Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville

Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 95, 3:30 pm Saturdays 89

Home of East Carolina · American Athletic · capacity 50,000 · Grass

91 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 13th and 61st.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 90, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 89, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 95, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a noon or 3:30 pm Saturday 78.

  • noon: 78, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 78, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a noon Saturday 93.

  • noon: 93, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 97 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 90.

  • noon: 97, 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: 111 at noon, 112 at 3:30 pm, 111 at 7:30 pm.

All Saturdays

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (95). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (90 and 89).

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (78 and 78).

October

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (93 and 95).

November

Best kickoff time: noon (97). 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

noon14 in 100
3:30 pm12 in 100
7:30 pm0 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon40 in 100
3:30 pm33 in 100
7:30 pm0 in 100

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

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, Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium scores higher than 7 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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Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium scores 91, higher than 7, lower than 2 and level with 2 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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Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium scores 90, higher than 7, lower than 3 and level with 1 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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Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium scores 89, higher than 7, lower than 3 and level with 1 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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Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium scores 95, tied for the highest of the 12 American Athletic stadiums, with Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte) and Legion Field (UAB). Scores run 88 to 95.

One dot per stadium: 12 American Athletic stadiums. Every American Athletic stadium by month.

More about Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays908995
September787898
October939598
November979490
Saturdays counted111112111
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.