Lucas Oil Stadium weather

    Live Indianapolis weather, roof status context and the game-time forecast for Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts.

    Home team: Indianapolis Colts
    Roof: Retractable
    Surface: Turf
    Capacity: 67,000
    Elevation: 226 m
    Field bearing: 350° N

    Game-time forecast at Lucas Oil Stadium

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    The next NFL game at Lucas Oil Stadium is Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts, Sunday 27 September at 1:00 pm venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at Lucas Oil Stadium: Colts v Texans

    Indianapolis Colts v Houston Texans weather at Lucas Oil Stadium

    Indianapolis Colts host Houston Texans at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday 27 September at 1:00 pm venue time.

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    Live stadium conditions

    Live conditions are not available right now. They refresh automatically when the station responds.

    Live readings are context only. The AI analysis and lean use the forecast at kickoff.

    Why Lucas Oil Stadium plays differently

    Retractable roof, almost always closed for cold-weather games. Treat closed play as neutral; open-roof games see mild Ohio Valley conditions.

    Game-time weather read

    No fixture is scheduled at Lucas Oil Stadium yet. The game-time weather read is written automatically 3 hours before kickoff once a match is on the calendar.

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    Upcoming games at Lucas Oil Stadium

    • Houston Texans at Indianapolis ColtsSun, 27 Sept, 1:00 pm venue time

    Scoring baseline at Lucas Oil Stadium

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    Scoring in matched conditions

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    Last games at Lucas Oil Stadium: conditions vs total

    DateMatchConditionsOur readTotal
    28 Dec 2025Indianapolis Colts v Jacksonville Jaguars40 (17-23)
    22 Dec 2025Indianapolis Colts v San Francisco 49ers75 (27-48)
    30 Nov 2025Indianapolis Colts v Houston Texans36 (16-20)
    26 Oct 2025Indianapolis Colts v Tennessee Titans52 (38-14)
    12 Oct 2025Indianapolis Colts v Arizona Cardinals58 (31-27)

    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.

    Lucas Oil Stadium weather FAQs

    About this page

    Lucas Oil 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.

    What the research says

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

    • NFL Wind & Totals

      Wind under 10 mph does nothing to scoring. At 10–15 mph a game loses about 2.6 points; at 15–20 mph, about 4. Winning margins don't move — it is purely a totals effect.

      3,474 outdoor games, 2006–2025

    • NFL Turnovers in Bad Weather

      Turnovers rise clearly when rain and cold arrive together. Fumbles lost do not rise to the same degree — who recovers a loose ball is close to a coin flip.

      3,474 outdoor games, 2006–2025

    • NFL Climate Shock: Dome Teams in the Cold

      Climate shocks are rare, but when dome and warm-weather teams play outdoors in the cold the Under has hit 71.4%, landing 6.8 points below the closing total.

      1,689 outdoor games across 10 seasons, era-aware venue history

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