Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston
Joe Aillet Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 94, 3:30 pm Saturdays 83
Home of Louisiana Tech · Sun Belt · capacity 28,019 · Turf
- 87all Saturdays, Mixed
- 107thof 167 stadiums
87 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 77th and 132nd.
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All Saturdays
- noon: 84, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 83, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 94, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Joe Aillet Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 95 and a noon or 3:30 pm Saturday 68.
- noon: 68, Rough
- 3:30 pm: 68, Rough
- 7:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at Joe Aillet Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 95 and a noon or 3:30 pm Saturday 87.
- noon: 87, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 87, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Joe Aillet Stadium: scores run 92 to 96, all Comfortable.
- noon: 96, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 92, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, regular-season Saturdays, 2018 to 2025: 109 at noon, 110 at 3:30 pm, 109 at 7:30 pm.
All Saturdays
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (94). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (84 and 83).
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (95). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (68 and 68).
October
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (95). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (87 and 87).
November
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 96, 3:30 pm 95, 7:30 pm 92.
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
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, Joe Aillet Stadium scores higher than 3 of the other 13 Sun Belt stadiums
All Saturdays
- S.B. Ballard Stadium (Old Dominion): 92, Comfortable
- Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison): 91, Comfortable
- Brooks Stadium (Coastal Carolina): 91, Comfortable
- Joan C. Edwards Stadium (Marshall): 91, Comfortable
- Allen E. Paulson Stadium (Georgia Southern): 90, Comfortable
- Center Parc Stadium (Georgia State): 90, Comfortable
- Kidd Brewer Stadium (App State): 90, Comfortable
- Centennial Bank Stadium (Arkansas State): 88, Mixed
- Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy): 88, Mixed
- Joe Aillet Stadium (Louisiana Tech): 87, Mixed
- M. M. Roberts Stadium (Southern Miss): 87, Mixed
- Hancock Whitney Stadium (South Alabama): 86, Mixed
- Malone Stadium (UL Monroe): 86, Mixed
- Cajun Field (Louisiana): 84, Mixed
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Joe Aillet Stadium scores 87, higher than 3, lower than 9 and level with 1 of the other 13 Sun Belt stadiums. Scores run 84 to 92.
Noon Saturdays
- Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison): 93, Comfortable
- Kidd Brewer Stadium (App State): 92, Comfortable
- Joan C. Edwards Stadium (Marshall): 91, Comfortable
- S.B. Ballard Stadium (Old Dominion): 90, Comfortable
- Brooks Stadium (Coastal Carolina): 88, Mixed
- Center Parc Stadium (Georgia State): 88, Mixed
- Allen E. Paulson Stadium (Georgia Southern): 86, Mixed
- Centennial Bank Stadium (Arkansas State): 86, Mixed
- Joe Aillet Stadium (Louisiana Tech): 84, Mixed
- M. M. Roberts Stadium (Southern Miss): 81, Mixed
- Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy): 81, Mixed
- Malone Stadium (UL Monroe): 80, Mixed
- Hancock Whitney Stadium (South Alabama): 79, Mixed
- Cajun Field (Louisiana): 78, Mixed
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Joe Aillet Stadium scores 84, higher than 5, lower than 8 of the other 13 Sun Belt stadiums. Scores run 78 to 93.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison): 90, Comfortable
- Kidd Brewer Stadium (App State): 90, Comfortable
- S.B. Ballard Stadium (Old Dominion): 90, Comfortable
- Brooks Stadium (Coastal Carolina): 89, Mixed
- Joan C. Edwards Stadium (Marshall): 89, Mixed
- Allen E. Paulson Stadium (Georgia Southern): 86, Mixed
- Center Parc Stadium (Georgia State): 86, Mixed
- Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy): 86, Mixed
- Centennial Bank Stadium (Arkansas State): 85, Mixed
- M. M. Roberts Stadium (Southern Miss): 84, Mixed
- Hancock Whitney Stadium (South Alabama): 83, Mixed
- Joe Aillet Stadium (Louisiana Tech): 83, Mixed
- Malone Stadium (UL Monroe): 82, Mixed
- Cajun Field (Louisiana): 81, Mixed
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Joe Aillet Stadium scores 83, higher than 2, lower than 10 and level with 1 of the other 13 Sun Belt stadiums. Scores run 81 to 90.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- Allen E. Paulson Stadium (Georgia Southern): 96, Comfortable
- Brooks Stadium (Coastal Carolina): 96, Comfortable
- Hancock Whitney Stadium (South Alabama): 96, Comfortable
- M. M. Roberts Stadium (Southern Miss): 96, Comfortable
- Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy): 96, Comfortable
- Cajun Field (Louisiana): 95, Comfortable
- Center Parc Stadium (Georgia State): 95, Comfortable
- Malone Stadium (UL Monroe): 95, Comfortable
- S.B. Ballard Stadium (Old Dominion): 95, Comfortable
- Joe Aillet Stadium (Louisiana Tech): 94, Comfortable
- Centennial Bank Stadium (Arkansas State): 93, Comfortable
- Joan C. Edwards Stadium (Marshall): 93, Comfortable
- Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison): 90, Comfortable
- Kidd Brewer Stadium (App State): 88, Mixed
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Joe Aillet Stadium scores 94, higher than 4, lower than 9 of the other 13 Sun Belt stadiums. Scores run 88 to 96.
One dot per stadium: 14 Sun Belt stadiums. Every Sun Belt stadium by month.
More about Joe Aillet Stadium
- The roughest game played hereGrambling at Louisiana Tech, Sept. 7, 2019: feels like 99°F, weather score 45 (Harsh). Heat took off the most points.
- This weekOld Dominion at Louisiana Tech, Saturday, Oct. 24, 5:00 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 | 84 | 83 | 94 |
| September | 68 | 68 | 95 |
| October | 87 | 87 | 95 |
| November | 96 | 95 | 92 |
| Saturdays counted | 109 | 110 | 109 |
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.