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A wind direction on its own tells you nothing. The same north wind runs straight down the field at Lambeau and straight across it at a stadium built east to west.

Coming up - weeks 5-6

15 games in the next week, none where the weather is more than a slight factor yet. Every card is the wind at kickoff on that field at its true bearing; open one for the hourly and the forecasters' editions.

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All 30 stadiums

The field guides: which way each field points and what a wind does to it. Each gridiron drawn at its measured bearing, north up.

Pittsburgh Steelers logoAcrisure StadiumPittsburgh, PALas Vegas Raiders logoAllegiant StadiumLas Vegas, NV · roofDallas Cowboys logoAT&T StadiumArlington, TX · retractableCarolina Panthers logoBank of America StadiumCharlotte, NCNew Orleans Saints logoCaesars SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA · roofDenver Broncos logoEmpower Field at Mile HighDenver, COJacksonville Jaguars logoEverBank StadiumJacksonville, FLDetroit Lions logoFord FieldDetroit, MI · roofKansas City Chiefs logoGEHA Field at Arrowhead StadiumKansas City, MONew England Patriots logoGillette StadiumFoxborough, MAMiami Dolphins logoHard Rock StadiumMiami Gardens, FLBuffalo Bills logoHighmark StadiumOrchard Park, NYCleveland Browns logoHuntington Bank FieldCleveland, OHGreen Bay Packers logoLambeau FieldGreen Bay, WISan Francisco 49ers logoLevi's StadiumSanta Clara, CAPhiladelphia Eagles logoLincoln Financial FieldPhiladelphia, PAIndianapolis Colts logoLucas Oil StadiumIndianapolis, IN · retractableSeattle Seahawks logoLumen FieldSeattle, WABaltimore Ravens logoM&T Bank StadiumBaltimore, MDAtlanta Falcons logoMercedes-Benz StadiumAtlanta, GA · retractableNew York Giants logoMetLife StadiumEast Rutherford, NJTennessee Titans logoNissan StadiumNashville, TNWashington Commanders logoNorthwest StadiumLandover, MDHouston Texans logoNRG StadiumHouston, TX · retractableCincinnati Bengals logoPaycor StadiumCincinnati, OHTampa Bay Buccaneers logoRaymond James StadiumTampa, FLLos Angeles Rams logoSoFi StadiumInglewood, CA · roofChicago Bears logoSoldier FieldChicago, ILArizona Cardinals logoState Farm StadiumGlendale, AZ · retractableMinnesota Vikings logoU.S. Bank StadiumMinneapolis, MN · roof

Why the field’s bearing is the whole story

Wind does two different things to a football, and which one it does depends entirely on how the stadium is aligned. Wind running along the field lengthens kicks toward one end zone and shortens them toward the other, which is what teams are choosing between at the coin toss. Wind running across the field pushes every kick sideways no matter which way you are going, and it is the harder of the two to kick in.

A field has two ends and no centre, so only the axis matters - not which end zone is which. Orientation is measured from the mapped outline of each field rather than assumed.

Forecasts from the National Weather Service; gusts from the HRRR model. Schedule from nflverse, used under CC BY 4.0. Field outlines from OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License. No prediction of scores, totals or outcomes.