Football season is warming for all NFL cities
As Super Bowl 59 kicks off on Sunday evening, the Chiefs and Eagles will be playing in warmer temperatures than many bowl games before. High temperatures will be near records in New Orleans over the weekend and all 30 NFL cities have experienced warming in past decades.
According to Climate Central, Kansas City has warmed 2.2°F since 1970 while Philadelphia has risen 3.1°F on average in the last 50 years. In New Orleans where the Super Bowl will take place, that figure jumps to 3.8°F of warming.
This is still much lower than the over 5°F warming that has occurred in the home of the Raiders in Las Vegas and Minneapolis where the Vikings play.
All seasons are warming, meaning more dangerous heat for summer practice. Kansas City has seen a steady trend of extremely hot summer days in recent decades, but Philadelphia and New Orleans have gained weeks of additional days above 90°F (17 and 24 days each.)
The unseasonal warmth in New Orleans this weekend won't be dangerous, but it could create problems with fog as humidity increases with warmer temperatures.
You could even call this a super fog for Super Bowl weekend as smoke from nearby marsh fires may produce more particulates for dense fog to form around. This will be a possibility each morning up to Super Bowl Sunday.
