<p>I just checked the weather.com forecast for the days I'll be in Ithaca and it seems like it'll be really cold.. (30s to 40s)</p>
<p>Like how much do I need to prepare for the cold weather?</p>
<p>i'd imagine very much so; dress for 30 degree weather</p>
<p>when are you going? i see highs of 46-60 all during Cornell Days.</p>
<p>Hi~We live about 2 hours from Cornell and we visited yesterday...it was 65! Everyone was in shorts and flip-flops but that is what happens in crazy NY when the weather turns nice. There was frost today! If you dress in layers you'll be fine. This weather is awesome compared to the winter. Cornell Days was wonderful and they really rolled out the red carpet. The students were very firendly around campus and it was a great experience. This was our 3 rd visit and by far the best. (Admission helps though)! Anyway we got the feeling of a smaller school inside a larger complex and that was what we were looking for. Do the dorm tour and eat in a variety of places. The food is wonderful. Bring good walking shoes as you will be in shape if you go to school there! Don't forget your camera as it's really a pretty campus!</p>
<p>Feel free to email me if you have any specific questions about the area. I am not really familiar with Ithaca but very familiar with Rochester and Syracuse!</p>
<p>Best of Luck! Juniormom</p>
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<p>Like how much do I need to prepare for the cold weather?
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<p>ummm probably clothes for 30-40 degree weather...then again you're from SF Bay so i'll let it slide. Regular pants like jeans, regular socks, regular walking shoes, 30 degrees does not equal snow. a hoodie and tshirt or two would be fine, and maybe a hat if you want. you dont need gloves just pockets. and remember its ithaca so the weather changes like every 5 secs. so when I say T shirt i really mean T shirt.</p>
<p>cool, i w asn' t able to visit during cornell days due to financial reasons, other obligations , yeah i k now, excuses , but send some pictures, it would then be just as good as if i went, for me.</p>
<p>uhh, stupid question, but does it ever reach like 70 or above? If so, when? I am from Florida...a temperature below 50 is UNHEARD OF (well, it was 46 once, and I was FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZING)...</p>
<p>Yea when you initially come to Cornell in August and September.</p>
<p>I live in the Valley just south of Ithaca, so I can honestly say that I've been through the pits.... The winters are very cold, however, they are a dry cold, so you don't feel it as much as if you were along the coast (like in NJ, where I lived and grew up until only a couple years ago). But like people have been saying, layers are good... Wear a t-shirt, with a long sleeve shirt of some kind, and a light jacket </p>
<p>**<strong><em>windbreaker is a good idea with the wind that blows of Cayuga).</em></strong>*</p>
<p>I don't know about you, but I have very sensitive eyes, so I wear sunglasses a lot, you may want to bring a pair.... </p>
<p>normal jeans or cargo pants are good too. and in case the weather is really nice, bring a frisbee-there will always be someone willing to play, it's a great campus!! </p>
<p>have fun, and I hope you enjoy Cornell!!!</p>
<p>you can private message me if you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask!</p>
<p>hot, we're more elite then we thought.</p>
<p>I'm from southern arizona, where 120 degrees in the summer heat is not very unusual, as high as 122, 125 F degrees, not sure about c degrees, but i guess over 40 celsius too. good thing az has the dry heat mostly, humidity kills. I suppose dry colds work in a similar way? harsher climate of course, but not as bad as by the coast like NJ? ? </p>
<p>I read something about seas and oceans etc help to regulate, maintain temperature so htere's no big temp variation,milder so to speak. But i like outdoor activities like long-distance jogging (i actually finished a marathon in arizona winter this year Jan. 9, took me 5 hours 45 minutes to jog/walk/run in the 50-70 F degree weather) , and ive heard about ithaca's infamous weather changes like every 5 minutes, guess i'll have to hit the treadmills if i even get the inclination to jog for longer distances, tho i doubt if i'll get any long periods of workout time with cornell's workload./</p>
<p>hahaha... Well, the weather can change very quickly, but more like a few hours. It's not like you'll be out running on a beautiful day and within 5 minutes be caught in a downpour with no place to go for cover. The whole idea that the weather changes in 5 minutes is a slight exaggeration... And like you said, the dry cold works in the same way that the dry heat does... I lived in NJ for 14 years, and I can say that I am not as cold here on a -10 F day (very very rare, don't worry!! And usually during the middle of winter during winter break anyway...) than I was in New Jersey on a 20 F day. If someone wants to tell me that Cayuga lake defeats my arguement, they can just not even try, because a small lake like that will not create the humid air that the Atlantic Ocean will... However, when preparing for winter, or cold conditions, be sure to bring something to cover your face, like a scarf or something, because the wind off the lake can be brutal... but as long as you cover up, you'll be fine. </p>
<p>Usually, during spring/fall, the weather isn't that bad... there is a little more rain than usual (my area actually got about 3 in. more rain than Seattle did last year, lol), but it usually comes all at once... For example, we just had a flood as a result of about 3 days worth of steady rain... but for the 2 days before, and the 3 days since, it's been absolutely gorgeous. </p>
<p>Honestly, Shawn, I don't think you will be as impacted by the weather as you think. But, if you get cold very easily, bring some warm clothes... However, I am sure you will get used to the weather pretty fast.</p>
<p>Also, the campus is beautiful for running... There are beautiful tree covered paths, stretches with great views over the valley and onto Cayuga, and then the gorge paths, which are incredible. You will have a lot of choices when you go running at Cornell, I can assure you of that. If you're like me though, as you are running down that beautiful tree covered path nea the Cornell Dairy Store, you will want to stop for some of Cornell's ice cream, and totally blow the purpose of the run... At that point I say to myself "today was just a cardio workout... I almost broke even with calorie input..." </p>
<p>Again, anyone can private message me if they have specific questions about the weather, or the change of seasons, etc.</p>
<p>excellent imagery :p</p>
<p>Boo. I'm leaving warmth in MN for chillyness in NY. That sucks</p>
<p>sparticus- LOL... Also, I mean to tell you, but last week I stopped by Princeton while visiting family in NJ, and I really liked the town. You live in a very nice place Sparty...</p>
<p>Vaish- I'm telling you, it's really not that cold. Especially for the majority of the time you would be in classes. Don't sweat it.</p>
<p>blackferrari2006 , thanks for your detailed descriptions. I was born in northeastern china , with similar latitudes to new york state. I actually miss the cold and snow. </p>
<p>A trivial fact, people who live in colder climates have a 10 to 30 years longer life span than people who live near the tropics or even very hot regions like Arizona, Florida etc , and it's not just because tropic diseases and humidity kill , but it has something to do with people who live in colder places like northeastern US etc have slightly diff. metabolic rates and everything . In fact, there are companies that invented human refrigerators for people to sleep at night and those things lower your body temperature from 37 C degrees to as low as 22 C, and those human icde boxes warm up in the morning to let you wake up and go to work normally. Scientists hypothesize those things may increase life span from say 80 years to as much as 120 years. No bull****</p>
<p>the weather is very good lately at cornell except at night.</p>
<p>yeah princeton is really nice, not like most of NJ. Some of the houses here are re-DIC.</p>
<p>No problem Shawn, I want people to feel confortable with Cornell, and especially with things such as the weather because there's nothing to be scared of. And as Kittykatt said, the past few days have been AMAZING, it's soo nice out right now.</p>
<p>Sparticus- I lived in Cranford (near Westfield), I don't know if you know where tht is, but it's also a very nice area... A little more suburban though. I really like the architecture in Princeton, from the houses to the downtown area, it's very quaint, but at the same time the home of an Ivy League university... It's pretty cool :)</p>
<p>Okay, read on another thread about how the weather at Hanover, NH for Dartmouth college truly stinks, so cornell's weather is definitely not the worst in the ivy league. The college towns of cambridge , mass, princeton, nj, new havens, conn. , ithaca, ny, nyc, ny, providence, RI , phila., penn. etc are all in the northeast region of the US, and there couldn't be tremendous differences in weather etc, so they are all very nice. We don't want to go to ivy league for the weather like on some Caribbean islands, but to get world-class educations right. good weather is a nice bonus, so i don't care if ithaca's weather is 10 times worse, but seriously, what's the worst weather at cornell you can remember?</p>
<p>the worst in the 5 years I've known this area, the worst weather I can remember has been the recent flooding... The winters are a pain in the @$$ because I have to shovel all the snow... but the worst weather for the area has been this flooding... though Cornell is on a (big) hill, so they probably don't give a hoot. The worst part about the Ithaca weather is the wind which can generate on the hills... It can make you really cold. But as long as you cover your face and hands appropriately with a scarf/jacket and gloves, you won't have a problem with the weather.</p>