Scorching hot World Series start!
Game 1 of the World Series starts this evening, and it will be blistering hot. Temps in Los Angeles will be in the mid to upper 90s at 1st pitch!
Here is a look at the temperatures for other World Series Opening games. The previous record is 94° set in 2001 in Arizona, but the game was indoors.
| Year | Date | Temp | Home | Away |
| 2016 | 25-Oct | 50 | Cleveland | Chicago Cubs |
| 2015 | 27-Oct | 52 | Kansas City | New York Mets |
| 2014 | 21-Oct | 66 | Kansas City | San Francisco |
| 2013 | 23-Oct | 50 | Boston | St. Louis |
| 2012 | 24-Oct | 62 | San Francisco | Detroit |
| 2011 | 19-Oct | 49 | St. Louis | Texas |
| 2010 | 27-Oct | 62 | San Francisco | Texas |
| 2009 | 28-Oct | 52 | New York Yankees | Philadelphia |
| 2008 | 22-Oct | 72 | Tampa Bay | Philadelphia |
| 2007 | 24-Oct | 55 | Boston | Colorado |
| 2006 | 21-Oct | 56 | Detroit | St. Louis |
| 2005 | 22-Oct | 53 | Chicago White Sox | Houston |
| 2004 | 23-Oct | 49 | Boston | St. Louis |
| 2003 | 18-Oct | 50 | New York Yankees | Florida |
| 2002 | 19-Oct | 71 | Anaheim | San Francisco |
| 2001 | 27-Oct | 94 | Arizona | New York Yankees |
| 2000 | 21-Oct | 68 | New York Yankees | New York Mets |
| 1999 | 23-Oct | 49 | Atlanta | New York Yankees |
| 1998 | 17-Oct | 54 | New York Yankees | San Diego |
| 1997 | 18-Oct | 84 | Florida | Cleveland |
| 1996 | 20-Oct | 53 | New York Yankees | Atlanta |
| 1995 | 21-Oct | ??? | Atlanta | Cleveland |
| 1994 | ||||
| 1993 | 16-Oct | Dome | Toronto | Philadelphia |
| 1992 | 17-Oct | 60 | Atlanta | Toronto |
| 1991 | 19-Oct | Dome | Minnesota | Atlanta |
| 1990 | 16-Oct | ??? | Cincinatti | Oakland |
| 1989 | 14-Oct | 65 | Oakland | San Francisco |
| 1988 | 15-Oct | ??? | Los Angeles | Oakland |
| 1987 | 17-Oct | ??? | Minnesota | St. Louis |
| 1986 | 18-Oct | 50 | New York Mets | Boston |
| 1985 | 19-Oct | 50 | Kansas City | St. Louis |
| 1984 | 9-Oct | ??? | San Diego | Detroit |
| 1983 | 11-Oct | ??? | Baltimore | Philadelphia |
| 1982 | 12-Oct | ??? | St. Louis | Milwaukee |
| 1981 | 20-Oct | ??? | New York Yankees | Los Angeles |
| 1980 | 14-Oct | ??? | Philadelphia | Kansas City |