Memorial Stadium, Columbia

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

Home of Missouri · SEC · capacity 71,168 · 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 55th and 119th.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 88, 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: 82, 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 92 to 93, all Comfortable.

  • noon: 92, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 92, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 93, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November at Memorial Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 91 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 79.

  • noon: 91, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 85, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 79, 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 88, 3:30 pm 86, 7:30 pm 90.

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (82 and 81).

October

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 92, 3:30 pm 92, 7:30 pm 93.

November

Best kickoff time: noon (91). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (79).

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

noon5 in 100
3:30 pm5 in 100
7:30 pm7 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon32 in 100
3:30 pm32 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

noon15 in 100
3:30 pm15 in 100
7:30 pm20 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 5 of the other 15 SEC stadiums

All Saturdays

  1. Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 91, Comfortable
  2. FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 90, Comfortable
  3. Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 90, Comfortable
  4. Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 90, Comfortable
  5. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 90, Comfortable
  6. Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 90, Comfortable
  7. Kroger Field (Kentucky): 89, Mixed
  8. Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 88, Mixed
  9. Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 88, Mixed
  10. Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 88, Mixed
  11. Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 88, Mixed
  12. Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 87, Mixed
  13. Tiger Stadium (LSU): 85, Mixed
  14. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 84, Mixed
  15. DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 82, Mixed
  16. Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 82, Mixed

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Memorial Stadium scores 88, higher than 5, lower than 7 and level with 3 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 82 to 91.

Noon Saturdays

  1. Kroger Field (Kentucky): 90, Comfortable
  2. Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 90, Comfortable
  3. FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 88, Mixed
  4. Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 88, Mixed
  5. Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 88, Mixed
  6. Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 88, Mixed
  7. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 88, Mixed
  8. Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 87, Mixed
  9. Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 87, Mixed
  10. Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 86, Mixed
  11. Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 85, Mixed
  12. Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 83, Mixed
  13. Tiger Stadium (LSU): 78, Mixed
  14. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 77, Mixed
  15. DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 77, Mixed
  16. Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 76, Mixed

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Memorial Stadium scores 88, higher than 9, lower than 2 and level with 4 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 76 to 90.

3:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 90, Comfortable
  2. FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 89, Mixed
  3. Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 88, Mixed
  4. Kroger Field (Kentucky): 87, Mixed
  5. Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 87, Mixed
  6. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 87, Mixed
  7. Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 87, Mixed
  8. Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 86, Mixed
  9. Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 86, Mixed
  10. Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 86, Mixed
  11. Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 85, Mixed
  12. Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 83, Mixed
  13. Tiger Stadium (LSU): 81, Mixed
  14. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 80, Mixed
  15. DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 77, Mixed
  16. Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 76, Mixed

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Memorial Stadium scores 86, higher than 6, lower than 7 and level with 2 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 76 to 90.

7:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 97, Comfortable
  2. Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 96, Comfortable
  3. Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 96, Comfortable
  4. Tiger Stadium (LSU): 96, Comfortable
  5. Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 95, Comfortable
  6. Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 95, Comfortable
  7. Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 94, Comfortable
  8. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 94, Comfortable
  9. DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 93, Comfortable
  10. FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 93, Comfortable
  11. Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 93, Comfortable
  12. Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 93, Comfortable
  13. Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 92, Comfortable
  14. Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 92, Comfortable
  15. Kroger Field (Kentucky): 90, Comfortable
  16. Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 90, Comfortable

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Memorial Stadium scores 90, tied for the lowest of the 16 SEC stadiums, with Kroger Field (Kentucky). Scores run 90 to 97.

One dot per stadium: 16 SEC stadiums. Every SEC stadium by month.

More about Memorial Stadium

The whitewashed rock M, stacked by freshmen in 1927, still watches from the north end.

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, Memorial Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays888690
September828198
October929293
November918579
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.