Kroger Field, Lexington
Kickoff time makes little difference at Kroger Field: scores run 87 to 90
Home of Kentucky · SEC · capacity 61,000 · Turf
- 89all Saturdays, Mixed
- 68thof 167 stadiums
89 is Mixed, and most stadiums score 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 33rd and 103rd.
Show a month
All Saturdays
- noon: 90, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 87, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 90, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Kroger Field, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 96 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 81.
- noon: 84, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 81, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Kroger Field: every kickoff time scores 94, Comfortable.
- noon: 94, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 94, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 94, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Kroger Field, a noon Saturday scores 91 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 82.
- noon: 91, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 87, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 82, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, 114 regular-season Saturdays at each kickoff time, 2018 to 2025.
All Saturdays
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 90, 3:30 pm 87, 7:30 pm 90.
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (96). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (81).
October
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 94, 3:30 pm 94, 7:30 pm 94.
November
Best kickoff time: noon (91). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (82).
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
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, Kroger Field scores higher than 9 of the other 15 SEC stadiums
All Saturdays
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 91, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 90, Comfortable
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 90, Comfortable
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 90, Comfortable
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 90, Comfortable
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 90, Comfortable
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 89, Mixed
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 88, Mixed
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 88, Mixed
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 87, Mixed
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 85, Mixed
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 84, Mixed
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 82, Mixed
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 82, Mixed
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Kroger Field scores 89, higher than 9, lower than 6 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 82 to 91.
Noon Saturdays
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 90, Comfortable
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 90, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 88, Mixed
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 88, Mixed
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 88, Mixed
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 88, Mixed
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 87, Mixed
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 87, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 86, Mixed
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 85, Mixed
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 83, Mixed
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 78, Mixed
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 77, Mixed
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 77, Mixed
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 76, Mixed
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Kroger Field scores 90, tied for the highest of the 16 SEC stadiums, with Neyland Stadium (Tennessee). Scores run 76 to 90.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 90, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 89, Mixed
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 88, Mixed
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 87, Mixed
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 87, Mixed
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 87, Mixed
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 87, Mixed
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 86, Mixed
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 86, Mixed
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 85, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 83, Mixed
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 81, Mixed
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 80, Mixed
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 77, Mixed
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 76, Mixed
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Kroger Field scores 87, higher than 9, lower than 3 and level with 3 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 76 to 90.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 97, Comfortable
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 96, Comfortable
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 96, Comfortable
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 96, Comfortable
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 95, Comfortable
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 95, Comfortable
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 94, Comfortable
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 94, Comfortable
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 93, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 93, Comfortable
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 93, Comfortable
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 93, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 92, Comfortable
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 92, Comfortable
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 90, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 90, Comfortable
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Kroger Field scores 90, tied for the lowest of the 16 SEC stadiums, with Memorial Stadium (Missouri). Scores run 90 to 97.
One dot per stadium: 16 SEC stadiums. Every SEC stadium by month.
More about Kroger Field
Sixty-one thousand blue turning a basketball state football-crazy for one Saturday at a time.
- The roughest game played hereOhio at Kentucky, Sept. 21, 2024: feels like 93°F, weather score 57 (Rough). Heat took off the most points.
- This weekVanderbilt at Kentucky, Saturday, Oct. 24, 7:30 pm ET.
- Kickoff timesHow games here landed among each Saturday’s kickoff times.
- NetworksHow kickoff times and TV networks line up.
- Rivalry weatherKentucky vs Louisville (Governor's Cup): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 90 | 87 | 90 |
| September | 84 | 81 | 96 |
| October | 94 | 94 | 94 |
| November | 91 | 87 | 82 |
| Saturdays counted | 114 | 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.