The 49ers won’t have to sweat the weather when they host the Dolphins in Week 2.
After a 2026 schedule that already handed San Francisco one major headache with a Week 1 trip to Australia to face the Los Angeles Rams, the next stretch of home games at Levi’s Stadium had the potential to bring another familiar problem: early-season heat during daytime kickoffs. This time, though, the forecast looks friendly.
For the Sept. 20 matchup against Miami, conditions are expected to be about as comfortable as the 49ers can hope for in September. Kickoff is projected for 72 degrees under clear skies, with just a two-percent chance of precipitation and northwesterly winds reaching up to eight miles per hour.
That’s a welcome break for a team that has dealt with brutal daytime temperatures at home before. In October of 2024, San Francisco’s game against the Arizona Cardinals turned into a furnace, with temperatures topping 100 degrees on the turf and fans in the eastern concourse feeling it as well.
Early fall in the Bay Area can still carry that summer heat, which is part of why the 49ers often prefer road games or away matchups to open the season. The NFL didn’t really give them that this year beyond the Australia trip, but at least Week 2 won’t add weather trouble to the mix.
For the 49ers and the 0-1 Dolphins, that means one less variable to worry about. And for the fans in the stands, it should be a much more pleasant afternoon.
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