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Historical Super Bowl temperatures, conditions and weather extremes

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People walk in New York’s Times Square as snow falls during the rush hour January 21, 2014. Snow on the field is a possibility for the first time in Super Bowl history.
People walk in New York’s Times Square as snow falls during the rush hour January 21, 2014. Snow on the field is a possibility for the first time in Super Bowl history. (Getty Images)

Super Bowl XLVIII will be the first NFL championship game played outdoors at a cold-weather location. Looking back at the history of previous sites for the event, much milder weather than what will likely be seen at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey this year has been the rule.

Over the past 47 Super Bowl’s, the average on-field temperature at kickoff has been 66.5 degrees. The contests that have been played at northern latitudes have previously been in domed stadiums helping to keep that average up. That is a luxury the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks won’t enjoy.

It is highly likely that this year’s Super Bowl between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks will be the coldest on record and possibly the first to have snow fall on the field.

How would that compare to weather extremes experienced during other NFL championship games?  Find out in the story on Examiner.com

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Green Bay TV parodies replacement referees with ‘replacement weather guy’

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An arguably botched call by replacement referees during Monday night’s football game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks is now being parodied by a Titletown television station. The ‘replacement weather guy’ made an appearance during NBC26’s Tuesday morning news taking a jab at the NFL.  Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com and watch the hilarious video.

A 'replacement weather guy' in Green Bay does a poor job following the Packers' loss at the hands of replacement referees.
A 'replacement weather guy' in Green Bay does a poor job following the Packers' loss at the hands of replacement referees. Click to watch the video. (YouTube / NBC26)
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Heavy snow collapses roof of Metrodome in Minnesota – Video

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Snow starts to pour into the Metrodome as the roof collapses. Watch the amazing video below. (FOX Sports)
Snow starts to pour into the Metrodome as the roof collapses. Watch the amazing video below. (FOX Sports)

The upper Midwest has been pounded my a major winter storm in the past 36 hours that has brought bone chilling cold and heavy snow to the region.  One casualty of the snow was the roof of the home of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings as the roof collapsed early this morning under the weight of 17 inches of snow. 

Some areas in the region have seen more than 20 inches of snow and blizzard conditions have persisted as strong winds make things treacherous for travel.  Winter weather warnings and advisories of one sort or another stretch across more than a dozen states from Wisconsin and Michigan down to Alabama and Georgia.

The Minnesota Vikings were originally scheduled to take on the New York Giants today in Minneapolis.  The game was first pushed back to Monday after Minneapolis – St. Paul International Airport was closed yesterday stranding the Giants in Kansas City. 

This morning the inflated roof of the Metrodome collapsed for the third time in its history.  The fabric of the dome shredded and snow came pouring onto the field.  Amazing new video released by FOX Sports (see below) shows the sights and sound of the collapse as it happened. 

As for the game between the Giants and Vikings, it will be played tomorrow night at 5:20pm MST at Ford Field in Detroit.

The Denver Broncos don’t have this problem – of course we don’t have a roof on our stadium and for that matter we don’t have any snow either.