McLane Stadium, Waco

McLane Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 95, 3:30 pm Saturdays 79

Home of Baylor · Big 12 · capacity 45,140 · Turf

84 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 119th and 150th.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 80, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 79, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 95, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at McLane Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 92 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 60.

  • noon: 62, Rough
  • 3:30 pm: 60, Rough
  • 7:30 pm: 92, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October at McLane Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 80.

  • noon: 82, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 80, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at McLane Stadium: scores run 94 to 95, all Comfortable.

  • noon: 95, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 94, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

At kickoff, regular-season Saturdays, 2018 to 2025: 110 at noon, 112 at 3:30 pm, 112 at 7:30 pm.

All Saturdays

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (95). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (80 and 79).

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (92). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (62 and 60).

October

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (82 and 80).

November

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 95, 3:30 pm 95, 7:30 pm 94.

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

noon40 in 100
3:30 pm41 in 100
7:30 pm10 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon86 in 100
3:30 pm82 in 100
7:30 pm29 in 100

October

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon36 in 100
3:30 pm44 in 100
7:30 pm0 in 100

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, McLane Stadium scores higher than 4 of the other 15 Big 12 stadiums

All Saturdays

  1. Milan Puskar Stadium (West Virginia): 91, Comfortable
  2. Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati): 89, Mixed
  3. Folsom Field (Colorado): 88, Mixed
  4. LaVell Edwards Stadium (BYU): 88, Mixed
  5. Rice-Eccles Stadium (Utah): 87, Mixed
  6. Bill Snyder Family Stadium (Kansas State): 86, Mixed
  7. Boone Pickens Stadium (Oklahoma State): 86, Mixed
  8. Jones AT&T Stadium (Texas Tech): 86, Mixed
  9. Memorial Stadium (Kansas): 86, Mixed
  10. Amon G. Carter Stadium (TCU): 84, Mixed
  11. Jack Trice Stadium (Iowa State): 84, Mixed
  12. McLane Stadium (Baylor): 84, Mixed
  13. Arizona Stadium (Arizona): 83, Mixed
  14. TDECU Stadium (Houston): 82, Mixed
  15. FBC Mortgage Stadium (UCF): 81, Mixed
  16. Mountain America Stadium (Arizona State): 77, Mixed

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McLane Stadium scores 84, higher than 4, lower than 9 and level with 2 of the other 15 Big 12 stadiums. Scores run 77 to 91.

Noon Saturdays

  1. Milan Puskar Stadium (West Virginia): 92, Comfortable
  2. LaVell Edwards Stadium (BYU): 91, Comfortable
  3. Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati): 90, Comfortable
  4. Folsom Field (Colorado): 89, Mixed
  5. Rice-Eccles Stadium (Utah): 89, Mixed
  6. Jack Trice Stadium (Iowa State): 86, Mixed
  7. Memorial Stadium (Kansas): 86, Mixed
  8. Bill Snyder Family Stadium (Kansas State): 85, Mixed
  9. Jones AT&T Stadium (Texas Tech): 85, Mixed
  10. Boone Pickens Stadium (Oklahoma State): 84, Mixed
  11. Amon G. Carter Stadium (TCU): 81, Mixed
  12. McLane Stadium (Baylor): 80, Mixed
  13. TDECU Stadium (Houston): 78, Mixed
  14. Arizona Stadium (Arizona): 74, Rough
  15. FBC Mortgage Stadium (UCF): 71, Rough
  16. Mountain America Stadium (Arizona State): 69, Rough

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McLane Stadium scores 80, higher than 4, lower than 11 of the other 15 Big 12 stadiums. Scores run 69 to 92.

3:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Milan Puskar Stadium (West Virginia): 90, Comfortable
  2. Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati): 88, Mixed
  3. LaVell Edwards Stadium (BYU): 87, Mixed
  4. Folsom Field (Colorado): 86, Mixed
  5. Rice-Eccles Stadium (Utah): 84, Mixed
  6. Bill Snyder Family Stadium (Kansas State): 83, Mixed
  7. Memorial Stadium (Kansas): 83, Mixed
  8. Boone Pickens Stadium (Oklahoma State): 82, Mixed
  9. Jack Trice Stadium (Iowa State): 82, Mixed
  10. Jones AT&T Stadium (Texas Tech): 82, Mixed
  11. Arizona Stadium (Arizona): 81, Mixed
  12. Amon G. Carter Stadium (TCU): 79, Mixed
  13. McLane Stadium (Baylor): 79, Mixed
  14. TDECU Stadium (Houston): 77, Mixed
  15. FBC Mortgage Stadium (UCF): 76, Mixed
  16. Mountain America Stadium (Arizona State): 72, Rough

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McLane Stadium scores 79, higher than 3, lower than 11 and level with 1 of the other 15 Big 12 stadiums. Scores run 72 to 90.

7:30 pm Saturdays

  1. FBC Mortgage Stadium (UCF): 95, Comfortable
  2. McLane Stadium (Baylor): 95, Comfortable
  3. Arizona Stadium (Arizona): 94, Comfortable
  4. Amon G. Carter Stadium (TCU): 93, Comfortable
  5. TDECU Stadium (Houston): 93, Comfortable
  6. Boone Pickens Stadium (Oklahoma State): 92, Comfortable
  7. Jones AT&T Stadium (Texas Tech): 92, Comfortable
  8. Milan Puskar Stadium (West Virginia): 91, Comfortable
  9. Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati): 90, Comfortable
  10. Bill Snyder Family Stadium (Kansas State): 89, Mixed
  11. Folsom Field (Colorado): 88, Mixed
  12. Memorial Stadium (Kansas): 88, Mixed
  13. Mountain America Stadium (Arizona State): 88, Mixed
  14. Rice-Eccles Stadium (Utah): 88, Mixed
  15. LaVell Edwards Stadium (BYU): 87, Mixed
  16. Jack Trice Stadium (Iowa State): 84, Mixed

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McLane Stadium scores 95, tied for the highest of the 16 Big 12 stadiums, with FBC Mortgage Stadium (UCF). Scores run 84 to 95.

One dot per stadium: 16 Big 12 stadiums. Every Big 12 stadium by month.

More about McLane Stadium

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Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, McLane Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays807995
September626092
October828098
November959594
Saturdays counted110112112
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. This airport’s rain gauge does not report rain, so the rain comes from the nearest working gauge, 13 km away. 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.