Lane Stadium, Blacksburg
Kickoff time makes little difference at Lane Stadium: scores run 90 to 93
Home of Virginia Tech · ACC · capacity 65,632 · Grass
- 91all Saturdays, Comfortable
- 26thof 167 stadiums
91 is Comfortable, 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 13th and 65th.
Show a month
All Saturdays
- noon: 93, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 91, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 90, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Lane Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 96 and a noon or 3:30 pm Saturday 89.
- noon: 89, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 89, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Lane Stadium: scores run 94 to 97, all Comfortable.
- noon: 97, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 97, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 94, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Lane Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 92 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 81.
- noon: 92, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 87, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 81, 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 93, 3:30 pm 91, 7:30 pm 90.
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (96). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (89 and 89).
October
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 97, 3:30 pm 97, 7:30 pm 94.
November
Best kickoff time: noon (92). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (81).
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, Lane Stadium scores higher than 5 of the other 14 ACC stadiums
All Saturdays
- California Memorial Stadium (California): 97, Comfortable
- Stanford Stadium (Stanford): 97, Comfortable
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (Wake Forest): 92, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Clemson): 92, Comfortable
- Scott Stadium (Virginia): 92, Comfortable
- Alumni Stadium (Boston College): 91, Comfortable
- Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State): 91, Comfortable
- Kenan Stadium (North Carolina): 91, Comfortable
- Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech): 91, Comfortable
- Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke): 91, Comfortable
- Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech): 90, Comfortable
- Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh): 89, Mixed
- L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville): 89, Mixed
- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State): 84, Mixed
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU): 84, Mixed
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Lane Stadium scores 91, higher than 5, lower than 5 and level with 4 of the other 14 ACC stadiums. Scores run 84 to 97.
Noon Saturdays
- California Memorial Stadium (California): 97, Comfortable
- Stanford Stadium (Stanford): 96, Comfortable
- Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech): 93, Comfortable
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (Wake Forest): 92, Comfortable
- Alumni Stadium (Boston College): 92, Comfortable
- Scott Stadium (Virginia): 92, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Clemson): 91, Comfortable
- Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh): 90, Comfortable
- Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech): 89, Mixed
- Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State): 89, Mixed
- Kenan Stadium (North Carolina): 89, Mixed
- L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville): 89, Mixed
- Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke): 89, Mixed
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU): 81, Mixed
- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State): 79, Mixed
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Lane Stadium scores 93, higher than 12, lower than 2 of the other 14 ACC stadiums. Scores run 79 to 97.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- California Memorial Stadium (California): 97, Comfortable
- Stanford Stadium (Stanford): 95, Comfortable
- Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech): 91, Comfortable
- Scott Stadium (Virginia): 91, Comfortable
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (Wake Forest): 90, Comfortable
- Alumni Stadium (Boston College): 90, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Clemson): 90, Comfortable
- Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh): 88, Mixed
- Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State): 88, Mixed
- Kenan Stadium (North Carolina): 88, Mixed
- Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke): 88, Mixed
- Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech): 87, Mixed
- L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville): 86, Mixed
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU): 79, Mixed
- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State): 78, Mixed
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Lane Stadium scores 91, higher than 11, lower than 2 and level with 1 of the other 14 ACC stadiums. Scores run 78 to 97.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- Stanford Stadium (Stanford): 98, Comfortable
- California Memorial Stadium (California): 97, Comfortable
- Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech): 95, Comfortable
- Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State): 95, Comfortable
- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State): 95, Comfortable
- Kenan Stadium (North Carolina): 95, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Clemson): 95, Comfortable
- Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke): 95, Comfortable
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (Wake Forest): 94, Comfortable
- Scott Stadium (Virginia): 93, Comfortable
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU): 92, Comfortable
- L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville): 92, Comfortable
- Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech): 90, Comfortable
- Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh): 89, Mixed
- Alumni Stadium (Boston College): 89, Mixed
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Lane Stadium scores 90, higher than 2, lower than 12 of the other 14 ACC stadiums. Scores run 89 to 98.
One dot per stadium: 15 ACC stadiums. Every ACC stadium by month.
More about Lane Stadium
- The roughest game played herePittsburgh at Virginia Tech, Nov. 23, 2019: weather score 61 (Rough).
- Kickoff timesHow games here landed among each Saturday’s kickoff times.
- NetworksHow kickoff times and TV networks line up.
- Rivalry weatherVirginia Tech vs Virginia (Commonwealth Cup): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 93 | 91 | 90 |
| September | 89 | 89 | 96 |
| October | 97 | 97 | 94 |
| November | 92 | 87 | 81 |
| 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.