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Old 30 June 2025, 06:50 AM   #1
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Rain and sport in the US

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I've just been reading about a football match in the Club World Cup in the US which was stopped with about 5 mins to go because of the "threat of a thunderstorm".

I know of golf matches which are stopped in the US because of the threat of lightning, which I can understand, but I've never heard of a football match being stopped because of rain.

I've also heard of motor races which are interrupted by rain in the US.

Is there some rule in the US about playing sports in rain which requires the sport to be stopped if it rains?

Sorry if this is a daft question!

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Old 30 June 2025, 07:04 AM   #2
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They typically don’t stop because of rain. They stop because of lightning. Yesterday, we had a thunderstorm that produced 500+ lightning strikes within 10 miles of my home. It was literally like being at war with bombs going off. Strike after strike, crackling, booming thunder.

Thunder storms in America, especially in Florida, are substantially more intense than in the UK. If there is no lightning, all sports play through the rain.





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Old 30 June 2025, 07:11 AM   #3
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Thanks for this.

Don’t they build lightning conductors into stadiums?
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Old 30 June 2025, 07:16 AM   #4
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Thanks for this.

Don’t they build lightning conductors into stadiums?

Those aren’t that much help, at least not in FL.


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Old 30 June 2025, 07:23 AM   #5
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Those aren’t that much help, at least not in FL.


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They typically don’t stop because of rain. They stop because of lightning. Yesterday, we had a thunderstorm that produced 500+ lightning strikes within 10 miles of my home. It was literally like being at war with bombs going off. Strike after strike, crackling, booming thunder.

Thunder storms in America, especially in Florida, are substantially more intense than in the UK. If there is no lightning, all sports play through the rain.





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Yep, both of these are accurate. There’s not much we get squirrelly about down here but one of the few is when giant bolts of electricity haphazardly come from the sky.

The thunderstorms here are gnarly too. Between the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the cooler waters of the Atlantic creating atmospheres that collide over land create an environment for some very quickly forming and powerful storms.


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Old 30 June 2025, 07:24 AM   #6
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Fair enough, thanks for the information.
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Old 30 June 2025, 07:45 AM   #7
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“If there is no lightning, all sports play through the rain.”
Incorrect.
Baseball does not play through rain.
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Old 30 June 2025, 11:27 AM   #8
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“If there is no lightning, all sports play through the rain.”
Incorrect.
Baseball does not play through rain.
True ….ever tried to throw a water logged baseball?
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Old 30 June 2025, 12:15 PM   #9
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Baseball does not play through rain.

It depends. They’ll play through steady rain as long as it’s not a downpour. I’ve sat through games when it rained the entire game. But certainly not like Football. They do delay or cancel baseball games for heavy rain.


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Old 30 June 2025, 12:30 PM   #10
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True ….ever tried to throw a water logged baseball?

They replace the baseball several times per batter anyway on average even if it’s dry. They go through about 120 baseballs per game. They do play through rain. If it’s heavy, or there’s thunder and lightning, they delay or cancel it.


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Old 30 June 2025, 01:06 PM   #11
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In a baseball game just the other night in Colorado, the Dodgers had two men on base (second and third) with two outs in a 0-0 game in the top of the 6th. The announcer at the stadium makes an announcement telling fans in certain parts of the stadium to start heading for the concourses because bad weather is moving in. However, since there wasn't lightning and the rain hadn't yet started, the game went on. A few pitches into the at bat, the rain starts to fall, big drops, coming down pretty heavy too. The umps were obviously hoping to get the half inning completed so they keep playing. Then the hitter pops the ball up towards first base. The second baseman is looking up into the rain and calls for the ball, but he quickly loses sight of it. The first baseman, having seen the second baseman call for it, doesn't even look for it and is basically just standing there. In the end, the ball lands just a few feet away from the first baseman with the hitter already standing on the bag. The other runners scored, and right after, the umps call for play to stop.
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Old 30 June 2025, 05:20 PM   #12
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What happens in motorsport?

I don’t remember ever seeing the likes of the Indy 500 races in damp of wet weather.
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What happens in motorsport?

I don’t remember ever seeing the likes of the Indy 500 races in damp of wet weather.

F1 they will go in the rain as long as it’s not too heavy. Indy car, they can for road and street but never an oval. Too dangerous.


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Old 30 June 2025, 07:01 PM   #14
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I was at a New York Giants’ football game that was delayed by lightning. They made the fans move inside of the stadium. They did not want fans hit by lightning. After the storm, about 30 minutes, the game resumed. It was a pre-season game.
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Old 30 June 2025, 09:22 PM   #15
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I think it has mostly to do with the threat of lightning. They play baseball and football etc up here in the rain.
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Old 30 June 2025, 10:39 PM   #16
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They play baseball and football etc up here in the rain.
I assume Canadian baseball is like Canadian football, where they use a different set of rules. I'm thinking maybe like four outs, five bases, and the infielders start running towards the plate right before the ball is pitched.
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I assume Canadian baseball is like Canadian football, where they use a different set of rules. I'm thinking maybe like four outs, five bases, and the infielders start running towards the plate right before the ball is pitched.

think Bluejays. Domed stadium


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I assume Canadian baseball is like Canadian football, where they use a different set of rules. I'm thinking maybe like four outs, five bases, and the infielders start running towards the plate right before the ball is pitched.
It's all based on the current exchange rate, sometimes 10% further between the bases, sometimes 15%.
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Just came across this on Youtube. A good example of what lightning can do:

https://youtube.com/shorts/5bjtzR8Fn...aRJ5AWFKr16go5
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