World Series Forecast: So Much For November Cold in Cleveland

Jon Erdman
Published: October 31,2016

Game 6 First-Pitch Forecast

A surreal 2016 World Series features two cold-climate cities starving for their first baseball championship since the early 20th century now shifts back to Cleveland.
Usually the words "November" and "Cleveland" elicit thoughts of cold, windy weather. But for games 6 and 7 of the World Series, it will feel like September baseball, instead.

Game 6 - Tuesday Night

A warm front will surge well north of the Buckeye State Tuesday.
Fortunately, the trailing frontal boundary in the Great Lakes will be mainly dry Tuesday, so the bottom line for the game itself is warm and breezy conditions.
(FORECAST: Cleveland)
The forecast calls for southerly winds and evening (game-time) temperatures in the upper 60s.
These are evening temperatures more typical of a mid-September game at Progressive Field, rather than early November, when you would expect evening temperatures in the upper 40s or low 50s.

Game 7 Outlook - Wednesday Night

If the Chicago Cubs win game 6, weather for game 7 gets a bit more interesting.
The aforementioned trailing frontal boundary gets energized as it sags to the south.
It will still remain north and west of Cleveland through Wednesday night, so the best chance of rain should also remain near that boundary, rather than over Cleveland, during the game.

Game 7 First-Pitch Forecast

That said, we still cannot completely rule out a brief shower. However, it should be nothing that raises too much concern for the game.
It will remain mild as well with temperatures in the 60s during the evening.
The only World Series game in league history to be suspended due to rain was Game 5 of the 2008 World Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies, when the combination of rain and wind in Philadelphia forced the Oct. 27 game to be completed two days later.
Coincidentally, current Cubs manager Joe Maddon was skipper of the Rays in that series eight years ago.
Incidentally, the coldest World Series game of the last 40 years was on Oct. 22, 1997, in Cleveland, with a game-time temperature of 38 degrees, wind chills in the upper teens and flurries falling during the game.
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