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How the weather shapes Illinois football — Memorial Stadium climate, this week's forecast, and every game since 2001 scored 0–100 by the Weather Football Index.

Conference
Big Ten
Illinois football
Home Venue
Memorial Stadium
Champaign, IL · 732′
Season Climate
51.2°F
avg game-season temperature
Late Season
39.8°F
Nov–Dec at Memorial Stadium

The Weather Record

2001–2025 · FBS venues · nearest-station observed
Games on Record
281
280 outdoor · 2001–2025
Avg WFI
14.5
outdoor games
At ≤40°F
4–25
record in 29 cold games
Snow Games
3
snow observed at the station

Roughest Games on Record

highest WFI
SeasonMatchupVenueAirWindWFIScore
2017at Ohio StateOhio Stadium62.019.662 highL 14–52
2022at MichiganMichigan Stadium27.319.957 notableL 17–19
2018at WisconsinCamp Randall Stadium36.023.055 notableL 20–49
2019at PurdueRoss-Ade Stadium49.015.753 notableW 24–6
2022vs Michigan StateMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)64.324.252 notableL 15–23

Every Game, Scored

full log
SEASON SORT
SeasonWkOpponentVenueAirWindPrecipWFIScoreLineO/U
The full game log needs JavaScript — the roughest games above are the short version.

Games at FBS home venues, scored on observed weather from the ASOS station nearest each stadium — gust, humidity and present weather all measured. Line = closing total, the median across books (cfbfastR, 2006–2025). Methodology →