<p>Robyrm</p>
<p>Seems like he is having a Ground Hog Day in December or he may feel that it's noce to know that nothing has changed.</p>
<p>We'll see how he re-adjusts as he has never been keen on the heat...and has evidently grown his hair and beard as "insulation" for the winter weather at school!</p>
<p>Until a few months ago there were never weather forecasts here. We have 2 seasons. Hot and wet/ hot and wetter. In theory there is a dry season, but it is often just a theory!</p>
<p>Roby:</p>
<p>Your comments reminded me of the time I arrived in Bangkok in mid-January and was told that I'd missed the cooler weather. When was that? Oh, it had been in December and had lasted for a week. Whatever the weather, I'm sure your S will enjoy the tropical fruits and vegetables; and you'll enjoy having him home.</p>
<p>We often visit my mother in the Philippines. Hot weather over there is 90-something in the shade with 90 percent humidity. When she returned to the States for a visit in May one year, she needed a fur throw on the bed to stay warm at night--temps were in the 70s! It's all relative.</p>
<p>My son came off the plane in Providence from Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon in shorts, a tee-shirt, and a leather jacket. Wears short sleeve shirts year round. Guess it takes a lot to get him to wear long pants. He did go out last night (it was very cold in the Boston suburbs last night) in his ski jacket, long pants, and and leather hiking boots. Everyone has their own thermostat, I guess.</p>
<p>Our S, just back from the first semester of his adventure in the Boston area, said that it hadn't yet gotten cold enough for him to wear the North Face parka we bought him. But then again he hasn't yet tried out the East Coast sport of snowdrift touch football.</p>
<p>It was 12 degrees with a wind chill equating to 1 degree in Northampton this morning; it is in the 70's her in SoCal right now. I trust that D will not have trouble adjusting when she steps off the plane tomorrow night.</p>
<p>She did say in IM today that she now appreciates hats.</p>
<p>I don't understand why Dartmouth is commonly associated with frigidity...wouldn't it be equivalent to the Boston area? Or am I geographically and meteorologically off base?</p>
<p>The trouble with silk or thermal underwear is those overheated (at least to a Californian) classrooms. Course, stripping off the thermal would give S an excuse to show off the sixpack he claims to have developed in strength training.</p>
<p>S got to the airport this morning about 8 am his time, to find himself facing a five and a half hour delay, including an extra two hour lay over in Chicago. Oh he'll be in a fine mood when he finally arrives tonight after some 15 hours of travel...</p>
<p>Yep. Dartmouth is 3 hours north of Boston and further inland. Both factors make for colder weather. When it snows, some suburbs of Boston only 20 minutes drive away get considerably more snow because they are further inland. Boston not only benefits from being close to the sea; the Berkshires often reduce the ferocity of storms coming in from the Midwest. </p>
<p>If I weren't attached to my hat, I would tip it to those from Alabama, CA, and other warm weather areas who are willing to brave the cold of Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Off-shore breezes bring humidity and tend to lower temperatures in the Boston city area. In the suburbs, the temps can be several degrees lower than in the city. Hanover, NH, is farther north in latitude than Boston and inland, so it will retain cold temps for longer periods of time. (I'm not a meteorologist--it's just my take as a native Bostonian.)</p>
<p>You guys are good! I should have taken that "Weather & Climate" course when I could have. Oh well. Thanks for the description, now I know why people complain of the frigid Dartmouth winters. Not that it makes the school any less appealing to me - if its below 70, its too cold, doesnt matter how much lower than 70 it gets.</p>
<p>I used to tease my daughter by telling her that at least Barnard had tunnels so you did not have to go out side in bad weather. She lives in East Wheelock which is quite a ways off from the class rooms. So she will put on her layers (she said Century 21 had a great deal on the silk thermals), her ugly Ugg boots, a hat (which she has a new appreciation for) and brave the Hanover cold to get to class.
But hey, they have winter carnival to celebrate the snow and the cold -so go figure.</p>