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Post by desiccatedi85 on Jan 3, 2023 0:53:34 GMT -5
This climate "battle of the bowls" will feature the famous New Year's Six bowls of college American football. These are the best and most historic college football games (known as "bowls" due to the bowl shape of American football stadiums) which are played between the top teams from the different conferences. All of them are played in subtropical or tropical climates as to ensure comfortable football weather, so the polar foamers may have a tough time choosing in this one 
The Cotton Bowl is played in Arlington, Texas, which is located inside the Dallas metroplex, and features a sub-humid subtropical climate.
The Fiesta Bowl is played in Glendale, Arizona, which is a principal city of the Phoenix metro and has a subtropical desert climate.
The Peach Bowl is played in Atlanta, Georgia, which has a humid subtropical climate. 
The Rose Bowl is the oldest bowl game, played since 1902 and located in Pasadena, California, located in the foothills north of LA with a subtropical Mediterranean climate.
The Orange Bowl is played in Miami Gardens, Florida, which has a tropical monsoon climate.
The Sugar Bowl is played in New Orleans, Louisiana, which has a classic humid subtropical climate. |
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Post by jetshnl on Jan 3, 2023 0:54:20 GMT -5
Orange Bowl is best
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Jan 3, 2023 0:56:44 GMT -5
I'll go with the Rose Bowl, as it's the only one played in a location with a Mediterranean climate.
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Post by Shaheen Hassan on Jan 3, 2023 5:54:10 GMT -5
Orange Bowl
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Post by Benfxmth on Jan 3, 2023 6:59:08 GMT -5
Cotton Bowl
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Post by AJ1013 on Jan 3, 2023 7:00:57 GMT -5
Peach bowl
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Post by fairweatherfan on Jan 3, 2023 13:14:22 GMT -5
Interesting, and expected, to see that all these bowls are played in mild winter climates.
Rose Bowl for me.
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Post by tommyFL on Jan 3, 2023 17:27:59 GMT -5
Atlanta
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jan 3, 2023 19:31:05 GMT -5
Atlanta by far.
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Post by Ethereal on Jan 3, 2023 20:00:57 GMT -5
Pasadena (Rose Bowl)
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Post by Crunch41 on Jan 3, 2023 20:56:56 GMT -5
Are we supposed to rate this for the weather on the 1st, or all year? For a single game, I'd prefer dry and mild or cool weather. It's not a cheap trip and rain makes it less fun to watch. Glendale has the fewest rainy days, and 67/46 is comfortable, so the Fiesta Bowl it is. For a full year: Atlanta has the coldest winter and coldest yearly mean, but Los Angeles has milder summers. I'll choose Atlanta but it's close. 91/63 is MUCH milder than 90/72, but I'd miss the storms. The NFL does play games in very cold weather sometimes, but the Super Bowl is usually somewhere warm or indoors. The coldest outdoor climate was the New York metro. A recent game in Minneapolis was in a dome. The coldest temperature at kickoff for a Super Bowl is 39 degrees in New Orleans in 1972, and it's never snowed during a game. ( news article) |
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Post by cawfeefan on Jan 3, 2023 21:08:08 GMT -5
Peach Bowl, but it's close with Rose Bowl
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Post by Steelernation on Jan 3, 2023 21:54:46 GMT -5
Atlanta I guess
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Jan 3, 2023 22:13:58 GMT -5
Are we supposed to rate this for the weather on the 1st, or all year? For a single game, I'd prefer dry and mild or cool weather. It's not a cheap trip and rain makes it less fun to watch. Glendale has the fewest rainy days, and 67/46 is comfortable, so the Fiesta Bowl it is. For a full year: Atlanta has the coldest winter and coldest yearly mean, but Los Angeles has milder summers. I'll choose Atlanta but it's close. 91/63 is MUCH milder than 90/72, but I'd miss the storms. The NFL does play games in very cold weather sometimes, but the Super Bowl is usually somewhere warm or indoors. The coldest outdoor climate was the New York metro. A recent game in Minneapolis was in a dome. The coldest temperature at kickoff for a Super Bowl is 39 degrees in New Orleans in 1972, and it's never snowed during a game. ( news article) Good question. I should clarify that we are rating the entire climates that these bowls are played in. Atlanta, Glendale, Dallas, and New Orleans are also all played in domed stadiums, which are obviously usually a dry 70F. Thus, it wouldn't really make sense, and wouldn't be fair, to just rate their weather on New Year's.
I'm planning on making a climate battle for Super Bowl Host Cities in February. Here's a fun tidbit about the Super Bowl and weather: when it was played in February 2014 in East Rutherford, NJ which is the coldest winter climate to ever host an outdoor Super Bowl, the day was a pleasant partly cloudy 55F, ideal for football. This lucky day was in one of the snowiest and coldest months in recent memory in Metro NYC. In fact, it did snow 8" at Newark the day after the Super Bowl.
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Post by Crunch41 on Jan 3, 2023 22:27:59 GMT -5
I forgot that some of these have domes. I changed my vote to be the full year, Atlanta/Peach bowl.
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Post by CRISPR on Feb 14, 2024 14:11:01 GMT -5
Pasadena, followed by Atlanta
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