Highmark Stadium Weather
Orchard Park, NY · Home of the Buffalo Bills · open-air
Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, NY is an open-air, cold-weather stadium — one of the venues where weather genuinely swings games. Here's how wind, cold and precipitation have shaped Buffalo Bills home games, scored by the Weather Football Index.
Avg temp played
51.3°F
home climate: cool
Avg WFI faced
11.1
0–100 weather impact
Coldest on record
-6°
wind-chill · NE @ BUF 2021
Windiest since 2021
27 mph
NE @ BUF 2021
Roughest weather games at Highmark Stadium
The highest Weather Football Index home games on record (2021–2025), where conditions most affected play:
| Matchup | When | Air | Feels | Wind | WFI | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE @ BUF | 2021 w13 | 36° | 24° | 27 | 53 | 24 |
| TB @ BUF | 2025 w11 | 38° | 28° | 20 | 45 | 76 |
| NYJ @ BUF | 2021 w18 | 36° | 26° | 19 | 43 | 37 |
| ARI @ BUF | 2024 w1 | 61° | 61° | 20 | 40 | 62 |
| WAS @ BUF | 2021 w3 | 67° | 67° | 21 | 39 | 64 |
| PIT @ BUF | 2023 w19 | 17° | 5° | 10 | 37 | 48 |
| NYJ @ BUF | 2025 w18 | 27° | 16° | 13 | 34 | 43 |
| ATL @ BUF | 2021 w17 | 26° | 16° | 11 | 33 | 44 |
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Weather impact scored by the Weather Football Index. Historical conditions from nflverse / Pro-Football-Reference; live forecasts from weather.city.