DATCU Stadium, Denton

DATCU Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 93, 3:30 pm Saturdays 80

Home of North Texas · American Athletic · capacity 30,850 · Turf

85 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 112th and 150th.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 82, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 80, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 93, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at DATCU Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 91 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 60.

  • noon: 64, Rough
  • 3:30 pm: 60, Rough
  • 7:30 pm: 91, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October at DATCU Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 96 and a noon or 3:30 pm Saturday 85.

  • noon: 85, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 85, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 96, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November at DATCU Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 96 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 91.

  • noon: 96, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 94, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 91, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

At kickoff, 113 regular-season Saturdays at each kickoff time, 2018 to 2025.

All Saturdays

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (93). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (82 and 80).

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (91). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (60).

October

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (96). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (85 and 85).

November

Best kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (96 and 94). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (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

noon34 in 100
3:30 pm35 in 100
7:30 pm11 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon76 in 100
3:30 pm82 in 100
7:30 pm32 in 100

October

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon24 in 100
3:30 pm26 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, DATCU Stadium scores higher than 3 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums

All Saturdays

  1. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 93, Comfortable
  2. Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 92, Comfortable
  3. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 91, Comfortable
  4. Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 91, Comfortable
  5. Michie Stadium (Army): 91, Comfortable
  6. Legion Field (UAB): 89, Mixed
  7. Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 88, Mixed
  8. Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 86, Mixed
  9. DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 85, Mixed
  10. Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 83, Mixed
  11. Rice Stadium (Rice): 82, Mixed
  12. FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 73, Rough

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DATCU Stadium scores 85, higher than 3, lower than 8 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 73 to 93.

Noon Saturdays

  1. Michie Stadium (Army): 93, Comfortable
  2. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 93, Comfortable
  3. Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 92, Comfortable
  4. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 90, Comfortable
  5. Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 90, Comfortable
  6. Legion Field (UAB): 86, Mixed
  7. Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 86, Mixed
  8. Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 85, Mixed
  9. DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 82, Mixed
  10. Rice Stadium (Rice): 78, Mixed
  11. Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 77, Mixed
  12. FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 61, Rough

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DATCU Stadium scores 82, higher than 3, lower than 8 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 61 to 93.

3:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 91, Comfortable
  2. Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 90, Comfortable
  3. Michie Stadium (Army): 90, Comfortable
  4. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 89, Mixed
  5. Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 89, Mixed
  6. Legion Field (UAB): 87, Mixed
  7. Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 86, Mixed
  8. Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 83, Mixed
  9. Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 81, Mixed
  10. DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 80, Mixed
  11. Rice Stadium (Rice): 77, Mixed
  12. FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 68, Rough

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DATCU Stadium scores 80, higher than 2, lower than 9 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 68 to 91.

7:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 95, Comfortable
  2. Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 95, Comfortable
  3. Legion Field (UAB): 95, Comfortable
  4. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 94, Comfortable
  5. DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 93, Comfortable
  6. Rice Stadium (Rice): 93, Comfortable
  7. Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 93, Comfortable
  8. Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 92, Comfortable
  9. Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 92, Comfortable
  10. Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 91, Comfortable
  11. Michie Stadium (Army): 89, Mixed
  12. FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 88, Mixed

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DATCU Stadium scores 93, higher than 5, lower than 4 and level with 2 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 88 to 95.

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More about DATCU Stadium

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, DATCU Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays828093
September646091
October858596
November969491
Saturdays counted113113113
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.