Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh
Kickoff time makes little difference at Acrisure Stadium: scores run 88 to 90
Home of Pittsburgh · ACC · capacity 68,400 · Grass
- 89all Saturdays, Mixed
- 63rdof 167 stadiums
89 is Mixed, and most stadiums score lower.
How the rank works
All 167 stadiums with eight seasons of regular-season Saturdays are ranked by their weather score across every kickoff time, highest first; 1st is the most pleasant. A season can swing a score by 2 to 3 points, so allowing for year-to-year noise (about two chances in three) it ranks between 33rd and 96th.
Show a month
All Saturdays
- noon: 90, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 88, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 89, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Acrisure Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 89.
- noon: 91, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 89, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Acrisure Stadium: scores run 93 to 95, all Comfortable.
- noon: 95, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 93, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Acrisure Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 86 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 78.
- noon: 86, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 83, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 78, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, 114 regular-season Saturdays at each kickoff time, 2018 to 2025.
All Saturdays
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 90, 3:30 pm 88, 7:30 pm 89.
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (91 and 89).
October
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 95, 3:30 pm 95, 7:30 pm 93.
November
Best kickoff time: noon (86). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (78).
The roughest kickoff time is the lowest of the day's times. It can still be Mixed or Comfortable.
What goes with it
Share of Saturdays here that feel this way over the first 3 hours and 20 minutes after kickoff.
All Saturdays
Feel under 32°F
September
At every kickoff time, fewer than 5 in 100 of September Saturdays here feel 85°F or hotter, and fewer than 5 in 100 feel under 32°F.
October
At every kickoff time, fewer than 5 in 100 of October Saturdays here feel 85°F or hotter, and fewer than 5 in 100 feel under 32°F.
November
Feel under 32°F
Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.
Across all Saturdays, Acrisure Stadium scores higher than 2 of the other 14 ACC stadiums
All Saturdays
- California Memorial Stadium (California): 97, Comfortable
- Stanford Stadium (Stanford): 97, Comfortable
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (Wake Forest): 92, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Clemson): 92, Comfortable
- Scott Stadium (Virginia): 92, Comfortable
- Alumni Stadium (Boston College): 91, Comfortable
- Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State): 91, Comfortable
- Kenan Stadium (North Carolina): 91, Comfortable
- Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech): 91, Comfortable
- Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke): 91, Comfortable
- Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech): 90, Comfortable
- Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh): 89, Mixed
- L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville): 89, Mixed
- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State): 84, Mixed
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU): 84, Mixed
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Acrisure Stadium scores 89, higher than 2, lower than 11 and level with 1 of the other 14 ACC stadiums. Scores run 84 to 97.
Noon Saturdays
- California Memorial Stadium (California): 97, Comfortable
- Stanford Stadium (Stanford): 96, Comfortable
- Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech): 93, Comfortable
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (Wake Forest): 92, Comfortable
- Alumni Stadium (Boston College): 92, Comfortable
- Scott Stadium (Virginia): 92, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Clemson): 91, Comfortable
- Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh): 90, Comfortable
- Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech): 89, Mixed
- Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State): 89, Mixed
- Kenan Stadium (North Carolina): 89, Mixed
- L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville): 89, Mixed
- Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke): 89, Mixed
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU): 81, Mixed
- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State): 79, Mixed
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Acrisure Stadium scores 90, higher than 7, lower than 7 of the other 14 ACC stadiums. Scores run 79 to 97.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- California Memorial Stadium (California): 97, Comfortable
- Stanford Stadium (Stanford): 95, Comfortable
- Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech): 91, Comfortable
- Scott Stadium (Virginia): 91, Comfortable
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (Wake Forest): 90, Comfortable
- Alumni Stadium (Boston College): 90, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Clemson): 90, Comfortable
- Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh): 88, Mixed
- Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State): 88, Mixed
- Kenan Stadium (North Carolina): 88, Mixed
- Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke): 88, Mixed
- Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech): 87, Mixed
- L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville): 86, Mixed
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU): 79, Mixed
- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State): 78, Mixed
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Acrisure Stadium scores 88, higher than 4, lower than 7 and level with 3 of the other 14 ACC stadiums. Scores run 78 to 97.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- Stanford Stadium (Stanford): 98, Comfortable
- California Memorial Stadium (California): 97, Comfortable
- Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech): 95, Comfortable
- Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State): 95, Comfortable
- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State): 95, Comfortable
- Kenan Stadium (North Carolina): 95, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Clemson): 95, Comfortable
- Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke): 95, Comfortable
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (Wake Forest): 94, Comfortable
- Scott Stadium (Virginia): 93, Comfortable
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU): 92, Comfortable
- L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville): 92, Comfortable
- Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech): 90, Comfortable
- Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh): 89, Mixed
- Alumni Stadium (Boston College): 89, Mixed
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Acrisure Stadium scores 89, tied for the lowest of the 15 ACC stadiums, with Alumni Stadium (Boston College). Scores run 89 to 98.
One dot per stadium: 15 ACC stadiums. Every ACC stadium by month.
More about Acrisure Stadium
A Steelers stadium on the Allegheny that Pitt borrows on Saturdays; the skyline sits behind one end zone.
- The roughest game played hereSyracuse at Pittsburgh, Oct. 6, 2018: weather score 58 (Rough). Storms took off the most points.
- Kickoff timesHow games here landed among each Saturday’s kickoff times.
- NetworksHow kickoff times and TV networks line up.
- Rivalry weatherPittsburgh vs Penn State (Keystone Classic): the two home stadiums side by side.
- Rivalry weatherPittsburgh vs West Virginia (Backyard Brawl): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 90 | 88 | 89 |
| September | 91 | 89 | 98 |
| October | 95 | 95 | 93 |
| November | 86 | 83 | 78 |
| Saturdays counted | 114 | 114 | 114 |
How this is measured
The score covers the first 3 hours and 20 minutes after kickoff, averaged over every regular-season Saturday from late August to early December, 2018 to 2025, using the nearest airport’s readings, not the stands. Shade, delays and smoke are not in it. Scores within about 2 points are effectively tied. It describes what these Saturdays were like. It is not a forecast and it says nothing about home advantage.
Weather observations: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet at Iowa State University. Weather score version 2.2.