SHI Stadium, Piscataway

Kickoff time makes little difference at SHI Stadium: scores run 89 to 92

Home of Rutgers · Big Ten · capacity 52,454 · Turf

91 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 67th.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 92, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 90, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 89, Mixed

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at SHI Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 99 and a noon Saturday 88.

  • noon: 88, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 90, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 99, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at SHI Stadium: scores run 92 to 96, all Comfortable.

  • noon: 96, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 92, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November at SHI Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 93 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 78.

  • noon: 93, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 86, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 78, Mixed

Weather score at each kickoff time.

At kickoff, regular-season Saturdays, 2018 to 2025: 113 at noon, 114 at 3:30 pm, 114 at 7:30 pm.

All Saturdays

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 92, 3:30 pm 90, 7:30 pm 89.

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (99). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (88 and 90).

October

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 96, 3:30 pm 96, 7:30 pm 92.

November

Best kickoff time: noon (93). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (78).

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 under 32°F

noon1 in 100
3:30 pm4 in 100
7:30 pm10 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon8 in 100
3:30 pm5 in 100
7:30 pm0 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

Feel under 32°F

noon2 in 100
3:30 pm12 in 100
7:30 pm27 in 100

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, SHI Stadium scores higher than 13 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums

All Saturdays

  1. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 96, Comfortable
  2. Husky Stadium (Washington): 94, Comfortable
  3. Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 92, Comfortable
  4. SECU Stadium (Maryland): 92, Comfortable
  5. SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 91, Comfortable
  6. Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 90, Comfortable
  7. Rose Bowl (UCLA): 90, Comfortable
  8. Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 89, Mixed
  9. Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 88, Mixed
  10. Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 87, Mixed
  11. Ryan Field (Northwestern): 87, Mixed
  12. Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 86, Mixed
  13. Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 86, Mixed
  14. Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 86, Mixed
  15. Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 86, Mixed
  16. Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 85, Mixed
  17. Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 85, Mixed
  18. Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 84, Mixed

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SHI Stadium scores 91, higher than 13, lower than 4 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 84 to 96.

Noon Saturdays

  1. Husky Stadium (Washington): 97, Comfortable
  2. Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 94, Comfortable
  3. Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 93, Comfortable
  4. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 93, Comfortable
  5. SECU Stadium (Maryland): 93, Comfortable
  6. SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 92, Comfortable
  7. Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 90, Comfortable
  8. Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 89, Mixed
  9. Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 89, Mixed
  10. Ryan Field (Northwestern): 89, Mixed
  11. Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 88, Mixed
  12. Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 88, Mixed
  13. Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 88, Mixed
  14. Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 87, Mixed
  15. Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 87, Mixed
  16. Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 86, Mixed
  17. Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 86, Mixed
  18. Rose Bowl (UCLA): 84, Mixed

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SHI Stadium scores 92, higher than 12, lower than 5 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 84 to 97.

3:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 97, Comfortable
  2. Husky Stadium (Washington): 94, Comfortable
  3. SECU Stadium (Maryland): 91, Comfortable
  4. Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 90, Comfortable
  5. Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 90, Comfortable
  6. SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 90, Comfortable
  7. Rose Bowl (UCLA): 89, Mixed
  8. Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 87, Mixed
  9. Ryan Field (Northwestern): 87, Mixed
  10. Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 86, Mixed
  11. Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 86, Mixed
  12. Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 86, Mixed
  13. Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 86, Mixed
  14. Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 85, Mixed
  15. Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 84, Mixed
  16. Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 84, Mixed
  17. Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 83, Mixed
  18. Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 82, Mixed

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SHI Stadium scores 90, higher than 12, lower than 3 and level with 2 of the other 17 Big Ten stadiums. Scores run 82 to 97.

7:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USC): 100, Ideal
  2. Rose Bowl (UCLA): 98, Comfortable
  3. SECU Stadium (Maryland): 93, Comfortable
  4. Husky Stadium (Washington): 92, Comfortable
  5. Autzen Stadium (Oregon): 91, Comfortable
  6. Memorial Stadium (Indiana): 90, Comfortable
  7. Ohio Stadium (Ohio State): 90, Comfortable
  8. SHI Stadium (Rutgers): 89, Mixed
  9. Beaver Stadium (Penn State): 88, Mixed
  10. Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue): 88, Mixed
  11. Ryan Field (Northwestern): 87, Mixed
  12. Kinnick Stadium (Iowa): 86, Mixed
  13. Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 86, Mixed
  14. Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): 86, Mixed
  15. Spartan Stadium (Michigan State): 85, Mixed
  16. Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin): 84, Mixed
  17. Michigan Stadium (Michigan): 84, Mixed
  18. Huntington Bank Stadium (Minnesota): 83, Mixed

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SHI Stadium scores 89, higher than 10, lower than 7 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 SHI Stadium

A cannon fires after every score; Rutgers played college football's first game back in 1869 and won it.

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, SHI Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays929089
September889099
October969692
November938678
Saturdays counted113114114
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.