War Memorial Stadium weather

    Live weather and kickoff forecast for War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming — at 7,205 feet the highest stadium in FBS, with wind, cold and early snow.

    Home team: Wyoming Cowboys
    Mountain West Conference
    Roof: Open
    Surface: FieldTurf
    Capacity: 29,181
    Field bearing: 0° N

    Game-time forecast at War Memorial Stadium

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    The next college football game at War Memorial Stadium is New Mexico Lobos at Wyoming Cowboys, Saturday 21 November at 7:00 pm venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at War Memorial Stadium: Cowboys v Lobos

    Wyoming Cowboys v New Mexico Lobos weather at War Memorial Stadium

    Wyoming Cowboys host New Mexico Lobos at War Memorial Stadium on Saturday 21 November at 7:00 pm venue time.

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

    Why War Memorial Stadium plays differently

    At 7,205ft the highest-altitude major venue anywhere — thin air plus relentless High Plains wind makes this the most weather-distorted stadium in FBS.

    How high is War Memorial Stadium?

    War Memorial Stadium sits at 7,205 feet above sea level — No. 1 in FBS. That is 479 feet above Air Force's Falcon Stadium (6,726 ft), the second-highest venue, and roughly 1,900 feet higher than Folsom Field in Boulder (5,315 ft). It is an open-air stadium, so visitors get the thin air together with Laramie's wind and cold. See where it ranks and what thin air does to kicks, deep passes and late-game temperatures in our highest-elevation college football stadiums ranking.

    Game-time weather read

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

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    Upcoming games at War Memorial Stadium

    • New Mexico Lobos at Wyoming CowboysSat, 21 Nov, 7:00 pm venue time
    • UConn Huskies at Wyoming CowboysFri, 27 Nov, 10:00 pm venue time

    Weather normals at War Memorial Stadium, month by month

    Measured at the ground for every college football game we have archived here (61 games). Months with fewer than 5 games are left out rather than averaged from a handful.

    MonthGamesAvg tempAvg windWet games
    September2768.5°F8.7 mph4%
    October1753.2°F8.1 mph0%
    November1439.4°F9.7 mph14%

    Last games at War Memorial Stadium: conditions vs total

    DateMatchConditionsOur readTotal
    26 Sept 2026Wyoming Cowboys v Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors——37 (27-10)
    12 Sept 2026Wyoming Cowboys v Northern Colorado Bears——34 (21-13)
    22 Nov 2025Wyoming Cowboys v Nevada Wolf Pack——20 (7-13)
    25 Oct 2025Wyoming Cowboys v Colorado State Rams——28 (28-0)
    11 Oct 2025Wyoming Cowboys v San José State Spartans——63 (35-28)

    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.

    War Memorial Stadium weather FAQs

    Yes — at 7,205 feet it sits higher than any other FBS venue, 479 feet above Air Force's Falcon Stadium (6,726 ft).

    Yes — thin air helps kicks carry and tests visiting teams' conditioning.

    Regularly — Laramie's high-plains winter arrives during football season, often by October.

    No — it is fully open-air, so wind, cold and snow reach the field directly.

    About 29,000 — our stadium database lists a capacity of 29,181.

    About this page

    War Memorial 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 War Memorial 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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