Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Kickoff time makes little difference at Lincoln Financial Field: scores run 90 to 92

Home of Temple · American Athletic · capacity 69,879 · Turf

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 55th.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 92, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 90, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 92, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at Lincoln Financial Field, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 86.

  • noon: 87, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 86, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Lincoln Financial Field: scores run 96 to 97, all Comfortable.

  • noon: 96, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 97, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 96, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November at Lincoln Financial Field, a noon Saturday scores 93 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 83.

  • noon: 93, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 89, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 83, 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 92, 3:30 pm 90, 7:30 pm 92.

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (87 and 86).

October

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 96, 3:30 pm 97, 7:30 pm 96.

November

Best kickoff time: noon (93). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (83).

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

At every kickoff time, fewer than 5 in 100 of these Saturdays here feel 85°F or hotter, and fewer than 5 in 100 feel under 32°F.

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon10 in 100
3:30 pm10 in 100
7:30 pm0 in 100

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

noon2 in 100
3:30 pm7 in 100
7:30 pm10 in 100

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, Lincoln Financial Field scores higher than 7 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums

All Saturdays

  1. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 93, Comfortable
  2. Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 92, Comfortable
  3. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 91, Comfortable
  4. Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 91, Comfortable
  5. Michie Stadium (Army): 91, Comfortable
  6. Legion Field (UAB): 89, Mixed
  7. Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 88, Mixed
  8. Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 86, Mixed
  9. DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 85, Mixed
  10. Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 83, Mixed
  11. Rice Stadium (Rice): 82, Mixed
  12. FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 73, Rough

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Lincoln Financial Field scores 91, higher than 7, lower than 2 and level with 2 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 73 to 93.

Noon Saturdays

  1. Michie Stadium (Army): 93, Comfortable
  2. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 93, Comfortable
  3. Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 92, Comfortable
  4. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 90, Comfortable
  5. Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 90, Comfortable
  6. Legion Field (UAB): 86, Mixed
  7. Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 86, Mixed
  8. Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 85, Mixed
  9. DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 82, Mixed
  10. Rice Stadium (Rice): 78, Mixed
  11. Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 77, Mixed
  12. FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 61, Rough

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Lincoln Financial Field scores 92, higher than 9, lower than 2 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 61 to 93.

3:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 91, Comfortable
  2. Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 90, Comfortable
  3. Michie Stadium (Army): 90, Comfortable
  4. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 89, Mixed
  5. Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 89, Mixed
  6. Legion Field (UAB): 87, Mixed
  7. Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 86, Mixed
  8. Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 83, Mixed
  9. Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 81, Mixed
  10. DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 80, Mixed
  11. Rice Stadium (Rice): 77, Mixed
  12. FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 68, Rough

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Lincoln Financial Field scores 90, higher than 9, lower than 1 and level with 1 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 68 to 91.

7:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 95, Comfortable
  2. Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 95, Comfortable
  3. Legion Field (UAB): 95, Comfortable
  4. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 94, Comfortable
  5. DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 93, Comfortable
  6. Rice Stadium (Rice): 93, Comfortable
  7. Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 93, Comfortable
  8. Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 92, Comfortable
  9. Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 92, Comfortable
  10. Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 91, Comfortable
  11. Michie Stadium (Army): 89, Mixed
  12. FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 88, Mixed

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Lincoln Financial Field scores 92, higher than 3, lower than 7 and level with 1 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 88 to 95.

One dot per stadium: 12 American Athletic stadiums. Every American Athletic stadium by month.

More about Lincoln Financial Field

Temple borrows the Eagles' seventy-thousand-seat bowl and fills a fraction of it, echo included.

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, Lincoln Financial Field.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays929092
September878698
October969796
November938983
Saturdays counted114114114
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.