Protective Stadium, Birmingham
Protective Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 95, noon Saturdays 86
Home of UAB · American Athletic · capacity 45,000 · Turf
- 89all Saturdays, Mixed
- 65thof 167 stadiums
89 is Mixed, 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 29th and 103rd.
Show a month
All Saturdays
- noon: 86, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 87, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Protective Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 95 and a noon Saturday 72.
- noon: 72, Rough
- 3:30 pm: 73, Rough
- 7:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at Protective Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a noon Saturday 89.
- noon: 89, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 93, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Protective Stadium: scores run 92 to 96, all Comfortable.
- noon: 96, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 92, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, 114 regular-season Saturdays at each kickoff time, 2018 to 2025.
All Saturdays
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (95). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (86 and 87).
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (95). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (72 and 73).
October
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon (89).
November
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 96, 3:30 pm 95, 7:30 pm 92.
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
September
Feel 85°F or hotter
October
Feel 85°F or hotter
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.
More about Protective Stadium
- The roughest game played hereLouisiana at UAB, Sept. 16, 2023: weather score 50 (Rough). Rain took off the most points.
- Kickoff timesHow games here landed among each Saturday’s kickoff times.
- NetworksHow kickoff times and TV networks line up.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 86 | 87 | 95 |
| September | 72 | 73 | 95 |
| October | 89 | 93 | 98 |
| November | 96 | 95 | 92 |
| Saturdays counted | 114 | 114 | 114 |
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.