Memorial Stadium, Lawrence

Memorial Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 88, 3:30 pm Saturdays 83

Home of Kansas · Big 12 · capacity 47,000 · Turf

86 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 92nd and 141st.

Show a month

All Saturdays

  • noon: 86, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 83, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 88, Mixed

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 74.

  • noon: 79, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 74, Rough
  • 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 91 to 92, all Comfortable.

  • noon: 91, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 91, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 92, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November at Memorial Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 89 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 77.

  • noon: 89, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 84, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 77, Mixed

Weather score at each kickoff time.

All Saturdays

Best kickoff time: noon and 7:30 pm (86 and 88). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (83).

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (74).

October

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 91, 3:30 pm 91, 7:30 pm 92.

November

Best kickoff time: noon (89). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (77).

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

noon17 in 100
3:30 pm18 in 100
7:30 pm0 in 100

Feel under 32°F

noon6 in 100
3:30 pm7 in 100
7:30 pm13 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon43 in 100
3:30 pm45 in 100
7:30 pm0 in 100

October

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon9 in 100
3:30 pm9 in 100
7:30 pm0 in 100

November

Feel under 32°F

noon17 in 100
3:30 pm20 in 100
7:30 pm37 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 7 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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Memorial Stadium scores 86, higher than 7, lower than 5 and level with 3 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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Memorial Stadium scores 86, higher than 9, lower than 5 and level with 1 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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Memorial Stadium scores 83, higher than 9, lower than 5 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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Memorial Stadium scores 88, higher than 2, lower than 10 and level with 3 of the other 15 Big 12 stadiums. Scores run 84 to 95.

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

More about Memorial Stadium

A basketball school's football house, forty-seven thousand seats finally worth filling under Lance Leipold.

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, Memorial Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays868388
September797498
October919192
November898477
Saturdays counted112113113
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.