Sun Bowl, El Paso

Sun Bowl: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 94, 3:30 pm Saturdays 82

Home of UTEP · Mountain West · capacity 51,500 · Turf

87 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 75th and 133rd.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 84, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 82, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 94, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at Sun Bowl, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 91 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 64.

  • noon: 70, Rough
  • 3:30 pm: 64, Rough
  • 7:30 pm: 91, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October at Sun Bowl, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 98 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 84.

  • noon: 86, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 84, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 98, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at Sun Bowl: scores run 95 to 97, all Comfortable.

  • noon: 96, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 97, 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 (94). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (84 and 82).

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (91). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (64).

October

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (98). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (86 and 84).

November

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 96, 3:30 pm 97, 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

noon27 in 100
3:30 pm36 in 100
7:30 pm10 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon63 in 100
3:30 pm76 in 100
7:30 pm29 in 100

October

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon20 in 100
3:30 pm34 in 100
7:30 pm0 in 100

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, Sun Bowl scores higher than 5 of the other 8 Mountain West stadiums

All Saturdays

  1. CEFCU Stadium (San José State): 94, Comfortable
  2. University Stadium (New Mexico): 90, Comfortable
  3. Mackay Stadium (Nevada): 88, Mixed
  4. Sun Bowl (UTEP): 87, Mixed
  5. Falcon Stadium (Air Force): 85, Mixed
  6. Huskie Stadium (Northern Illinois): 84, Mixed
  7. Aloha Stadium (Hawai'i): 81, Mixed
  8. Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (Hawai'i): 81, Mixed
  9. War Memorial Stadium (Wyoming): 79, Mixed

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Sun Bowl scores 87, higher than 5, lower than 3 of the other 8 Mountain West stadiums. Scores run 79 to 94.

Noon Saturdays

  1. CEFCU Stadium (San José State): 92, Comfortable
  2. University Stadium (New Mexico): 92, Comfortable
  3. Falcon Stadium (Air Force): 90, Comfortable
  4. Mackay Stadium (Nevada): 90, Comfortable
  5. Huskie Stadium (Northern Illinois): 87, Mixed
  6. Sun Bowl (UTEP): 84, Mixed
  7. War Memorial Stadium (Wyoming): 83, Mixed
  8. Aloha Stadium (Hawai'i): 69, Rough
  9. Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (Hawai'i): 69, Rough

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Sun Bowl scores 84, higher than 3, lower than 5 of the other 8 Mountain West stadiums. Scores run 69 to 92.

3:30 pm Saturdays

  1. CEFCU Stadium (San José State): 93, Comfortable
  2. University Stadium (New Mexico): 87, Mixed
  3. Mackay Stadium (Nevada): 86, Mixed
  4. Falcon Stadium (Air Force): 85, Mixed
  5. Huskie Stadium (Northern Illinois): 84, Mixed
  6. Sun Bowl (UTEP): 82, Mixed
  7. Aloha Stadium (Hawai'i): 80, Mixed
  8. Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (Hawai'i): 80, Mixed
  9. War Memorial Stadium (Wyoming): 79, Mixed

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Sun Bowl scores 82, higher than 3, lower than 5 of the other 8 Mountain West stadiums. Scores run 79 to 93.

7:30 pm Saturdays

  1. CEFCU Stadium (San José State): 98, Comfortable
  2. Aloha Stadium (Hawai'i): 95, Comfortable
  3. Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (Hawai'i): 95, Comfortable
  4. Sun Bowl (UTEP): 94, Comfortable
  5. University Stadium (New Mexico): 92, Comfortable
  6. Mackay Stadium (Nevada): 90, Comfortable
  7. Huskie Stadium (Northern Illinois): 82, Mixed
  8. Falcon Stadium (Air Force): 79, Mixed
  9. War Memorial Stadium (Wyoming): 74, Rough

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Sun Bowl scores 94, higher than 5, lower than 3 of the other 8 Mountain West stadiums. Scores run 74 to 98.

One dot per stadium, not per school: 9 stadiums for 8 Mountain West schools: some schools play home games at more than one stadium. Every Mountain West stadium by month.

More about Sun Bowl

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, Sun Bowl.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays848294
September706491
October868498
November969795
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.