University Stadium, Albuquerque

University Stadium: noon and 7:30 pm Saturdays score 92, 3:30 pm Saturdays 87

Home of New Mexico · Mountain West · capacity 39,224 · Turf · 5,100 ft above sea level

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 20th and 77th.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 92, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 87, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 92, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at University Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 96 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 76.

  • noon: 83, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 76, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 96, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October, kickoff time makes little difference in these Saturdays at University Stadium: scores run 95 to 97, all Comfortable.

  • noon: 96, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 97, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November at University Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 96 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 84.

  • noon: 96, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 91, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 84, Mixed

Weather score at each kickoff time.

At kickoff, 114 regular-season Saturdays at each kickoff time, 2018 to 2025.

All Saturdays

Best kickoff time: noon and 7:30 pm (92 and 92). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (87).

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (96). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (76).

October

Little difference by kickoff time. Noon 96, 3:30 pm 95, 7:30 pm 97.

November

Best kickoff time: noon (96). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (84).

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

noon8 in 100
3:30 pm13 in 100
7:30 pm0 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon24 in 100
3:30 pm37 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 pm5 in 100
7:30 pm12 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, University Stadium scores higher than 7 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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University Stadium scores 90, higher than 7, lower than 1 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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University Stadium scores 92, tied for the highest of the 9 Mountain West stadiums, with CEFCU Stadium (San José State). 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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University Stadium scores 87, higher than 7, lower than 1 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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University Stadium scores 92, higher than 4, lower than 4 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 University Stadium

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, University Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays928792
September837696
October969597
November969184
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.