Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney
Sam Boyd Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 92, noon and 3:30 pm Saturdays 79
Home of UNLV · Mountain West · capacity 36,800 · Turf
- 83all Saturdays, Mixed
- 149thof 167 stadiums
83 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 129th and 159th.
Show a month
All Saturdays
- noon: 79, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 79, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 92, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Sam Boyd Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 82 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 54.
- noon: 56, Rough
- 3:30 pm: 54, Rough
- 7:30 pm: 82, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at Sam Boyd Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 97 and a noon Saturday 83.
- noon: 83, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 85, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 97, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Sam Boyd Stadium: scores run 95 to 98, all Comfortable.
- noon: 97, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 95, 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 (92). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (79 and 79).
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (82). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (56 and 54).
October
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (97). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (83 and 85).
November
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 97, 3:30 pm 98, 7:30 pm 95.
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 Sam Boyd Stadium
- The roughest game played hereUTEP at UNLV, Sept. 8, 2018: feels like 100°F, weather score 53 (Rough). Heat 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 | 79 | 79 | 92 |
| September | 56 | 54 | 82 |
| October | 83 | 85 | 97 |
| November | 97 | 98 | 95 |
| 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.