Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Rose Bowl: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 98, noon Saturdays 84
Home of UCLA · Big Ten · capacity 88,565 · Grass
- 90all Saturdays, Comfortable
- 46thof 167 stadiums
90 is Comfortable, 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 19th and 75th.
Show a month
All Saturdays
- noon: 84, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 89, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Rose Bowl, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 97 and a noon Saturday 76.
- noon: 76, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 77, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 97, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at Rose Bowl, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 100 and a noon Saturday 83.
- noon: 83, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 90, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 100, Ideal
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Rose Bowl, a 3:30 pm or 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a noon Saturday 93.
- noon: 93, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 98, 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 (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon (84).
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (97). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (76 and 77).
October
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (100). Roughest kickoff time: noon (83).
November
Best kickoff time: 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm (98 and 98). Roughest kickoff time: noon (93).
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
Feel 85°F or hotter
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, Rose Bowl scores higher than 11 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums
All Saturdays
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 96, Comfortable
- Husky Stadium (Washington): 94, Comfortable
- Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 92, Comfortable
- SECU Stadium (Maryland): 92, Comfortable
- SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 91, Comfortable
- Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 90, Comfortable
- Rose Bowl (UCLA): 90, Comfortable
- Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 89, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 88, Mixed
- Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 87, Mixed
- Ryan Field (Northwestern): 87, Mixed
- Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 86, Mixed
- Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 86, Mixed
- Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 86, Mixed
- Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 85, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 85, Mixed
- Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 84, Mixed
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Rose Bowl scores 90, higher than 11, lower than 5 and level with 1 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 84 to 96.
Noon Saturdays
- Husky Stadium (Washington): 97, Comfortable
- Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 94, Comfortable
- Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 93, Comfortable
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 93, Comfortable
- SECU Stadium (Maryland): 93, Comfortable
- SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 92, Comfortable
- Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 90, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 89, Mixed
- Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 89, Mixed
- Ryan Field (Northwestern): 89, Mixed
- Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 88, Mixed
- Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 88, Mixed
- Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 88, Mixed
- Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 87, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 87, Mixed
- Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 86, Mixed
- Rose Bowl (UCLA): 84, Mixed
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Rose Bowl scores 84, the lowest of the 18 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 84 to 97.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 97, Comfortable
- Husky Stadium (Washington): 94, Comfortable
- SECU Stadium (Maryland): 91, Comfortable
- Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 90, Comfortable
- Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 90, Comfortable
- SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 90, Comfortable
- Rose Bowl (UCLA): 89, Mixed
- Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 87, Mixed
- Ryan Field (Northwestern): 87, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 86, Mixed
- Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 86, Mixed
- Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 86, Mixed
- Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 86, Mixed
- Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 85, Mixed
- Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 84, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 84, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 83, Mixed
- Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 82, Mixed
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Rose Bowl scores 89, higher than 11, lower than 6 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 82 to 97.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 100, Ideal
- Rose Bowl (UCLA): 98, Comfortable
- SECU Stadium (Maryland): 93, Comfortable
- Husky Stadium (Washington): 92, Comfortable
- Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 91, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 90, Comfortable
- Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 90, Comfortable
- SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 89, Mixed
- Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 88, Mixed
- Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 88, Mixed
- Ryan Field (Northwestern): 87, Mixed
- Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 86, Mixed
- Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 85, Mixed
- Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 84, Mixed
- Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 84, Mixed
- Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 83, Mixed
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Rose Bowl scores 98, higher than 16, lower than 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 Rose Bowl
Built in 1922 in the Arroyo Seco; UCLA has played its home games in the bowl since 1982.
- The roughest game played hereBowling Green at UCLA, Sept. 3, 2022: feels like 104°F, weather score 29 (Harsh). Heat took off the most points.
- This weekMichigan State at UCLA, Saturday, Oct. 24, 3:30 pm ET.
- Kickoff timesHow games here landed among each Saturday’s kickoff times.
- NetworksHow kickoff times and TV networks line up.
- Rivalry weatherUSC vs UCLA (Battle for the Victory Bell): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 84 | 89 | 98 |
| September | 76 | 77 | 97 |
| October | 83 | 90 | 100 |
| November | 93 | 98 | 98 |
| 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. This stadium uses an airport 18 km away; the nearest one has too little history. 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.