Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville
Davis Wade Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 94, noon Saturdays 85
Home of Mississippi State · SEC · capacity 61,337 · Grass
- 88all Saturdays, Mixed
- 80thof 167 stadiums
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 44th and 118th.
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All Saturdays
- noon: 85, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 86, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 94, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Davis Wade Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a noon Saturday 72.
- noon: 72, Rough
- 3:30 pm: 73, Rough
- 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at Davis Wade Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 95 and a noon Saturday 87.
- noon: 87, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 90, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Davis Wade Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 96 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 90.
- noon: 96, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 94, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 90, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, regular-season Saturdays, 2018 to 2025: 108 at noon, 106 at 3:30 pm, 106 at 7:30 pm.
All Saturdays
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (94). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (85 and 86).
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (72 and 73).
October
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (95). Roughest kickoff time: noon (87).
November
Best kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (96 and 94). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (90).
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
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, Davis Wade Stadium scores higher than 5 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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Davis Wade 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
- 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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Davis Wade Stadium scores 85, higher than 5, lower than 10 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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Davis Wade Stadium scores 86, higher than 6, lower than 7 and level with 2 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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Davis Wade Stadium scores 94, higher than 8, lower than 6 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 Davis Wade Stadium
Cowbells ring nonstop from kickoff to final whistle; Starkville makes sure no visitor forgets the sound.
- The roughest game played hereSouthern Miss at Mississippi State, Sept. 7, 2019: feels like 101°F, weather score 42 (Harsh). Heat took off the most points.
- This weekOklahoma at Mississippi State, Saturday, Oct. 24, 3:30 pm ET.
- Kickoff timesHow games here landed among each Saturday’s kickoff times.
- NetworksHow kickoff times and TV networks line up.
- Rivalry weatherMississippi State vs Ole Miss (Egg Bowl): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 85 | 86 | 94 |
| September | 72 | 73 | 98 |
| October | 87 | 90 | 95 |
| November | 96 | 94 | 90 |
| Saturdays counted | 108 | 106 | 106 |
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.