Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa

Bryant-Denny Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 95, noon Saturdays 83

Home of Alabama · SEC · capacity 101,821 · Grass

88 is Mixed, and about as many stadiums score higher as 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 55th and 123rd.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 83, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 85, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 95, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at Bryant-Denny Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 96 and a noon Saturday 65.

  • noon: 65, Rough
  • 3:30 pm: 67, Rough
  • 7:30 pm: 96, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October at Bryant-Denny Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a noon Saturday 87.

  • noon: 87, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 92, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November at Bryant-Denny Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 97 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 92.

  • noon: 97, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 92, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

All Saturdays

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (95). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (83 and 85).

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (96). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (65 and 67).

October

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon (87).

November

Best kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (97 and 96). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (92).

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

noon30 in 100
3:30 pm27 in 100
7:30 pm4 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon73 in 100
3:30 pm71 in 100
7:30 pm11 in 100

October

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon18 in 100
3:30 pm12 in 100
7:30 pm0 in 100

November

At every kickoff time, fewer than 5 in 100 of November Saturdays here feel 85°F or hotter, and fewer than 5 in 100 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, Bryant-Denny Stadium scores higher than 5 of the other 15 SEC stadiums

All Saturdays

  1. Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 91, Comfortable
  2. FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 90, Comfortable
  3. Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 90, Comfortable
  4. Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 90, Comfortable
  5. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 90, Comfortable
  6. Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 90, Comfortable
  7. Kroger Field (Kentucky): 89, Mixed
  8. Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 88, Mixed
  9. Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 88, Mixed
  10. Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 88, Mixed
  11. Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 88, Mixed
  12. Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 87, Mixed
  13. Tiger Stadium (LSU): 85, Mixed
  14. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 84, Mixed
  15. DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 82, Mixed
  16. Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 82, Mixed

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Bryant-Denny Stadium scores 88, higher than 5, lower than 7 and level with 3 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 82 to 91.

Noon Saturdays

  1. Kroger Field (Kentucky): 90, Comfortable
  2. Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 90, Comfortable
  3. FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 88, Mixed
  4. Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 88, Mixed
  5. Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 88, Mixed
  6. Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 88, Mixed
  7. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 88, Mixed
  8. Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 87, Mixed
  9. Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 87, Mixed
  10. Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 86, Mixed
  11. Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 85, Mixed
  12. Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 83, Mixed
  13. Tiger Stadium (LSU): 78, Mixed
  14. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 77, Mixed
  15. DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 77, Mixed
  16. Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 76, Mixed

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Bryant-Denny Stadium scores 83, higher than 4, lower than 11 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 76 to 90.

3:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 90, Comfortable
  2. FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 89, Mixed
  3. Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 88, Mixed
  4. Kroger Field (Kentucky): 87, Mixed
  5. Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 87, Mixed
  6. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 87, Mixed
  7. Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 87, Mixed
  8. Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 86, Mixed
  9. Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 86, Mixed
  10. Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 86, Mixed
  11. Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 85, Mixed
  12. Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 83, Mixed
  13. Tiger Stadium (LSU): 81, Mixed
  14. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 80, Mixed
  15. DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 77, Mixed
  16. Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 76, Mixed

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Bryant-Denny Stadium scores 85, higher than 5, lower than 10 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 76 to 90.

7:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 97, Comfortable
  2. Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 96, Comfortable
  3. Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 96, Comfortable
  4. Tiger Stadium (LSU): 96, Comfortable
  5. Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 95, Comfortable
  6. Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 95, Comfortable
  7. Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 94, Comfortable
  8. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 94, Comfortable
  9. DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 93, Comfortable
  10. FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 93, Comfortable
  11. Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 93, Comfortable
  12. Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 93, Comfortable
  13. Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 92, Comfortable
  14. Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 92, Comfortable
  15. Kroger Field (Kentucky): 90, Comfortable
  16. Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 90, Comfortable

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Bryant-Denny Stadium scores 95, higher than 10, lower than 4 and level with 1 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 90 to 97.

One dot per stadium: 16 SEC stadiums. Every SEC stadium by month.

More about Bryant-Denny Stadium

Houndstooth and a statue row outside; the crowd treats every Saturday like a coronation.

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, Bryant-Denny Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays838595
September656796
October879298
November979692
Saturdays counted111113113
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.