{"id":410987,"date":"2026-01-16T14:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/410987\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:04:07","slug":"patriots-vs-texans-weather-forecast-for-nfl-divisional-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/410987\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots vs. Texans weather forecast for NFL divisional playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Houston Texans might be in for a rude awakening come Sunday\u2019s divisional round playoff game against the New England Patriots. Used to the cozy confines of their domed home arena, it appears that they will be subjected to some challenging conditions at Gillette Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to a forecast shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nflweather.com\/games\/2025\/divisional-round\/texans-at-patriots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NFL Weather<\/a>, temperatures in Foxborough will be in the low 30s throughout the contest, with a wind chill as low as 24\u00b0F. In addition, snowfall is likely for much if not all of the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?lat=42.0632&amp;lon=-71.2505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">National Weather Service<\/a> predicts a \u201cchance of snow\u201d mainly after 1 p.m. ET, with \u201cnew snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For the Patriots, playing in the cold is nothing new. Temperatures dropped below 40\u00b0F in each of their last six games, including Sunday\u2019s wild card win over the Los Angeles Chargers. New England went 5-1 during that stretch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The lone loss was also the Patriots\u2019 most recent snow game, a 35-31 defeat to the Buffalo Bills in mid-December. The result of that contest, which was played in light snowfall with little accumulation on the ground, was primarily due to the team\u2019s inability to maintain its early momentum rather than the conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Texans, on the other hand, bring limited experience to the table. They did win both of their cold-weather games this season, with last week\u2019s victory in Pittsburgh among them, but they have not played in a snow game since December 2016. No players from that team remain on Houston\u2019s roster in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kickoff between the AFC East champion Patriots and the AFC South runner-up Texans at Gillette Stadium is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 18, at 3 p.m. ET.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-nfl-playoffs\/118590\/weather-forecast-wild-card-round-chargers#comments\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Texans might be in for a rude awakening come Sunday\u2019s divisional round playoff game against the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151216,179103,99],"class_list":["post-410987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-england-patriots-game-previews","tag-new-england-patriots-playoffs","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}