<p>I’m not from state of California (NY) so I’m not to familiar with the weather patterns. If you guys or girls can answer some of my questions regarding living at UCLA it would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<li><p>How hot does it get in LA during the academic school year? Would you recommend me getting a room with AC? I’m from NY and the past few days have been very hot, 85-95s.</p></li>
<li><p>Do I need to bring a heavy coat for the winter?</p></li>
<li><p>How hot does it get in a residential hall with two other students?</p></li>
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<p>1.not sure about how super hot it will get, im from socal and we occasionally get heat waves, so ac room is NOT a must but certainly convenient
2.haha no heavy coat, sweaters/hoodies are the worst case scenario
3.entering freshman so not sure about that</p>
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<li><p>The first month or two and last month or two of school AC would be really nice. But you don’t really get much of a choice besides giving them your “preference”.</p></li>
<li><p>No don’t bring that heavy coat. It’s not New York.</p></li>
<li><p>Not very, most of the time</p></li>
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<p>Well I live more inland than UCLA and during the summer if you don’t have AC then you will suffer. Our AC broke and last summer I had to take a shower, literally, every hour (or less) to maintain a comfortable body temperature.</p>
<p>However, since UCLA is only about 15 mins from the beach, there is the ocean breeze which keeps the temperature a lot lower than inland soCal. The temperature will rarely get above say 85 degrees (F) at UCLA and will probably be around a comfortable 60-70 for most of the year. However, if there’s no breeze and it’s the middle of the summer it can get uncomfortably hot but this will likely not happen often so I wouldn’t choose a room just because it has AC because you will not likely need it very frequently (unless you like to keep a very cool room).</p>
<p>For the winter, sweatshirts and light jackets will generally suffice. Most of the time you’ll be able to handle it with just long pants and long sleeve shirts. The lows during the winter will be about 40-50 degrees (F).</p>
<p>So overall the weather in Los Angeles should be pretty comfortable for the academic school year. Therefore, again, choosing a dorm for its AC will not really help you.</p>
<p>I also live about 20 miles from UCLA and am attending in the fall. I would say the hottest it gets there is in the 90’s but it’s RARELY humid, so the heat is pretty tolerable. </p>
<p>I don’t think AC is a necessity, and I also don’t think you’re allowed to bring portable AC units to the dorms (or so I was told on a housing tour), but the plazas have AC. </p>
<p>When I stayed overnight in a triple (with 2 extra people), it was about 80 that day and at night, I was fine, it was not too warm at all. The rooms are pretty well ventilated so I’m sure the heat will be tolerable.</p>
<p>Winters are very mild. I agree with previous posters, you don’t need a heavy coat, just a few hoodies probably. If you want to be fancy for the 3 days out of the year it will drizzle, maybe something waterproof as well.</p>