City Ground weather

    Live weather and game-time forecast for the City Ground, with kickoff conditions for every Nottingham Forest home match.

    Home team: Nottingham Forest
    Nottingham
    Capacity: 30,404

    Game-time forecast at City Ground
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    Coventry City @ Nottingham Forest — kick-off Sat 5:30 pm venue time (in 10 hours).

    Temperature
    21°C
    Wind
    24 km/h
    W (260°)
    Rain chance
    3%
    Conditions
    Clouds

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

    Research model
    0 points

    EPL is forecast-only: our rain, wind and temperature studies (6,120 matches) all found no significant scoring effect.

    Lead-time reliability still being measured for EPL

    This is the forecast for kick-off, not the weather right now. Current readings are below.

    The next English Premier League game at City Ground is Coventry City at Nottingham Forest, Saturday 19 September at 5:30 pm venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at City Ground: Forest v City

    Nottingham Forest v Coventry City weather at City Ground

    Nottingham Forest host Coventry City at City Ground on Saturday 19 September at 5:30 pm venue time. Forecast at kick-off: 21°C, wind 24 km/h, 3% 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 kick-off.

    Why City Ground plays differently

    The City Ground stands on the banks of the Trent in the East Midlands, a spot prone to autumn mist and damp, still air off the river. The low, older stands give limited shelter from crosswinds. Inland and away from the hills, Nottingham sits in one of England's drier halves — rain days are fewer here than at the north-west grounds.

    Game-time weather read

    Coventry City at Nottingham Forest · Sat 5:30 pm venue time

    Lean unlocks 3 hours before kick-off

    Nothing is published earlier than that. The forecast for kick-off at City Ground is not settled enough further out to be worth reading.

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    Upcoming games at City Ground

    • Coventry City at Nottingham ForestSat, 19 Sept, 5:30 pm venue time
    • Arsenal at Nottingham ForestSun, 18 Oct, 4:30 pm venue time

    Last games at City Ground: conditions vs total

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    City Ground weather FAQs

    Autumn and winter evenings often bring mist and heavy dew off the river, which greases the surface. Persistent rain is less common than at the western grounds — Nottingham is relatively dry by English standards.

    Our three English Premier League studies — rain, wind and temperature across 6,120 matches — found no significant scoring effects anywhere, and Nottingham's moderate inland climate is rarely extreme.

    All kickoff times on this page are shown in UK local time (Europe/London), which is GMT in winter and BST in summer.

    About this page

    City Ground weather is updated live and produces a game-time forecast read for every home fixture. The page uses one permanent URL for the ground; match-up details rotate as the schedule changes, so search results always point to current conditions. Our own studies of 6,120 English Premier League matches found rain, wind and temperature all leave goal totals statistically unchanged, so these pages stay honest: conditions and context, not exaggerated edge claims.

    What the research says

    The published studies behind the read on this page at City Ground. Every figure is season-adjusted, with sample sizes and t-statistics shown.

    • English Premier League Rain & Goals

      Rain does not lower English Premier League scoring. Across 1,451 wet matches since 2010 the season-adjusted gap against dry matches is +0.06 goals (t = 1.15), and wet matches go Over 2.5 within noise of the closing odds (z = 1.61). A published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour weather at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

    • English Premier League Wind & Goals

      Wind does not lower English Premier League scoring. Matches in 20–30 km/h of kickoff wind sit -0.03 goals from calm matches of the same season (t = -0.52), and go Over 2.5 within noise of the closing odds (z = -0.50). Another published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour wind at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

    • English Premier League Temperature & Goals

      Temperature does not move English Premier League scoring. Matches below 5°C sit +0.03 season-adjusted goals from the mild control (t = 0.46), and matches at 20°C or warmer sit -0.03 (t = -0.30). A third published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour temperature at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

    • English Premier League Rain, Wind & Goals

      Rain and wind together do not move English Premier League scoring. Across 1,451 wet matches the season-adjusted gap from the dry-and-calm control is +0.08 goals (t = 1.28); the wet-and-windy subset is +0.03 goals (t = 0.37). A fourth published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour rainfall and wind at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

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