Weather

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rice University
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<p>How is the weather during the school year? Is it really hot in Sept and Oct.?</p>

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<p>I live in West TX and it sucks year round, but it gets tolerable around September. I'm sure South TX is the same except more humid.</p>

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<p>It starts cooling down in Sept/Oct.</p>

<p>Otherwise, the weather is great. Especially if you hate the cold, as I do.</p>

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<p>I've lived in Houston for the past 20 years -- originally from Maryland. September is typically just as hot as August. That's my worst month here, as I always expect it to cool down a little and it doesn't. By mid-October, though, the weather becomes much more tolerable. You can search on weather averages for a particular city (highs and lows) on <a href="http://www.weather.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.weather.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p>

<p>The weather in February and March makes up for September! It's usually glorious then!</p>

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<p>Here's the link: <a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USTX0617?from=search%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USTX0617?from=search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>The beginning of the school year sucks, but the rest of the year is very moderate. My friends from the north love it - they love getting away from the cold.</p>

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<p>It's hot in September, but everywhere in Houston has air conditioning- often I carry around a sweater/jacket to wear inside because everyplace is over air conditioned. It may still be quite warm in October, but at least you can wear whatever you want for Halloween.</p>

<p>I'm not a Rice student, but I'm from the Houston area, and when I came home for winter break, it hit 80 a few times and I don't think ever went below 50.</p>

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<p>Once you hit mid/late-October, it's absolutely wonderful and stays that way until mid-April -- with the exception of a cool/cold snap (depending on your point of reference) usually around February.</p>

<p>By far, the worst weather you'll face is going to be during O-Week at the end of August. They say Houston has 4 seasons, like everywhere else, but ours are June, July, August, and The Rest.</p>