NFL Team Weather Playbook

Arizona Cardinals Weather Playbook: State Farm Stadium Retractable Roof and NFC West

By Kevin Roth, sports meteorologist. Weather guide for DFS players and bettors.

Home advantage

The Cardinals play in a retractable-roof stadium in Glendale. Roof closes for early-season games because of Phoenix-area heat. Late-season games with cooler evenings see the roof open more often.

Division road environments

NFC West road trips into Los Angeles fixed canopy, San Francisco Bay marine, and Seattle rainy marine. Seattle rain and San Francisco marine wind are the primary weather environments across the division.

For DFS and bettors

Roof status is the leverage. September games with heat index above 100 are almost certainly closed-roof environments. Late-season roof-open games are the true outdoor Cardinals conditions.