nov, 12:00 am venue time

Weather normals at Ohio Stadium, month by month

Measured at the ground for every college football game we have archived here (71 games). Months with fewer than 5 games are left out rather than averaged from a handful.

Month	Games	Avg temp	Avg wind	Wet games
September	26	74.4°F	6.2 mph	9%
October	20	62.7°F	9.2 mph	16%
November	22	45.6°F	8.4 mph	27%

Scoring in matched conditions at Ohio Stadium

Games here have averaged 59.7 combined points across all conditions. Each slice below needs at least 10 games at this ground to appear.

Any rain

64.6

12 games · +4.9 vs venue average

These are descriptive historical averages at this ground, not predictions for any future game, and not a claim about betting markets. Slices overlap — a cold game can also be a windy one.

Last games at Ohio Stadium: conditions vs total

Date	Match	Conditions	Our read	Total
10 Oct 2026	Ohio State Buckeyes v Maryland Terrapins	—	—	61 (45-16)
26 Sept 2026	Ohio State Buckeyes v Illinois Fighting Illini	—	—	61 (42-19)
19 Sept 2026	Ohio State Buckeyes v Kent State Golden Flashes	—	—	62 (59-3)
5 Sept 2026	Ohio State Buckeyes v Ball State Cardinals	—	—	59 (56-3)
22 Nov 2025	Ohio State Buckeyes v Rutgers Scarlet Knights	—	—	51 (42-9)

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.

Ohio Stadium weather FAQs

The horseshoe is closed at the south end and open at the north. A north or northwest wind is funnelled straight through the open end onto the field, while a south wind is largely blocked — the two ends of the stadium can play very differently.

November kickoffs in the 30s°F are typical, and the concrete bowl holds the chill on grey days. Cold, dense air shortens kicks and deep balls late in the year.

No. The Horseshoe is fully open air, so every game reflects Columbus weather at kickoff.

About this page

Ohio 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 Ohio Stadium. Every figure is season-adjusted, with sample sizes and t-statistics shown.

College Football Domes vs the Market
Indoor college football games finished 0.4 points below the closing total (102 Overs, 139 Unders, n=244, t=-0.45): statistically flat, unlike the NFL's +2.2. Campus domes were +0.2 (t=0.19).
7,182 college football games 2016–2025; 246 indoor, 244 with closing totals
Windiest College Football Stadiums
Huskie Stadium (Northern Illinois) is the windiest FBS venue at 10.7 mph average kickoff wind across 54 games since 2016, with 16.7% of games at 15+ mph; BYU's LaVell Edwards Stadium is the calmest at 3.4 mph. Wind lowers scoring: 15-20 mph games scored -4.0 points vs calm (t=-3.34).
7,249 outdoor games at 122 venues, 2016-2025; 114 venues ranked with 40+ games
Highest-Elevation College Football Stadiums
Wyoming's War Memorial Stadium is the highest FBS venue at 7,205 feet, with Air Force's Falcon Stadium second at 6,726; nine college venues sit higher than Denver's Mile High. At 5,000 feet air is about 15% thinner, so kicks carry further and evenings cool about 3.5°F per 1,000 feet.
Elevations at venue coordinates for all FBS stadiums, snapshot 2026-10-10
Coldest College Football Stadiums
Minnesota's Huntington Bank Stadium is the coldest FBS venue (54.9°F avg kickoff, 66 games). Freezing games (<=32°F) score 6.2 points less than mild games (Welch t=-3.85, p=0.0002) but finish only 0.9 points under the closing total.
7,249 outdoor FBS games with ERA5 kickoff temperatures, 2016-2025
How Rain Affects College Football Games
Across 7,072 outdoor FBS games since 2016, light rain changed scoring by half a point; heavy rain (2.5 mm+) cut about 5.1 points (71 games, t=-2.81).
7,072 outdoor FBS games with closing totals, 2016-2025
College Football Wind, Scoring & Kicking
Wind lowers college scoring: 10-15 mph costs 1.3 points (t=-2.28) and 15-20 mph costs 4.0 points (t=-3.34), season-adjusted against a calm control. Strong-wind games lean under at 55.6%, a marginal edge that does not clear our confidence threshold.
7,072 outdoor games with closing totals, 2016-2025
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
Light rain does nothing to college football scoring, but games with 2.5 mm or more of game-window rain score about 5 points below dry games and finish roughly 4 points under the closing total. The working explanation is that totals move too slowly once a reliable heavy-rain forecast firms up, not that the market ignores rain.
About 7,070 outdoor games with closing totals, 2016–2025 (960 wet, 71 heavy)
College Football Temperature & Scoring
Below freezing, dry outdoor college games score 5.2 points fewer than mild-weather games (t = -3.08). Merely cold, 32-49F, is worth nothing (-0.8, t = -1.19). Heat adds a little: 85F and above is +1.8 points (t = 2.40), with an overall gradient of about +0.6 points per 10F. No temperature band beats the closing total.
6,593 dry outdoor games with closing totals, 2016-2025, season-adjusted against a 50-69F control
Hottest College Football Stadiums
Arizona State's Mountain America Stadium is the hottest FBS venue at 85.5°F average kickoff temperature — nearly 6°F clear of second place. Games at 95°F+ average 59.5 points vs 55.6 in mild weather: heat does not suppress scoring (not significant, p ≈ 0.11), and the market prices it roughly right (+1.6 vs closing total, p ≈ 0.46).
7,249 outdoor regular-season FBS games (2016–2025); 117 venues with 40+ games; 60 games at 95°F+

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