Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens
Hard Rock Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 88, noon Saturdays 62
Home of Miami · ACC · capacity 64,767 · Turf
- 73all Saturdays, Rough
- 165thof 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: 62, Rough
- 3:30 pm: 68, Rough
- 7:30 pm: 88, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Hard Rock Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 80 and a noon Saturday 47.
- noon: 47, Harsh
- 3:30 pm: 51, Rough
- 7:30 pm: 80, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at Hard Rock Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 88 and a noon Saturday 62.
- noon: 62, Rough
- 3:30 pm: 66, Rough
- 7:30 pm: 88, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Hard Rock 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: 114 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 (62).
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (80). Roughest kickoff time: noon (47).
October
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (88). 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.
More about Hard Rock Stadium
Force a turnover and a Miami defender gets draped in the gold Turnover Chain on the sideline.
- The roughest game played hereBall State at Miami, Sept. 14, 2024: feels like 94°F, weather score 40 (Harsh). Heat took off the most points.
- This weekPittsburgh at Miami, 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 | 62 | 68 | 88 |
| September | 47 | 51 | 80 |
| October | 62 | 66 | 88 |
| November | 77 | 88 | 96 |
| Saturdays counted | 114 | 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. 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.