Soldier Field Weather
Chicago, IL · Home of the Chicago Bears · open-air
Soldier Field in Chicago, IL 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 Chicago Bears home games, scored by the Weather Football Index.
Avg temp played
50.5°F
home climate: cool
Avg WFI faced
8.0
0–100 weather impact
Coldest on record
-12°
wind-chill · BUF @ CHI 2022
Windiest since 2021
17 mph
MIA @ CHI 2022
Roughest weather games at Soldier Field
The highest Weather Football Index home games on record (2021–2025), where conditions most affected play:
| Matchup | When | Air | Feels | Wind | WFI | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF @ CHI | 2022 w16 | 7° | -12° | 17 | 59 | 48 |
| PHI @ CHI | 2022 w15 | 17° | 2° | 17 | 53 | 45 |
| NYG @ CHI | 2021 w17 | 25° | 14° | 13 | 36 | 32 |
| ARI @ CHI | 2021 w13 | 34° | 27° | 8 | 35 | 55 |
| CLE @ CHI | 2025 w15 | 8° | -2° | 6 | 35 | 34 |
| LA @ CHI | 2025 w20 | 19° | 11° | 6 | 33 | 37 |
| SF @ CHI | 2022 w1 | None° | None° | None | 31 | 29 |
| MIN @ CHI | 2023 w6 | 53° | 53° | 16 | 29 | 32 |
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Weather impact scored by the Weather Football Index. Historical conditions from nflverse / Pro-Football-Reference; live forecasts from weather.city.