Unseasonably cool temperatures forecast for Notre Dame home opener

Football in general is associated with cooler temperatures, at least in the northern part of the country where Notre Dame is located. But it usually isn’t expected to come while it still officially is summer. Yet that’s what fans attending the Irish’s home opener against Northern Illinois likely will experience.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the AccuWeather forecast for South Bend has a high temperature of 60 degrees for Saturday. Other online forecasts only have it a few degrees warmer. Temperatures aren’t expected to be that low in the area again until the latter half of October.

The good news is it doesn’t appear it will rain at Notre Dame Stadium. However, you will want to bring a jacket to combat the clouds and wind that are expected. It will feel like fall even though that season won’t officially arrive for another couple of weeks.

While the day will be cool, the Irish are hot, and they’ll look to continue that against the Huskies.

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