Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette
Kickoff time makes little difference at Ross-Ade Stadium: scores run 86 to 88
Home of Purdue · Big Ten · capacity 57,282 · Grass
- 87all Saturdays, Mixed
- 96thof 167 stadiums
87 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 75th and 125th.
Show a month
All Saturdays
- noon: 88, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 86, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 88, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Ross-Ade Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 83.
- noon: 86, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 83, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Ross-Ade Stadium: scores run 91 to 93, all Comfortable.
- noon: 93, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 91, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 92, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Ross-Ade Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 86 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 76.
- noon: 86, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 84, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 76, 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 88.
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (83).
October
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 93, 3:30 pm 91, 7:30 pm 92.
November
Best kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (86 and 84). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (76).
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
Feel under 32°F
September
Feel 85°F or hotter
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
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, Ross-Ade Stadium scores higher than 7 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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Ross-Ade Stadium scores 87, higher than 7, lower than 9 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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Ross-Ade Stadium scores 88, higher than 5, lower than 10 and level with 2 of the other 17 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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Ross-Ade Stadium scores 86, higher than 5, lower than 9 and level with 3 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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Ross-Ade Stadium scores 88, higher than 8, lower than 8 and level with 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 Ross-Ade Stadium
The Boilermaker Special rolls out after every Purdue score, a coal-black locomotive on rubber tires.
- The roughest game played hereNorthwestern at Purdue, Nov. 19, 2022: feels like 19°F, weather score 56 (Rough). Cold took off the most points.
- Kickoff timesHow games here landed among each Saturday’s kickoff times.
- NetworksHow kickoff times and TV networks line up.
- Rivalry weatherIndiana vs Purdue (Old Oaken Bucket): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 88 | 86 | 88 |
| September | 86 | 83 | 98 |
| October | 93 | 91 | 92 |
| November | 86 | 84 | 76 |
| 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.