Rice Stadium, Houston

Rice Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 93, 3:30 pm Saturdays 77

Home of Rice · American Athletic · capacity 47,000 · Turf

82 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 145th and 159th.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 78, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 77, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 93, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at Rice Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 86 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 55.

  • noon: 59, Rough
  • 3:30 pm: 55, Rough
  • 7:30 pm: 86, Mixed

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October at Rice Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 95 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 79.

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

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November at Rice Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 97 and a noon Saturday 92.

  • noon: 92, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 97, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

At kickoff, regular-season Saturdays, 2018 to 2025: 113 at noon, 113 at 3:30 pm, 112 at 7:30 pm.

All Saturdays

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (93). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (78 and 77).

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (86). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (55).

October

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

November

Best kickoff time: 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm (95 and 97). Roughest kickoff time: noon (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

noon37 in 100
3:30 pm41 in 100
7:30 pm22 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon84 in 100
3:30 pm84 in 100
7:30 pm61 in 100

October

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon31 in 100
3:30 pm43 in 100
7:30 pm9 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, Rice Stadium scores higher than 1 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums

All Saturdays

  1. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 93, Comfortable
  2. Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 92, Comfortable
  3. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 91, Comfortable
  4. Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 91, Comfortable
  5. Michie Stadium (Army): 91, Comfortable
  6. Legion Field (UAB): 89, Mixed
  7. Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 88, Mixed
  8. Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 86, Mixed
  9. DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 85, Mixed
  10. Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 83, Mixed
  11. Rice Stadium (Rice): 82, Mixed
  12. FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 73, Rough

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Rice Stadium scores 82, higher than 1, lower than 10 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 73 to 93.

Noon Saturdays

  1. Michie Stadium (Army): 93, Comfortable
  2. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 93, Comfortable
  3. Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 92, Comfortable
  4. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 90, Comfortable
  5. Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 90, Comfortable
  6. Legion Field (UAB): 86, Mixed
  7. Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 86, Mixed
  8. Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 85, Mixed
  9. DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 82, Mixed
  10. Rice Stadium (Rice): 78, Mixed
  11. Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 77, Mixed
  12. FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 61, Rough

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Rice Stadium scores 78, higher than 2, lower than 9 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 61 to 93.

3:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 91, Comfortable
  2. Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 90, Comfortable
  3. Michie Stadium (Army): 90, Comfortable
  4. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 89, Mixed
  5. Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 89, Mixed
  6. Legion Field (UAB): 87, Mixed
  7. Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 86, Mixed
  8. Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 83, Mixed
  9. Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 81, Mixed
  10. DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 80, Mixed
  11. Rice Stadium (Rice): 77, Mixed
  12. FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 68, Rough

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Rice Stadium scores 77, higher than 1, lower than 10 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 68 to 91.

7:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina): 95, Comfortable
  2. Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte): 95, Comfortable
  3. Legion Field (UAB): 95, Comfortable
  4. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Navy): 94, Comfortable
  5. DATCU Stadium (North Texas): 93, Comfortable
  6. Rice Stadium (Rice): 93, Comfortable
  7. Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis): 93, Comfortable
  8. Lincoln Financial Field (Temple): 92, Comfortable
  9. Yulman Stadium (Tulane): 92, Comfortable
  10. Chapman Stadium (Tulsa): 91, Comfortable
  11. Michie Stadium (Army): 89, Mixed
  12. FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic): 88, Mixed

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Rice Stadium scores 93, higher than 5, lower than 4 and level with 2 of the other 11 American Athletic stadiums. Scores run 88 to 95.

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More about Rice Stadium

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, Rice Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays787793
September595586
October807995
November929597
Saturdays counted113113112
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.