Kelly/Shorts Stadium, Mount Pleasant
Kickoff time makes little difference at Kelly/Shorts Stadium: scores run 86 to 90
Home of Central Michigan · Mid-American · capacity 30,255 · Turf
- 88all Saturdays, Mixed
- 85thof 167 stadiums
88 is Mixed, and about as many stadiums score higher as lower.
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 55th and 118th.
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All Saturdays
- noon: 90, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 88, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 86, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Kelly/Shorts Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 93.
- noon: 94, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 93, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at Kelly/Shorts Stadium, a noon or 3:30 pm Saturday scores 95 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 88.
- noon: 95, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 88, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Kelly/Shorts Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 82 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 73.
- noon: 82, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 78, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 73, Rough
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, regular-season Saturdays, 2018 to 2025: 113 at noon, 114 at 3:30 pm, 114 at 7:30 pm.
All Saturdays
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 90, 3:30 pm 88, 7:30 pm 86.
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (94 and 93).
October
Best kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (95 and 95). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (88).
November
Best kickoff time: noon (82). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (73).
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 under 32°F
September
At every kickoff time, fewer than 5 in 100 of September Saturdays here feel 85°F or hotter, and fewer than 5 in 100 feel under 32°F.
October
At every kickoff time, fewer than 5 in 100 of October Saturdays here feel 85°F or hotter, and fewer than 5 in 100 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, Kelly/Shorts Stadium scores higher than 4 of the other 11 Mid-American stadiums
All Saturdays
- Peden Stadium (Ohio): 90, Comfortable
- Dix Stadium (Kent State): 89, Mixed
- Glass Bowl (Toledo): 89, Mixed
- InfoCision Stadium (Akron): 89, Mixed
- Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (Massachusetts): 89, Mixed
- Yager Stadium (Miami (OH)): 89, Mixed
- Kelly/Shorts Stadium (Central Michigan): 88, Mixed
- Scheumann Stadium (Ball State): 88, Mixed
- Doyt L. Perry Stadium (Bowling Green): 87, Mixed
- UB Stadium (Buffalo): 87, Mixed
- Waldo Stadium (Western Michigan): 87, Mixed
- Rynearson Stadium (Eastern Michigan): 86, Mixed
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Kelly/Shorts Stadium scores 88, higher than 4, lower than 6 and level with 1 of the other 11 Mid-American stadiums. Scores run 86 to 90.
Noon Saturdays
- Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (Massachusetts): 92, Comfortable
- Dix Stadium (Kent State): 91, Comfortable
- InfoCision Stadium (Akron): 91, Comfortable
- Peden Stadium (Ohio): 91, Comfortable
- Glass Bowl (Toledo): 90, Comfortable
- Kelly/Shorts Stadium (Central Michigan): 90, Comfortable
- Yager Stadium (Miami (OH)): 90, Comfortable
- Rynearson Stadium (Eastern Michigan): 89, Mixed
- UB Stadium (Buffalo): 89, Mixed
- Waldo Stadium (Western Michigan): 89, Mixed
- Doyt L. Perry Stadium (Bowling Green): 88, Mixed
- Scheumann Stadium (Ball State): 88, Mixed
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Kelly/Shorts Stadium scores 90, higher than 5, lower than 4 and level with 2 of the other 11 Mid-American stadiums. Scores run 88 to 92.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- Dix Stadium (Kent State): 89, Mixed
- Peden Stadium (Ohio): 89, Mixed
- Glass Bowl (Toledo): 88, Mixed
- InfoCision Stadium (Akron): 88, Mixed
- Kelly/Shorts Stadium (Central Michigan): 88, Mixed
- Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (Massachusetts): 88, Mixed
- Yager Stadium (Miami (OH)): 88, Mixed
- Doyt L. Perry Stadium (Bowling Green): 86, Mixed
- Rynearson Stadium (Eastern Michigan): 86, Mixed
- Scheumann Stadium (Ball State): 86, Mixed
- UB Stadium (Buffalo): 86, Mixed
- Waldo Stadium (Western Michigan): 86, Mixed
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Kelly/Shorts Stadium scores 88, higher than 5, lower than 2 and level with 4 of the other 11 Mid-American stadiums. Scores run 86 to 89.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- Scheumann Stadium (Ball State): 90, Comfortable
- Yager Stadium (Miami (OH)): 90, Comfortable
- InfoCision Stadium (Akron): 89, Mixed
- Doyt L. Perry Stadium (Bowling Green): 88, Mixed
- Glass Bowl (Toledo): 88, Mixed
- Peden Stadium (Ohio): 88, Mixed
- Dix Stadium (Kent State): 87, Mixed
- Kelly/Shorts Stadium (Central Michigan): 86, Mixed
- UB Stadium (Buffalo): 86, Mixed
- Waldo Stadium (Western Michigan): 86, Mixed
- Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (Massachusetts): 86, Mixed
- Rynearson Stadium (Eastern Michigan): 84, Mixed
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Kelly/Shorts Stadium scores 86, higher than 1, lower than 7 and level with 3 of the other 11 Mid-American stadiums. Scores run 84 to 90.
One dot per stadium: 12 Mid-American stadiums. Every Mid-American stadium by month.
More about Kelly/Shorts Stadium
- The roughest game played hereWestern Michigan at Central Michigan, Nov. 16, 2022: feels like 26°F, weather score 60 (Rough). Cold took off the most points.
- This weekMiami (OH) at Central Michigan, Saturday, Oct. 24, 1:00 pm ET.
- Kickoff timesHow games here landed among each Saturday’s kickoff times.
- NetworksHow kickoff times and TV networks line up.
- Rivalry weatherCentral Michigan vs Eastern Michigan (Michigan MAC Trophy (EMU-CMU)): the two home stadiums side by side.
- Rivalry weatherCentral Michigan vs Western Michigan (Victory Cannon): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 90 | 88 | 86 |
| September | 94 | 93 | 98 |
| October | 95 | 95 | 88 |
| November | 82 | 78 | 73 |
| Saturdays counted | 113 | 114 | 114 |
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.