Elliott T. Bowers Stadium, Huntsville

Elliott T. Bowers Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 93, noon and 3:30 pm Saturdays 76

Home of Sam Houston · Conference USA · capacity 14,000 · Turf

82 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 146th and 161st.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 76, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 76, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 93, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 89 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 53.

  • noon: 56, Rough
  • 3:30 pm: 53, Rough
  • 7:30 pm: 89, Mixed

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 96 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 78.

  • noon: 79, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 78, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 96, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium: scores run 93 to 96, all Comfortable.

  • noon: 93, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 95, 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 (76 and 76).

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (89). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (53).

October

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (96). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (79 and 78).

November

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 93, 3:30 pm 96, 7:30 pm 95.

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

noon47 in 100
3:30 pm42 in 100
7:30 pm14 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon90 in 100
3:30 pm82 in 100
7:30 pm40 in 100

October

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon51 in 100
3:30 pm49 in 100
7:30 pm3 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, Elliott T. Bowers Stadium scores higher than 1 of the other 8 Conference USA stadiums

All Saturdays

  1. Fifth Third Stadium (Kennesaw State): 92, Comfortable
  2. Delaware Stadium (Delaware): 91, Comfortable
  3. Williams Stadium (Liberty): 91, Comfortable
  4. Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium (Western Kentucky): 89, Mixed
  5. Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (Middle Tennessee): 89, Mixed
  6. Aggie Memorial Stadium (New Mexico State): 88, Mixed
  7. Plaster Sports Complex (Missouri State): 87, Mixed
  8. Elliott T. Bowers Stadium (Sam Houston): 82, Mixed
  9. Pitbull Stadium (Florida International): 72, Rough

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Elliott T. Bowers Stadium scores 82, higher than 1, lower than 7 of the other 8 Conference USA stadiums. Scores run 72 to 92.

Noon Saturdays

  1. Delaware Stadium (Delaware): 92, Comfortable
  2. Williams Stadium (Liberty): 92, Comfortable
  3. Fifth Third Stadium (Kennesaw State): 91, Comfortable
  4. Aggie Memorial Stadium (New Mexico State): 87, Mixed
  5. Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium (Western Kentucky): 87, Mixed
  6. Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (Middle Tennessee): 87, Mixed
  7. Plaster Sports Complex (Missouri State): 87, Mixed
  8. Elliott T. Bowers Stadium (Sam Houston): 76, Mixed
  9. Pitbull Stadium (Florida International): 63, Rough

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Elliott T. Bowers Stadium scores 76, higher than 1, lower than 7 of the other 8 Conference USA stadiums. Scores run 63 to 92.

3:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Delaware Stadium (Delaware): 90, Comfortable
  2. Fifth Third Stadium (Kennesaw State): 89, Mixed
  3. Williams Stadium (Liberty): 89, Mixed
  4. Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium (Western Kentucky): 87, Mixed
  5. Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (Middle Tennessee): 87, Mixed
  6. Plaster Sports Complex (Missouri State): 85, Mixed
  7. Aggie Memorial Stadium (New Mexico State): 84, Mixed
  8. Elliott T. Bowers Stadium (Sam Houston): 76, Mixed
  9. Pitbull Stadium (Florida International): 68, Rough

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Elliott T. Bowers Stadium scores 76, higher than 1, lower than 7 of the other 8 Conference USA stadiums. Scores run 68 to 90.

7:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Fifth Third Stadium (Kennesaw State): 95, Comfortable
  2. Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium (Western Kentucky): 94, Comfortable
  3. Aggie Memorial Stadium (New Mexico State): 93, Comfortable
  4. Elliott T. Bowers Stadium (Sam Houston): 93, Comfortable
  5. Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (Middle Tennessee): 93, Comfortable
  6. Williams Stadium (Liberty): 92, Comfortable
  7. Delaware Stadium (Delaware): 91, Comfortable
  8. Plaster Sports Complex (Missouri State): 89, Mixed
  9. Pitbull Stadium (Florida International): 87, Mixed

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Elliott T. Bowers Stadium scores 93, higher than 4, lower than 2 and level with 2 of the other 8 Conference USA stadiums. Scores run 87 to 95.

One dot per stadium: 9 Conference USA stadiums. Every Conference USA stadium by month.

More about Elliott T. Bowers Stadium

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, Elliott T. Bowers Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays767693
September565389
October797896
November939695
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.