Valley Children's Stadium, Fresno

Valley Children's Stadium: 7:30 pm Saturdays score 95, 3:30 pm Saturdays 83

Home of Fresno State · Pac-12 · capacity 41,031 · Turf

88 is Mixed, and about as many stadiums score higher as 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 60th and 121st.

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All Saturdays

  • noon: 85, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 83, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 95, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

September

In September at Valley Children's Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 92 and a 3:30 pm Saturday 63.

  • noon: 70, Rough
  • 3:30 pm: 63, Rough
  • 7:30 pm: 92, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

October

In October at Valley Children's Stadium, a 7:30 pm Saturday scores 99 and a noon or 3:30 pm Saturday 87.

  • noon: 87, Mixed
  • 3:30 pm: 87, Mixed
  • 7:30 pm: 99, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

November

In November at Valley Children's Stadium, a noon Saturday scores 99 and a 7:30 pm Saturday 94.

  • noon: 99, Comfortable
  • 3:30 pm: 98, Comfortable
  • 7:30 pm: 94, 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 (95). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (85 and 83).

September

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (92). Roughest kickoff time: 3:30 pm (63).

October

Best kickoff time: 7:30 pm (99). Roughest kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (87 and 87).

November

Best kickoff time: noon and 3:30 pm (99 and 98). Roughest kickoff time: 7:30 pm (94).

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

noon28 in 100
3:30 pm32 in 100
7:30 pm10 in 100

September

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon66 in 100
3:30 pm76 in 100
7:30 pm26 in 100

October

Feel 85°F or hotter

noon20 in 100
3:30 pm20 in 100
7:30 pm3 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, Valley Children's Stadium scores higher than 4 of the other 8 Pac-12 stadiums

All Saturdays

  1. Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego State): 94, Comfortable
  2. StubHub Center (San Diego State): 94, Comfortable
  3. Reser Stadium (Oregon State): 93, Comfortable
  4. Albertsons Stadium (Boise State): 88, Mixed
  5. Valley Children's Stadium (Fresno State): 88, Mixed
  6. Canvas Stadium (Colorado State): 86, Mixed
  7. Gesa Field (Washington State): 86, Mixed
  8. Maverik Stadium (Utah State): 85, Mixed
  9. Bobcat Stadium (Texas State): 81, Mixed

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Valley Children's Stadium scores 88, higher than 4, lower than 3 and level with 1 of the other 8 Pac-12 stadiums. Scores run 81 to 94.

Noon Saturdays

  1. Reser Stadium (Oregon State): 96, Comfortable
  2. Albertsons Stadium (Boise State): 91, Comfortable
  3. Maverik Stadium (Utah State): 91, Comfortable
  4. Canvas Stadium (Colorado State): 89, Mixed
  5. Gesa Field (Washington State): 89, Mixed
  6. Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego State): 89, Mixed
  7. StubHub Center (San Diego State): 89, Mixed
  8. Valley Children's Stadium (Fresno State): 85, Mixed
  9. Bobcat Stadium (Texas State): 77, Mixed

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Valley Children's Stadium scores 85, higher than 1, lower than 7 of the other 8 Pac-12 stadiums. Scores run 77 to 96.

3:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego State): 95, Comfortable
  2. StubHub Center (San Diego State): 94, Comfortable
  3. Reser Stadium (Oregon State): 92, Comfortable
  4. Albertsons Stadium (Boise State): 85, Mixed
  5. Canvas Stadium (Colorado State): 85, Mixed
  6. Gesa Field (Washington State): 85, Mixed
  7. Maverik Stadium (Utah State): 83, Mixed
  8. Valley Children's Stadium (Fresno State): 83, Mixed
  9. Bobcat Stadium (Texas State): 75, Mixed

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Valley Children's Stadium scores 83, higher than 1, lower than 6 and level with 1 of the other 8 Pac-12 stadiums. Scores run 75 to 95.

7:30 pm Saturdays

  1. Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego State): 99, Comfortable
  2. StubHub Center (San Diego State): 99, Comfortable
  3. Valley Children's Stadium (Fresno State): 95, Comfortable
  4. Bobcat Stadium (Texas State): 93, Comfortable
  5. Reser Stadium (Oregon State): 91, Comfortable
  6. Albertsons Stadium (Boise State): 87, Mixed
  7. Canvas Stadium (Colorado State): 85, Mixed
  8. Gesa Field (Washington State): 84, Mixed
  9. Maverik Stadium (Utah State): 83, Mixed

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Valley Children's Stadium scores 95, higher than 6, lower than 2 of the other 8 Pac-12 stadiums. Scores run 83 to 99.

One dot per stadium, not per school: 9 stadiums for 8 Pac-12 schools: some schools play home games at more than one stadium. Every Pac-12 stadium by month.

More about Valley Children's Stadium

Opened in 1980 as Bulldog Stadium; renamed when a Central Valley children's health system bought the naming rights.

The table behind this page
Weather score by part of the season and kickoff time, Valley Children's Stadium.
SeasonNoon3:30 pm7:30 pm
All Saturdays858395
September706392
October878799
November999894
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.