FAU Stadium, Boca Raton
FAU Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 88, noon Saturdays 61
Home of Florida Atlantic · American Athletic · capacity 29,419 · Turf
- 73all Saturdays, Rough
- 166thof 167 stadiums
73 is Rough, 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 165th and 167th.
Show a month
All Saturdays
- noon: 61, Rough
- 3:30 pm: 68, Rough
- 7:30 pm: 88, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at FAU Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 78 and a noon Saturday 44.
- noon: 44, Harsh
- 3:30 pm: 46, Harsh
- 7:30 pm: 78, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at FAU Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 89 and a noon Saturday 62.
- noon: 62, Rough
- 3:30 pm: 67, Rough
- 7:30 pm: 89, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at FAU Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 96 and a noon Saturday 77.
- noon: 77, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 88, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, regular-season Saturdays, 2018 to 2025: 97 at noon, 113 at 3:30 pm, 113 at 7:30 pm.
All Saturdays
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (88). Roughest kickoff time: noon (61).
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (78). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (44 and 46).
October
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (89). Roughest kickoff time: noon (62).
November
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (96). Roughest kickoff time: noon (77).
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
Feel 85°F or hotter
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, FAU Stadium has the lowest score among American Athletic stadiums
All Saturdays
- Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 93, Comfortable
- Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 92, Comfortable
- Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 91, Comfortable
- Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 91, Comfortable
- Michie Stadium (Army): 91, Comfortable
- Legion Field (UAB): 89, Mixed
- Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 88, Mixed
- Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 86, Mixed
- DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 85, Mixed
- Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 83, Mixed
- Rice Stadium (Rice): 82, Mixed
- FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 73, Rough
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FAU Stadium scores 73, the lowest of the 12 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 73 to 93.
Noon Saturdays
- Michie Stadium (Army): 93, Comfortable
- Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 93, Comfortable
- Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 92, Comfortable
- Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 90, Comfortable
- Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 90, Comfortable
- Legion Field (UAB): 86, Mixed
- Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 86, Mixed
- Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 85, Mixed
- DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 82, Mixed
- Rice Stadium (Rice): 78, Mixed
- Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 77, Mixed
- FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 61, Rough
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FAU Stadium scores 61, the lowest of the 12 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 61 to 93.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 91, Comfortable
- Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 90, Comfortable
- Michie Stadium (Army): 90, Comfortable
- Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 89, Mixed
- Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 89, Mixed
- Legion Field (UAB): 87, Mixed
- Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 86, Mixed
- Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 83, Mixed
- Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 81, Mixed
- DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 80, Mixed
- Rice Stadium (Rice): 77, Mixed
- FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 68, Rough
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FAU Stadium scores 68, the lowest of the 12 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 68 to 91.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 95, Comfortable
- Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 95, Comfortable
- Legion Field (UAB): 95, Comfortable
- Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 94, Comfortable
- DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 93, Comfortable
- Rice Stadium (Rice): 93, Comfortable
- Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 93, Comfortable
- Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 92, Comfortable
- Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 92, Comfortable
- Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 91, Comfortable
- Michie Stadium (Army): 89, Mixed
- FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 88, Mixed
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FAU Stadium scores 88, the lowest of the 12 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 88 to 95.
One dot per stadium: 12 American Athletic stadiums. Every American Athletic stadium by month.
More about FAU Stadium
- The roughest game played hereArmy at Florida Atlantic, Sept. 7, 2024: feels like 108°F, weather score 35 (Harsh). Heat took off the most points.
- This weekRice at Florida Atlantic, Saturday, Oct. 24, 12:00 pm ET.
- Kickoff timesHow games here landed among each Saturday’s kickoff times.
- NetworksHow kickoff times and TV networks line up.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 61 | 68 | 88 |
| September | 44 | 46 | 78 |
| October | 62 | 67 | 89 |
| November | 77 | 88 | 96 |
| Saturdays counted | 97 | 113 | 113 |
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. This airport’s rain gauge does not report rain, so the rain comes from the nearest working gauge, 14 km away. 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.