Jack Trice Stadium, Ames
Kickoff time makes little difference at Jack Trice Stadium: scores run 82 to 86
Home of Iowa State · Big 12 · capacity 61,500 · Grass
- 84all Saturdays, Mixed
- 144thof 167 stadiums
84 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 117th and 154th.
Show a month
All Saturdays
- noon: 86, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 82, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 84, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Jack Trice Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 96 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 82.
- noon: 85, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 82, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at Jack Trice Stadium, a 3:30 pm Saturday scores 93 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 88.
- noon: 92, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 93, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 88, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Jack Trice Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 81 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 70.
- noon: 81, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 73, Rough
- 7:30 pm: 70, Rough
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, regular-season Saturdays, 2018 to 2025: 112 at noon, 112 at 3:30 pm, 113 at 7:30 pm.
All Saturdays
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 86, 3:30 pm 82, 7:30 pm 84.
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (96). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (82).
October
Best kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (92 and 93). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (88).
November
Best kickoff time: noon (81). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (70).
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
Feel under 32°F
September
Feel 85°F or hotter
October
Feel 85°F or hotter
Feel under 32°F
November
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, Jack Trice Stadium scores higher than 4 of the other 15 Big 12 stadiums
All Saturdays
- Milan Puskar Stadium (West Virginia): 91, Comfortable
- Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati): 89, Mixed
- Folsom Field (Colorado): 88, Mixed
- LaVell Edwards Stadium (BYU): 88, Mixed
- Rice-Eccles Stadium (Utah): 87, Mixed
- Bill Snyder Family Stadium (Kansas State): 86, Mixed
- Boone Pickens Stadium (Oklahoma State): 86, Mixed
- Jones AT&T Stadium (Texas Tech): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Kansas): 86, Mixed
- Amon G. Carter Stadium (TCU): 84, Mixed
- Jack Trice Stadium (Iowa State): 84, Mixed
- McLane Stadium (Baylor): 84, Mixed
- Arizona Stadium (Arizona): 83, Mixed
- TDECU Stadium (Houston): 82, Mixed
- FBC Mortgage Stadium (UCF): 81, Mixed
- Mountain America Stadium (Arizona State): 77, Mixed
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Jack Trice Stadium scores 84, higher than 4, lower than 9 and level with 2 of the other 15 Big 12 stadiums. Scores run 77 to 91.
Noon Saturdays
- Milan Puskar Stadium (West Virginia): 92, Comfortable
- LaVell Edwards Stadium (BYU): 91, Comfortable
- Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati): 90, Comfortable
- Folsom Field (Colorado): 89, Mixed
- Rice-Eccles Stadium (Utah): 89, Mixed
- Jack Trice Stadium (Iowa State): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Kansas): 86, Mixed
- Bill Snyder Family Stadium (Kansas State): 85, Mixed
- Jones AT&T Stadium (Texas Tech): 85, Mixed
- Boone Pickens Stadium (Oklahoma State): 84, Mixed
- Amon G. Carter Stadium (TCU): 81, Mixed
- McLane Stadium (Baylor): 80, Mixed
- TDECU Stadium (Houston): 78, Mixed
- Arizona Stadium (Arizona): 74, Rough
- FBC Mortgage Stadium (UCF): 71, Rough
- Mountain America Stadium (Arizona State): 69, Rough
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Jack Trice Stadium scores 86, higher than 9, lower than 5 and level with 1 of the other 15 Big 12 stadiums. Scores run 69 to 92.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- Milan Puskar Stadium (West Virginia): 90, Comfortable
- Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati): 88, Mixed
- LaVell Edwards Stadium (BYU): 87, Mixed
- Folsom Field (Colorado): 86, Mixed
- Rice-Eccles Stadium (Utah): 84, Mixed
- Bill Snyder Family Stadium (Kansas State): 83, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Kansas): 83, Mixed
- Boone Pickens Stadium (Oklahoma State): 82, Mixed
- Jack Trice Stadium (Iowa State): 82, Mixed
- Jones AT&T Stadium (Texas Tech): 82, Mixed
- Arizona Stadium (Arizona): 81, Mixed
- Amon G. Carter Stadium (TCU): 79, Mixed
- McLane Stadium (Baylor): 79, Mixed
- TDECU Stadium (Houston): 77, Mixed
- FBC Mortgage Stadium (UCF): 76, Mixed
- Mountain America Stadium (Arizona State): 72, Rough
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Jack Trice Stadium scores 82, higher than 6, lower than 7 and level with 2 of the other 15 Big 12 stadiums. Scores run 72 to 90.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- FBC Mortgage Stadium (UCF): 95, Comfortable
- McLane Stadium (Baylor): 95, Comfortable
- Arizona Stadium (Arizona): 94, Comfortable
- Amon G. Carter Stadium (TCU): 93, Comfortable
- TDECU Stadium (Houston): 93, Comfortable
- Boone Pickens Stadium (Oklahoma State): 92, Comfortable
- Jones AT&T Stadium (Texas Tech): 92, Comfortable
- Milan Puskar Stadium (West Virginia): 91, Comfortable
- Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati): 90, Comfortable
- Bill Snyder Family Stadium (Kansas State): 89, Mixed
- Folsom Field (Colorado): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Kansas): 88, Mixed
- Mountain America Stadium (Arizona State): 88, Mixed
- Rice-Eccles Stadium (Utah): 88, Mixed
- LaVell Edwards Stadium (BYU): 87, Mixed
- Jack Trice Stadium (Iowa State): 84, Mixed
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Jack Trice Stadium scores 84, the lowest of the 16 Big 12 stadiums. Scores run 84 to 95.
One dot per stadium: 16 Big 12 stadiums. Every Big 12 stadium by month.
More about Jack Trice Stadium
The only major college stadium named for a Black athlete: Jack Trice, who died after his only game, 1923.
- The roughest game played hereTexas Tech at Iowa State, Nov. 19, 2022: feels like 5°F, weather score 41 (Harsh). Cold took off the most points.
- Kickoff timesHow games here landed among each Saturday’s kickoff times.
- NetworksHow kickoff times and TV networks line up.
- Rivalry weatherIowa State vs Iowa (Cy-Hawk): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 86 | 82 | 84 |
| September | 85 | 82 | 96 |
| October | 92 | 93 | 88 |
| November | 81 | 73 | 70 |
| Saturdays counted | 112 | 112 | 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.