Sanford Stadium, Athens
Sanford Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 96, 3:30 pm Saturdays 87
Home of Georgia · SEC · capacity 92,746 · Grass
- 90all Saturdays, Comfortable
- 50thof 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 17th and 82nd.
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All Saturdays
- noon: 88, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 87, Mixed
- 7:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Sanford Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 73.
- noon: 76, Mixed
- 3:30 pm: 73, Rough
- 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at Sanford Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 90.
- noon: 91, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 90, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November at Sanford Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 97 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 92.
- noon: 97, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 92, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, regular-season Saturdays, 2018 to 2025: 111 at noon, 113 at 3:30 pm, 111 at 7:30 pm.
All Saturdays
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (96). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (88 and 87).
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (73).
October
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (91 and 90).
November
Best kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (97 and 96). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (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
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
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, Sanford Stadium scores higher than 10 of the other 15 SEC stadiums
All Saturdays
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 91, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 90, Comfortable
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 90, Comfortable
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 90, Comfortable
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 90, Comfortable
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 90, Comfortable
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 89, Mixed
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 88, Mixed
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 88, Mixed
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 87, Mixed
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 85, Mixed
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 84, Mixed
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 82, Mixed
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 82, Mixed
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Sanford Stadium scores 90, higher than 10, lower than 1 and level with 4 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 82 to 91.
Noon Saturdays
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 90, Comfortable
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 90, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 88, Mixed
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 88, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 88, Mixed
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 88, Mixed
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 88, Mixed
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 87, Mixed
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 87, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 86, Mixed
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 85, Mixed
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 83, Mixed
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 78, Mixed
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 77, Mixed
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 77, Mixed
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 76, Mixed
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Sanford Stadium scores 88, higher than 9, lower than 2 and level with 4 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 76 to 90.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 90, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 89, Mixed
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 88, Mixed
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 87, Mixed
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 87, Mixed
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 87, Mixed
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 87, Mixed
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 86, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 86, Mixed
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 86, Mixed
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 85, Mixed
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 83, Mixed
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 81, Mixed
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 80, Mixed
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 77, Mixed
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 76, Mixed
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Sanford Stadium scores 87, higher than 9, lower than 3 and level with 3 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 76 to 90.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida): 97, Comfortable
- Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn): 96, Comfortable
- Sanford Stadium (Georgia): 96, Comfortable
- Tiger Stadium (LSU): 96, Comfortable
- Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama): 95, Comfortable
- Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina): 95, Comfortable
- Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State): 94, Comfortable
- Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Ole Miss): 94, Comfortable
- DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas): 93, Comfortable
- FirstBank Stadium (Vanderbilt): 93, Comfortable
- Kyle Field (Texas A&M): 93, Comfortable
- Neyland Stadium (Tennessee): 93, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma): 92, Comfortable
- Razorback Stadium (Arkansas): 92, Comfortable
- Kroger Field (Kentucky): 90, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Missouri): 90, Comfortable
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Sanford Stadium scores 96, higher than 12, lower than 1 and level with 2 of the other 15 SEC stadiums. Scores run 90 to 97.
One dot per stadium: 16 SEC stadiums. Every SEC stadium by month.
More about Sanford Stadium
Hedges ring the field itself; between the pines, the noise has nowhere to go but down.
- The roughest game played hereAustin Peay at Georgia, Sept. 1, 2018: feels like 94°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.
- Rivalry weatherAuburn vs Georgia (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry): the two home stadiums side by side.
- Rivalry weatherFlorida vs Georgia (Georgia-Florida): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 88 | 87 | 96 |
| September | 76 | 73 | 98 |
| October | 91 | 90 | 98 |
| November | 97 | 96 | 92 |
| Saturdays counted | 111 | 113 | 111 |
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.