Super Bowl XLVIII, which pits the Denver Broncos against the Seattle Seahawks on Feb. 2, will take place at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. It will be the first NFL title game held outdoors in a city where it snows.
As a result, this year's game may be the coldest Super Bowl in history, with predicted temperatures possibly reaching as low as 22 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Bloomberg. The coldest Super Bowl game to date was in 1972 -- the Dallas Cowboys versus the Miami Dolphins at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans -- at a crisp 39 degrees.
This is nothing compared to the face-off between the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers earlier this month, which reached 5 degrees Fahrenheit with a windchill of -10 degrees. A 1967 playoff game -- dubbed the "Ice Bowl" -- reached a record -13 degrees Fahrenheit with a windchill of -48 degrees.
Frigid cold fronts hit much of the U.S. in January, bringing temperatures between 20 and 40 degrees lower than average. Luckily there's no polar vortex forecast during Sunday's game.
The chart, below, created by Statista, shows the eight coldest Super Bowl games ever.
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