Wallace Wade Stadium weather

    Live weather and kickoff forecast for Wallace Wade Stadium at Duke — a 1929 Rose Bowl host in Durham with mild Piedmont fall weather.

    Home team: Duke Blue Devils
    ACC
    Roof: Open
    Surface: Natural Grass
    Capacity: 40,004
    Field bearing: 130° SE

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    Game-time forecast at Wallace Wade Stadium
    Weather lean unlocks 3h before start

    Stanford Cardinal @ Duke Blue Devils — kickoff Sat 4:00 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 Wallace Wade Stadium is Stanford Cardinal at Duke Blue Devils, Saturday 19 September at 4:00 pm venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at Wallace Wade Stadium: Devils v Cardinal

    Duke Blue Devils v Stanford Cardinal weather at Wallace Wade Stadium

    Duke Blue Devils host Stanford Cardinal at Wallace Wade Stadium on Saturday 19 September at 4:00 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 Wallace Wade Stadium plays differently

    Sunken bowl below grade in the Piedmont; wind is largely blocked, humidity holds late into the evening.

    Game-time weather read

    Stanford Cardinal at Duke Blue Devils · Sat 4:00 pm venue time

    Lean unlocks 3 hours before kickoff

    Nothing is published earlier than that. The forecast for kickoff at Wallace Wade Stadium is not settled enough further out to be worth reading.

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    Upcoming games at Wallace Wade Stadium

    • Stanford Cardinal at Duke Blue DevilsSat, 19 Sept, 4:00 pm venue time
    • William & Mary Tribe at Duke Blue DevilsSat, 26 Sept, 3:30 pm venue time

    Last games at Wallace Wade Stadium: conditions vs total

    DateMatchConditionsOur readTotal
    29 Nov 2025Duke Blue Devils v Wake Forest Demon Deacons——81 (49-32)
    15 Nov 2025Duke Blue Devils v Virginia Cavaliers——51 (17-34)
    18 Oct 2025Duke Blue Devils v Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets——45 (18-27)
    20 Sept 2025Duke Blue Devils v NC State Wolfpack——78 (45-33)
    6 Sept 2025Duke Blue Devils v Illinois Fighting Illini——64 (19-45)

    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.

    Wallace Wade Stadium weather FAQs

    About this page

    Wallace Wade 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 Wallace Wade 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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