{"id":1201,"date":"2009-01-31T09:57:19","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T16:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2010-12-13T07:09:39","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T14:09:39","slug":"a-look-at-super-bowl-weather-history-and-some-interesting-tornado-statistics-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/severe-weather\/a-look-at-super-bowl-weather-history-and-some-interesting-tornado-statistics-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at Super Bowl weather history and some interesting tornado statistics for it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest sporting event of the year is of course the Super Bowl and no doubt this year\u2019s matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals is sure to be no different.\u00a0 Super Bowl XLIII will be held in Tampa Bay, Florida and the weather forecast is looking to be just about perfect \u2013 see our game day forecast below.<\/p>\n<p>What about Super Bowl\u2019s in the past?\u00a0 Was there ever any notable weather during the big game?\u00a0 You bet there was.\u00a0 Here are some fun facts (courtesy <a href=\"http:\/\/wx-man.com\/blog\/?p=1357\" target=\"_blank\">wx-man.com<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>17 of 42 Super Bowls played indoors<\/li>\n<li>16 of 42 Super Bowls had a trace or more of rain nearby<\/li>\n<li>2 Super Bowls had snow on game day (1982,2006)<\/li>\n<li>1 Super Bowl played during an ice storm (2000)<\/li>\n<li>Warmest high temperature of 82\u00b0 (1973,2003)<\/li>\n<li>Coldest high temp for dome game 16\u00b0 (1982)<\/li>\n<li>Coldest high temp for non-dome game 49\u00b0 (1985)<\/li>\n<li>Wettest Super Bowl .92 inches (2007)<\/li>\n<li>Outside games with high wind gust (1980, 1984, 1989,2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will notice there isn&#8217;t really any mention of severe weather in those statistics.\u00a0The NFL has been pretty fortunate on that front with nothing particularly notable \u2013 rain always seems to be the biggest threat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For a more in depth look at severe weather in February in Florida, the Super\u00a0Bowl forecast\u00a0and some interesting tornado statistics, please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner\">Examiner.com<\/a> story.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"525\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m1d30-A-look-at-Super-Bowl-weather-history-and-the-chance-of-tornadoes\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>For all the details, read the rest of this story on our Denver Weather Examiner page.<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m1d30-A-look-at-Super-Bowl-weather-history-and-the-chance-of-tornadoes\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1165\" title=\"Examiner.com - Get inside Denver weather\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/examiner-get-inside.png\" alt=\"Examiner.com - Get inside Denver weather\" width=\"300\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/examiner-get-inside.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/examiner-get-inside-150x41.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest sporting event of the year is of course the Super Bowl and no doubt this year\u2019s matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals is sure to be no different.\u00a0 Super Bowl XLIII will be held in Tampa Bay, Florida and the weather forecast is looking to be just about perfect \u2013 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/severe-weather\/a-look-at-super-bowl-weather-history-and-some-interesting-tornado-statistics-for-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A look at Super Bowl weather history and some interesting tornado statistics for it<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,63],"tags":[732,226,39,741],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1201"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3167,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201\/revisions\/3167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}