Beaver Stadium, University Park
Beaver Stadium: noon Saturdays score 93, 7:30 pm Saturdays 88
Home of Penn State · Big Ten · capacity 106,572 · Grass
- 90all Saturdays, Comfortable
- 46thof 167 stadiums
90 is Comfortable, 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 19th and 75th.
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All Saturdays
- noon: 93, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 90, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 88, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Beaver Stadium: scores run 94 to 98, all Comfortable.
- noon: 95, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 94, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at Beaver Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 98 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 91.
- noon: 98, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 91, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Beaver Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 87 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 76.
- noon: 87, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 82, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 76, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, 114 regular-season Saturdays at each kickoff time, 2018 to 2025.
All Saturdays
Best kickoff time: noon (93). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm (90 and 88).
September
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 95, 3:30 pm 94, 7:30 pm 98.
October
Best kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (98 and 96). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (91).
November
Best kickoff time: noon (87). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (76).
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, Beaver Stadium scores higher than 11 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums
All Saturdays
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 96, Comfortable
- Husky Stadium (Washington): 94, Comfortable
- Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 92, Comfortable
- SECU Stadium (Maryland): 92, Comfortable
- SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 91, Comfortable
- Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 90, Comfortable
- Rose Bowl (UCLA): 90, Comfortable
- Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 89, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 88, Mixed
- Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 87, Mixed
- Ryan Field (Northwestern): 87, Mixed
- Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 86, Mixed
- Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 86, Mixed
- Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 86, Mixed
- Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 85, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 85, Mixed
- Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 84, Mixed
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Beaver Stadium scores 90, higher than 11, lower than 5 and level with 1 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 84 to 96.
Noon Saturdays
- Husky Stadium (Washington): 97, Comfortable
- Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 94, Comfortable
- Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 93, Comfortable
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 93, Comfortable
- SECU Stadium (Maryland): 93, Comfortable
- SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 92, Comfortable
- Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 90, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 89, Mixed
- Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 89, Mixed
- Ryan Field (Northwestern): 89, Mixed
- Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 88, Mixed
- Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 88, Mixed
- Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 88, Mixed
- Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 87, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 87, Mixed
- Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 86, Mixed
- Rose Bowl (UCLA): 84, Mixed
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Beaver Stadium scores 93, higher than 13, lower than 2 and level with 2 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 84 to 97.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 97, Comfortable
- Husky Stadium (Washington): 94, Comfortable
- SECU Stadium (Maryland): 91, Comfortable
- Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 90, Comfortable
- Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 90, Comfortable
- SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 90, Comfortable
- Rose Bowl (UCLA): 89, Mixed
- Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 87, Mixed
- Ryan Field (Northwestern): 87, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 86, Mixed
- Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 86, Mixed
- Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 86, Mixed
- Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 86, Mixed
- Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 85, Mixed
- Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 84, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 84, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 83, Mixed
- Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 82, Mixed
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Beaver Stadium scores 90, higher than 12, lower than 3 and level with 2 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 82 to 97.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 100, Ideal
- Rose Bowl (UCLA): 98, Comfortable
- SECU Stadium (Maryland): 93, Comfortable
- Husky Stadium (Washington): 92, Comfortable
- Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 91, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 90, Comfortable
- Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 90, Comfortable
- SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 89, Mixed
- Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 88, Mixed
- Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 88, Mixed
- Ryan Field (Northwestern): 87, Mixed
- Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 86, Mixed
- Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 85, Mixed
- Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 84, Mixed
- Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 84, Mixed
- Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 83, Mixed
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Beaver Stadium scores 88, higher than 8, lower than 8 and level with 1 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 83 to 100.
One dot per stadium: 18 Big Ten stadiums. Every Big Ten stadium by month.
More about Beaver Stadium
A hundred and six thousand in white for the big ones; the Zombie Nation bounce moves the ground.
- The roughest game played hereSMU at Penn State, Dec. 21, 2024: feels like 11°F, weather score 49 (Harsh). Cold 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 weatherPenn State vs Ohio State (Ohio State-Penn State): the two home stadiums side by side.
- Rivalry weatherPittsburgh vs Penn State (Keystone Classic): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 93 | 90 | 88 |
| September | 95 | 94 | 98 |
| October | 98 | 96 | 91 |
| November | 87 | 82 | 76 |
| 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.