Stanford Stadium, Stanford
Kickoff time makes little difference at Stanford Stadium: scores run 95 to 98
Home of Stanford · ACC · capacity 50,424 · Grass
- 97all Saturdays, Comfortable
- 2ndof 167 stadiums
97 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 1st and 5th.
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All Saturdays
- noon: 96, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
September
In September at Stanford Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 100 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 93.
- noon: 95, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 93, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 100, Ideal
Weather score at each kickoff time.
October
In October at Stanford Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 100 and a noon or 3:30 pm Saturday 95.
- noon: 95, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 100, Ideal
Weather score at each kickoff time.
November
In November, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Stanford Stadium: scores run 96 to 99, all Comfortable.
- noon: 99, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
- 7:30 pm: 96, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
At kickoff, regular-season Saturdays, 2018 to 2025: 107 at noon, 102 at 3:30 pm, 102 at 7:30 pm.
All Saturdays
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 96, 3:30 pm 95, 7:30 pm 98.
September
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (100). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (95 and 93).
October
Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (100). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (95 and 95).
November
Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 99, 3:30 pm 98, 7:30 pm 96.
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
At every kickoff time, fewer than 5 in 100 of these Saturdays here feel 85°F or hotter, and fewer than 5 in 100 feel under 32°F.
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.
Across all Saturdays, Stanford Stadium ties for the highest score among ACC stadiums
All Saturdays
- California Memorial Stadium (California): 97, Comfortable
- Stanford Stadium (Stanford): 97, Comfortable
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (Wake Forest): 92, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Clemson): 92, Comfortable
- Scott Stadium (Virginia): 92, Comfortable
- Alumni Stadium (Boston College): 91, Comfortable
- Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State): 91, Comfortable
- Kenan Stadium (North Carolina): 91, Comfortable
- Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech): 91, Comfortable
- Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke): 91, Comfortable
- Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech): 90, Comfortable
- Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh): 89, Mixed
- L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville): 89, Mixed
- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State): 84, Mixed
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU): 84, Mixed
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Stanford Stadium scores 97, tied for the highest of the 15 ACC stadiums, with California Memorial Stadium (California). Scores run 84 to 97.
Noon Saturdays
- California Memorial Stadium (California): 97, Comfortable
- Stanford Stadium (Stanford): 96, Comfortable
- Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech): 93, Comfortable
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (Wake Forest): 92, Comfortable
- Alumni Stadium (Boston College): 92, Comfortable
- Scott Stadium (Virginia): 92, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Clemson): 91, Comfortable
- Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh): 90, Comfortable
- Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech): 89, Mixed
- Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State): 89, Mixed
- Kenan Stadium (North Carolina): 89, Mixed
- L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville): 89, Mixed
- Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke): 89, Mixed
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU): 81, Mixed
- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State): 79, Mixed
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Stanford Stadium scores 96, higher than 13, lower than 1 of the other 14 ACC stadiums. Scores run 79 to 97.
3:30 pm Saturdays
- California Memorial Stadium (California): 97, Comfortable
- Stanford Stadium (Stanford): 95, Comfortable
- Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech): 91, Comfortable
- Scott Stadium (Virginia): 91, Comfortable
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (Wake Forest): 90, Comfortable
- Alumni Stadium (Boston College): 90, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Clemson): 90, Comfortable
- Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh): 88, Mixed
- Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State): 88, Mixed
- Kenan Stadium (North Carolina): 88, Mixed
- Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke): 88, Mixed
- Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech): 87, Mixed
- L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville): 86, Mixed
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU): 79, Mixed
- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State): 78, Mixed
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Stanford Stadium scores 95, higher than 13, lower than 1 of the other 14 ACC stadiums. Scores run 78 to 97.
7:30 pm Saturdays
- Stanford Stadium (Stanford): 98, Comfortable
- California Memorial Stadium (California): 97, Comfortable
- Bobby Dodd Stadium (Georgia Tech): 95, Comfortable
- Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State): 95, Comfortable
- Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State): 95, Comfortable
- Kenan Stadium (North Carolina): 95, Comfortable
- Memorial Stadium (Clemson): 95, Comfortable
- Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke): 95, Comfortable
- Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (Wake Forest): 94, Comfortable
- Scott Stadium (Virginia): 93, Comfortable
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU): 92, Comfortable
- L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville): 92, Comfortable
- Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech): 90, Comfortable
- Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh): 89, Mixed
- Alumni Stadium (Boston College): 89, Mixed
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Stanford Stadium scores 98, the highest of the 15 ACC stadiums. Scores run 89 to 98.
One dot per stadium: 15 ACC stadiums. Every ACC stadium by month.
More about Stanford Stadium
Rebuilt half-size in 2006; a sunlit bowl under the eucalyptus where the band brings the chaos.
- The roughest game played hereVirginia Tech at Stanford, Oct. 5, 2024: feels like 90°F, weather score 63 (Rough). Heat took off the most points.
- This weekNC State at Stanford, Friday, Oct. 23, 10:30 pm ET.
- Kickoff timesHow games here landed among each Saturday’s kickoff times.
- NetworksHow kickoff times and TV networks line up.
- Rivalry weatherCalifornia vs Stanford (Big Game): the two home stadiums side by side.
The table behind this page
| Season | Noon | 3:30 pm | 7:30 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saturdays | 96 | 95 | 98 |
| September | 95 | 93 | 100 |
| October | 95 | 95 | 100 |
| November | 99 | 98 | 96 |
| Saturdays counted | 107 | 102 | 102 |
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. This stadium uses an airport 12 km away; the nearest one has too little history. 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.