S.B. Ballard Stadium, Norfolk

S.B. Ballard Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 95, noon and 3:30 pm Saturdays 90

Home of Old Dominion · Sun Belt · capacity 20,118 · Turf

92 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 13th and 55th.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 90, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 90, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 95, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at S.B. Ballard Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 97 and a noon Saturday 80.

  • noon: 80, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 82, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 97, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at S.B. Ballard Stadium: scores run 94 to 98, all Comfortable.

  • noon: 94, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at S.B. Ballard Stadium: scores run 91 to 95, all Comfortable.

  • noon: 95, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 91, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 91, 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 (90 and 90).

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (97). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (80 and 82).

October

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 94, 3:30 pm 96, 7:30 pm 98.

November

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 95, 3:30 pm 91, 7:30 pm 91.

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 pm6 in 100
7:30 pm2 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon29 in 100
3:30 pm18 in 100
7:30 pm5 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

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, S.B. Ballard Stadium has the highest score among Sun Belt stadiums

All Saturdays

  1. S.B. Ballard Stadium (Old Dominion): 92, Comfortable
  2. Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison): 91, Comfortable
  3. Brooks Stadium (Coastal Carolina): 91, Comfortable
  4. Joan C. Edwards Stadium (Marshall): 91, Comfortable
  5. Allen E. Paulson Stadium (Georgia Southern): 90, Comfortable
  6. Center Parc Stadium (Georgia State): 90, Comfortable
  7. Kidd Brewer Stadium (App State): 90, Comfortable
  8. Centennial Bank Stadium (Arkansas State): 88, Mixed
  9. Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy): 88, Mixed
  10. Joe Aillet Stadium (Louisiana Tech): 87, Mixed
  11. M. M. Roberts Stadium (Southern Miss): 87, Mixed
  12. Hancock Whitney Stadium (South Alabama): 86, Mixed
  13. Malone Stadium (UL Monroe): 86, Mixed
  14. Cajun Field (Louisiana): 84, Mixed

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S.B. Ballard Stadium scores 92, the highest of the 14 Sun Belt stadiums. Scores run 84 to 92.

Noon Saturdays

  1. Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison): 93, Comfortable
  2. Kidd Brewer Stadium (App State): 92, Comfortable
  3. Joan C. Edwards Stadium (Marshall): 91, Comfortable
  4. S.B. Ballard Stadium (Old Dominion): 90, Comfortable
  5. Brooks Stadium (Coastal Carolina): 88, Mixed
  6. Center Parc Stadium (Georgia State): 88, Mixed
  7. Allen E. Paulson Stadium (Georgia Southern): 86, Mixed
  8. Centennial Bank Stadium (Arkansas State): 86, Mixed
  9. Joe Aillet Stadium (Louisiana Tech): 84, Mixed
  10. M. M. Roberts Stadium (Southern Miss): 81, Mixed
  11. Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy): 81, Mixed
  12. Malone Stadium (UL Monroe): 80, Mixed
  13. Hancock Whitney Stadium (South Alabama): 79, Mixed
  14. Cajun Field (Louisiana): 78, Mixed

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S.B. Ballard Stadium scores 90, higher than 10, lower than 3 of the other 13 Sun Belt stadiums. Scores run 78 to 93.

3:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison): 90, Comfortable
  2. Kidd Brewer Stadium (App State): 90, Comfortable
  3. S.B. Ballard Stadium (Old Dominion): 90, Comfortable
  4. Brooks Stadium (Coastal Carolina): 89, Mixed
  5. Joan C. Edwards Stadium (Marshall): 89, Mixed
  6. Allen E. Paulson Stadium (Georgia Southern): 86, Mixed
  7. Center Parc Stadium (Georgia State): 86, Mixed
  8. Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy): 86, Mixed
  9. Centennial Bank Stadium (Arkansas State): 85, Mixed
  10. M. M. Roberts Stadium (Southern Miss): 84, Mixed
  11. Hancock Whitney Stadium (South Alabama): 83, Mixed
  12. Joe Aillet Stadium (Louisiana Tech): 83, Mixed
  13. Malone Stadium (UL Monroe): 82, Mixed
  14. Cajun Field (Louisiana): 81, Mixed

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S.B. Ballard Stadium scores 90, tied for the highest of the 14 Sun Belt stadiums, with Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison) and Kidd Brewer Stadium (App State). Scores run 81 to 90.

7:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Allen E. Paulson Stadium (Georgia Southern): 96, Comfortable
  2. Brooks Stadium (Coastal Carolina): 96, Comfortable
  3. Hancock Whitney Stadium (South Alabama): 96, Comfortable
  4. M. M. Roberts Stadium (Southern Miss): 96, Comfortable
  5. Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy): 96, Comfortable
  6. Cajun Field (Louisiana): 95, Comfortable
  7. Center Parc Stadium (Georgia State): 95, Comfortable
  8. Malone Stadium (UL Monroe): 95, Comfortable
  9. S.B. Ballard Stadium (Old Dominion): 95, Comfortable
  10. Joe Aillet Stadium (Louisiana Tech): 94, Comfortable
  11. Centennial Bank Stadium (Arkansas State): 93, Comfortable
  12. Joan C. Edwards Stadium (Marshall): 93, Comfortable
  13. Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison): 90, Comfortable
  14. Kidd Brewer Stadium (App State): 88, Mixed

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S.B. Ballard Stadium scores 95, higher than 5, lower than 5 and level with 3 of the other 13 Sun Belt stadiums. Scores run 88 to 96.

One dot per stadium: 14 Sun Belt stadiums. Every Sun Belt stadium by month.

More about S.B. Ballard Stadium

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, S.B. Ballard Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays909095
September808297
October949698
November959191
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.