Conditions will be cold, but otherwise unspectacular for the time of year, when the Buffalo Bills face the Kansas City Chiefs with a Super Bowl berth on the line.

Josh Allen , Patrick Mahomes and their respective squads are no strangers to weather below freezing, so the temperature shouldn’t be too much of a factor with little to no chance of precipitation and normal winds expected for the 6:30 p.m. kickoff Sunday .

Kansas City weather for Bills vs. Chiefs game



The National Weather Service in Kansas City is expecting temperatures hovering around 30 degrees at kickoff, then slowly declining through the night. Winds will begin out of the west at just 3 mph, generating a wind chill about 4 degrees cooler than the air temperature. There’s no precipitation potential and decreasing cloud cover in the forecast.

The AccuWeather forecast calls for hazy moonlight in the 6 p.m. hour, evolving to mostly clear skies, with a high around 32 degrees at kickoff. The wind forecast is a bit stronger at 5 mph, but below the NFL average of 7 mph and paired with a 0% chance of precipitation.

How Bills vs. Chiefs weather will impact odds, betting



The Chiefs are favored by 2 points in the AFC Championship game, a narrow advantage for the home team and two-time defending champions. The over/under is set at 47.5 points, per BetMGM Sportsbook .

A review of the 40 coldest games between 2009 and 2022 by Sharp Football Analysis found the over hit in 58% of games, though the average line was set at 42.4 points. In games between 2003 and 2021 with temperatures colder than 30 degrees, betting the over has hit 59.2% of the time, according to Action Network .

The Bills and Baltimore Ravens combined for a narrow over in their Divisional Round matchup, with 52 points scored to the over/under of 51.5, despite frigid and snowy conditions.

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