Valley Children's Stadium weather

    Live weather and kickoff forecast for Valley Children's Stadium in Fresno, where Central Valley heat lingers well past sunset early in the season.

    Home team: Fresno State Bulldogs
    Mountain West Conference
    Roof: Open
    Surface: Natural Grass
    Capacity: 41,031
    Field bearing: 0° N

    Game-time forecast at Valley Children's Stadium
    Weather lean unlocks 6h before start

    Oregon State Beavers @ Fresno State Bulldogs — kickoff Sat 8:00 pm venue time (in 3 days).

    Temperature
    58°F
    Wind
    3 mph
    E (88°)
    Rain chance
    59%
    Conditions
    Rain

    Lean pending: These are the kickoff readings. Weather lean unlocks 6h 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 Valley Children's Stadium is Oregon State Beavers at Fresno State Bulldogs, Saturday 31 October at 8:00 pm venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at Valley Children's Stadium: Bulldogs v Beavers

    Fresno State Bulldogs v Oregon State Beavers weather at Valley Children's Stadium

    Fresno State Bulldogs host Oregon State Beavers at Valley Children's Stadium on Saturday 31 October at 8:00 pm venue time. Forecast at kickoff: 58°F, wind 3 mph, 59% 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 Valley Children's Stadium plays differently

    Central Valley heat is extreme for afternoon kicks; tule fog is possible for late-season night games.

    Game-time weather read

    Oregon State Beavers at Fresno State Bulldogs · Sat 8:00 pm venue time

    Lean unlocks 6 hours before kickoff

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

    Stadium Map

    Upcoming games at Valley Children's Stadium

    • Oregon State Beavers at Fresno State BulldogsSat, 31 Oct, 8:00 pm venue time
    • Colorado State Rams at Fresno State BulldogsSat, 21 Nov, 4:30 pm venue time
    • TBD at Fresno State BulldogsFri, 27 Nov, 9:00 pm venue time

    Last games at Valley Children's Stadium: conditions vs total

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    Valley Children's Stadium weather FAQs

    Valley Children's Stadium — it was known simply as Bulldog Stadium for decades, and the schedule feed still uses that name.

    September kickoffs can exceed 100°F (38°C), and heat often lingers into night games in the Central Valley.

    Rarely — the Central Valley is very dry in the fall, though late-season tule fog can occasionally reduce visibility.

    About this page

    Valley Children's 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 Valley Children's 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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