Cold Rainy Night: When Weather Changes the Match

Why it surfaced

Cold Rainy Night connects 3,412 matches to hourly weather data and finds that heavy rain corresponds with 0.41 fewer goals per game. It also examines long-ball rates, stadium exposure, team quality, and 41,000 individual shots—an unusually concrete investigation into the weather hiding inside football statistics.

A data-driven football project measuring how rain, wind, and temperature affect Denmark’s Superliga.