New Orleans celebrates, Canada shivers on Super Bowl Sunday
Snow will blanket parts of Eastern Canada on Super Bowl Sunday, while folks at the big game itself will bask in comfortable temperatures
The big game is almost here and the weather is looking downright fantastic—if you’re at the stadium, that is.
Folks attending the Super Bowl down in New Orleans are certain to win the battle of forecasts, as many tailgaters and partiers here in Canada will contend with some wintry conditions in time for the game on Sunday, Feb. 9.
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A comfortable Super Bowl Sunday in New Orleans
The National Football League (NFL) will hold its championship game in New Orleans, La., on Sunday. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. local time.
Thousands of attendees will fill the indoor stadium to watch the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles face off for the title. New Orleans’ forecast high on Sunday will come in at a toasty 25°C—warmer than their typical high of 19°C for this time of year.
Things won’t feel so comfortable north of the border.
It’ll be a busy and wintry weekend across much of Eastern Canada as a low-pressure system trudges across the region.
Sunday evening will see lingering snow across portions of southern Ontario and southern Quebec, while folks in Atlantic Canada may deal with a formidable winter storm.
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In fact, a boundary extending off that low-pressure system will reach all the way down to New Orleans on the northern Gulf Coast.
Super Bowl weather is usually nice by design
Since the championship's inception back in 1967, the NFL has largely chosen to hold the Super Bowl in warmer cities across the southern United States or at indoor stadiums in colder climates.
Choosing southern cities hasn’t always worked out in their favour, though. New Orleans actually saw the coldest Super Bowl kickoff on record, with a temperature of 3.8°C at the outdoor Tulane Stadium on Jan. 16, 1972.
Minneapolis hosted the coldest-ever Super Bowl on Feb. 4, 2018. While the temperature inside U.S. Bank Stadium was a tolerable 21.1°C, readings outside the stadium fell to a frigid -16.6°C by kickoff that evening.