Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 97, noon Saturdays 77
Home of Florida · SEC · capacity 88,548 · Grass
- 84all Saturdays, Mixed
- 141stof 167 stadiums
84 is Mixed, and most stadiums score higher.
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 121st and 150th.
Show a month
All Saturdays
- noon: 77, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 80, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 97, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 94 and a noon Saturday 59.
- noon: 59, Rough
- 3:30 pm: 61, Rough
- 7:30 pm: 94, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 99 and a noon Saturday 79.
- noon: 79, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 81, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 99, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 97 and a noon Saturday 91.
- noon: 91, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 97, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, regular-season Saturdays, 2018 to 2025: 113 at noon, 114 at 3:30 pm, 114 at 7:30 pm.
All Saturdays
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (97). Roughest kickoff time: noon (77).
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (94). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (59 and 61).
October
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (99). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (79 and 81).
November
Best kickoff time: 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm (96 and 97). Roughest kickoff time: noon (91).
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 85°F or hotter
September
Feel 85°F or hotter
October
Feel 85°F or hotter
November
Feel 85°F or hotter
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, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium scores higher than 2 of the other 15 SEC stadiums
All Saturdays
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 91, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 90, Comfortable
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 90, Comfortable
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 90, Comfortable
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 90, Comfortable
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 90, Comfortable
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 89, Mixed
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 88, Mixed
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 88, Mixed
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 87, Mixed
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 85, Mixed
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 84, Mixed
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 82, Mixed
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 82, Mixed
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Ben Hill Griffin Stadium scores 84, higher than 2, lower than 13 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 82 to 91.
Noon Saturdays
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 90, Comfortable
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 90, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 88, Mixed
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 88, Mixed
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 88, Mixed
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 88, Mixed
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 87, Mixed
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 87, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 86, Mixed
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 85, Mixed
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 83, Mixed
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 78, Mixed
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 77, Mixed
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 77, Mixed
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 76, Mixed
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Ben Hill Griffin Stadium scores 77, higher than 1, lower than 13 and level with 1 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 76 to 90.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 90, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 89, Mixed
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 88, Mixed
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 87, Mixed
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 87, Mixed
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 87, Mixed
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 87, Mixed
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 86, Mixed
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 86, Mixed
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 85, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 83, Mixed
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 81, Mixed
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 80, Mixed
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 77, Mixed
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 76, Mixed
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Ben Hill Griffin Stadium scores 80, higher than 2, lower than 13 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 76 to 90.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 97, Comfortable
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 96, Comfortable
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 96, Comfortable
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 96, Comfortable
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 95, Comfortable
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 95, Comfortable
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 94, Comfortable
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 94, Comfortable
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 93, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 93, Comfortable
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 93, Comfortable
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 93, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 92, Comfortable
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 92, Comfortable
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 90, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 90, Comfortable
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Ben Hill Griffin Stadium scores 97, the highest of the 16 SEC stadiums. Scores run 90 to 97.
One dot per stadium: 16 SEC stadiums. Every SEC stadium by month.
More about Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
The Swamp, Spurrier's own name for it: only Gators get out alive.
- The roughest game played hereColorado State at Florida, Sept. 15, 2018: feels like 101°F, weather score 41 (Harsh). Heat 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 weatherFlorida vs Florida State (Sunshine Showdown): the two home stadiums side by side.
- Rivalry weatherFlorida vs Georgia (Georgia-Florida): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 77 | 80 | 97 |
| September | 59 | 61 | 94 |
| October | 79 | 81 | 99 |
| November | 91 | 96 | 97 |
| Saturdays counted | 113 | 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.