Skip to content
Forecaster HQ
Publish
All tools

Ballpark weather

Every weather site will tell you the wind is northeast at 8 mph. None will tell you that at Fenway that is blowing straight in from centre field. This one does.

1 game today

0 rated Notable or stronger. Every card is the wind at first pitch on that park's own field; open one for the hourly and the forecasters' editions.

Forecaster? Publish your edition ->

All 30 ballparks

The field guides: how each park faces, and what the air does there. Each wall drawn to its published shape, north up.

Milwaukee Brewers logoAmerican Family FieldMilwaukee, WI · retractableLos Angeles Angels logoAngel StadiumAnaheim, CASt. Louis Cardinals logoBusch StadiumSt. Louis, MOArizona Diamondbacks logoChase FieldPhoenix, AZ · retractableNew York Mets logoCiti FieldFlushing, NYPhiladelphia Phillies logoCitizens Bank ParkPhiladelphia, PADetroit Tigers logoComerica ParkDetroit, MIColorado Rockies logoCoors FieldDenver, COHouston Astros logoDaikin ParkHouston, TX · retractableBoston Red Sox logoFenway ParkBoston, MATexas Rangers logoGlobe Life FieldArlington, TX · retractableCincinnati Reds logoGreat American Ball ParkCincinnati, OHKansas City Royals logoKauffman StadiumKansas City, MOMiami Marlins logoloanDepot parkMiami, FL · retractableWashington Nationals logoNationals ParkWashington, DCSan Francisco Giants logoOracle ParkSan Francisco, CABaltimore Orioles logoOriole Park at Camden YardsBaltimore, MDSan Diego Padres logoPetco ParkSan Diego, CAPittsburgh Pirates logoPNC ParkPittsburgh, PACleveland Guardians logoProgressive FieldCleveland, OHChicago White Sox logoRate FieldChicago, ILToronto Blue Jays logoRogers CentreToronto, ON · retractableAthletics logoSutter Health ParkSacramento, CASeattle Mariners logoT-Mobile ParkSeattle, WA · retractableMinnesota Twins logoTarget FieldMinneapolis, MNTampa Bay Rays logoTropicana FieldSt. Petersburg, FL · roofAtlanta Braves logoTruist ParkAtlanta, GALos Angeles Dodgers logoUNIQLO Field at Dodger StadiumLos Angeles, CAChicago Cubs logoWrigley FieldChicago, ILNew York Yankees logoYankee StadiumBronx, NY

Why wind direction alone is useless

A ballpark is not oriented north. Every one faces a different way, so the same wind does something different at each. A southwest wind blows out to centre at Wrigley and across the field at loanDepot park, and knowing it is “southwest at 12” tells you neither.

MLB publishes the bearing from home plate to centre field for every park. Combined with the wind direction, that resolves into the only form the fact is useful in: how much of the wind is helping a fly ball, and how much is holding it up.

What this does not claim

No prediction of runs, totals or outcomes. Air density and wind genuinely affect how far a ball travels - that is settled physics, and it is why Coors Field at 5,190 feet plays the way it does - but turning that into a number of runs would require assumptions we would be making up.

Retractable roofs are reported as unknown rather than guessed. MLB does not announce the decision in advance and it is often made close to first pitch, so a page claiming the roof will be open is claiming something nobody knows yet.

Forecasts from the National Weather Service; gusts from the HRRR model. Schedule and park geometry from MLB.