Memorial Stadium, Bloomington

Kickoff time makes little difference at Memorial Stadium: scores run 86 to 90

Home of Indiana · Big Ten · capacity 52,656 · Turf

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 48th and 113th.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 89, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 86, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 90, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at Memorial Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 81.

  • noon: 85, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 81, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Memorial Stadium: scores run 93 to 94, all Comfortable.

  • noon: 94, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 93, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 93, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November at Memorial Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 88 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 80.

  • noon: 88, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 85, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 80, Mixed

Weather score at each kickoff time.

All Saturdays

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 89, 3:30 pm 86, 7:30 pm 90.

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (81).

October

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 94, 3:30 pm 93, 7:30 pm 93.

November

Best kickoff time: noon (88). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (80).

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

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

Feel under 32°F

noon8 in 100
3:30 pm6 in 100
7:30 pm10 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon27 in 100
3:30 pm27 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

noon22 in 100
3:30 pm17 in 100
7:30 pm27 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, Memorial Stadium scores higher than 9 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums

All Saturdays

  1. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 96, Comfortable
  2. Husky Stadium (Washington): 94, Comfortable
  3. Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 92, Comfortable
  4. SECU Stadium (Maryland): 92, Comfortable
  5. SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 91, Comfortable
  6. Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 90, Comfortable
  7. Rose Bowl (UCLA): 90, Comfortable
  8. Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 89, Mixed
  9. Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 88, Mixed
  10. Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 87, Mixed
  11. Ryan Field (Northwestern): 87, Mixed
  12. Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 86, Mixed
  13. Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 86, Mixed
  14. Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 86, Mixed
  15. Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 86, Mixed
  16. Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 85, Mixed
  17. Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 85, Mixed
  18. Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 84, Mixed

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Memorial Stadium scores 88, higher than 9, lower than 8 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 84 to 96.

Noon Saturdays

  1. Husky Stadium (Washington): 97, Comfortable
  2. Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 94, Comfortable
  3. Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 93, Comfortable
  4. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 93, Comfortable
  5. SECU Stadium (Maryland): 93, Comfortable
  6. SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 92, Comfortable
  7. Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 90, Comfortable
  8. Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 89, Mixed
  9. Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 89, Mixed
  10. Ryan Field (Northwestern): 89, Mixed
  11. Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 88, Mixed
  12. Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 88, Mixed
  13. Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 88, Mixed
  14. Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 87, Mixed
  15. Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 87, Mixed
  16. Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 86, Mixed
  17. Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 86, Mixed
  18. Rose Bowl (UCLA): 84, Mixed

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Memorial Stadium scores 89, higher than 8, lower than 7 and level with 2 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 84 to 97.

3:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 97, Comfortable
  2. Husky Stadium (Washington): 94, Comfortable
  3. SECU Stadium (Maryland): 91, Comfortable
  4. Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 90, Comfortable
  5. Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 90, Comfortable
  6. SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 90, Comfortable
  7. Rose Bowl (UCLA): 89, Mixed
  8. Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 87, Mixed
  9. Ryan Field (Northwestern): 87, Mixed
  10. Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 86, Mixed
  11. Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 86, Mixed
  12. Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 86, Mixed
  13. Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 86, Mixed
  14. Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 85, Mixed
  15. Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 84, Mixed
  16. Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 84, Mixed
  17. Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 83, Mixed
  18. Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 82, Mixed

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Memorial Stadium scores 86, higher than 5, lower than 9 and level with 3 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 82 to 97.

7:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 100, Ideal
  2. Rose Bowl (UCLA): 98, Comfortable
  3. SECU Stadium (Maryland): 93, Comfortable
  4. Husky Stadium (Washington): 92, Comfortable
  5. Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 91, Comfortable
  6. Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 90, Comfortable
  7. Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 90, Comfortable
  8. SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 89, Mixed
  9. Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 88, Mixed
  10. Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 88, Mixed
  11. Ryan Field (Northwestern): 87, Mixed
  12. Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 86, Mixed
  13. Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 86, Mixed
  14. Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 86, Mixed
  15. Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 85, Mixed
  16. Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 84, Mixed
  17. Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 84, Mixed
  18. Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 83, Mixed

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Memorial Stadium scores 90, higher than 11, lower than 5 and level with 1 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 83 to 100.

One dot per stadium: 18 Big Ten stadiums. Every Big Ten stadium by month.

More about Memorial Stadium

Indiana limestone in the walls earned it the name The Rock.

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, Memorial Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays898690
September858198
October949393
November888580
Saturdays counted112112112
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.