Stadium of Light weather

Live weather and game-time forecast for the Stadium of Light, with kickoff conditions for every Sunderland home match.

Home team: Sunderland

Sunderland

Capacity: 48,707

Game-time forecast at Stadium of Light

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No English Premier League game is scheduled at Stadium of Light right now. The next fixture appears here automatically as soon as the draw lists one. Other venues are still hosting games this round. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

Live stadium conditions

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

Why Stadium of Light plays differently

The Stadium of Light stands on the north bank of the Wear, a mile from the North Sea, and easterly winds off the water are a genuine feature — cold, raw and straight into the open corners of the ground. Sunderland's winters are long and biting. The up side of the North Sea position: the east coast is one of England's drier strips, so rain delays are rare.

Game-time weather read

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

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Upcoming games at Stadium of Light

No English Premier League game is scheduled at Stadium of Light right now. This list fills itself the moment the draw lists one. Recent results, the venue scoring baseline and the live conditions read above are current either way.

Weather normals at Stadium of Light, month by month

Measured at the ground for every English Premier League game we have archived here (156 games). Months with fewer than 5 games are left out rather than averaged from a handful.

Month	Games	Avg temp	Avg wind	Wet games
January	18	5.7°C	25.2 km/h	11%
February	14	6.0°C	21.6 km/h	29%
March	13	8.9°C	19.1 km/h	0%
April	19	11.4°C	18.9 km/h	26%
May	13	13.0°C	22.6 km/h	31%
August	11	18.0°C	19.8 km/h	36%
September	14	16.5°C	20.6 km/h	14%
October	16	13.2°C	17.5 km/h	7%
November	16	8.3°C	16.6 km/h	38%
December	22	5.7°C	16.7 km/h	14%

Scoring in matched conditions at Stadium of Light

Games here have averaged 2.4 combined goals across all conditions. Each slice below needs at least 10 games at this ground to appear.

Wind 25+ km/h

2.1

47 games · -0.3 vs venue average

Cold (under 5°C)

2.4

22 games · 0.0 vs venue average

Mild (18°C+)

2.9

12 games · +0.5 vs venue average

Any rain

2.3

31 games · -0.1 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 Stadium of Light: conditions vs total

Date	Match	Conditions	Our read	Total
25 Oct 2026	Sunderland v Leeds	—	—	0 (0-0)
10 Oct 2026	Sunderland v Brighton	—	—	2 (0-2)
12 Sept 2026	Sunderland v Arsenal	—	—	2 (0-2)
30 Aug 2026	Sunderland v Fulham	—	—	1 (1-0)
24 May 2026	Sunderland v Chelsea	—	—	3 (2-1)

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.

Stadium of Light weather FAQs

Among the coldest in the league, especially when an easterly comes off the North Sea. Our 6,120-match temperature study found no scoring effect from cold, so expect uncomfortable stands, not fewer goals.

Yes, particularly in easterly and northerly airflows. The ground's open corners let it through. League-wide our wind study found no significant scoring impact even in the windiest band.

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

Stadium of Light 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 Stadium of Light. 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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