1. Abstract
METAR weather data was compiled for the seasons and locations of games within the existing U Sports database by scraping three different sources of archived data. Within the parser, METARs covering the dates and times of games were attached in a list to the game objects. Plays within each game were given an estimated real-world time, and each play was then assigned the METAR nearest to it. Future applications of weather data include its use in development of field goal models, examining the impact of weather on various existing analyses, and contextualizing future research.
