We went on a school tour at the University of Missouri(Mizzou) it rained 3" during the tour. We all disliked the campus and thought it looked tired and sad. This school fell off the list.
February 2014 touring Wesleyan, Connecticut College and others close by. First off, I put D behind the wheel to get her accustomed to driving on the interstate. We hit a few unexpected snow squalls and nearly ended up in a ditch. There was no where safe for her to pull over for at least a few miles and it was very tense. Arrived at Wesleyan, parked a block away and trudged through the snow to the admissions office. They informed me that they were likely cancelling the info session and that I would be towed from where I was parked. They had me move my car about two blocks in a different direction and when I finally got back 20 minutes later others had shown up and they did keep to schedule. Mind you I had a few choice words when they told me they were thinking about cancelling…we drove 3 hours to get there. So we sit in the info session for 45-60 minutes I guess and then they took us for a tour. No one bothered to shovel the walkways or make any extra effort, it was deplorable. If I remember, D took it off her list.
Also toured Brown that same week in the pouring rain. Our tour guide was oblivious to the fact that all the other groups were standing under arches when giving their spiels, she had us standing in a downpour, some without umbrellas. We got about halfway through and I realized we were one block from our car…we detoured out of there to my D’s embarrassment. Another school taken off the list lol.
We visited Pomona and Harvey Mudd on a summer day when it was 105 and exceptionally humid. Normally that part of CA is dry but the humidity was stifling. As a heavier person, it was unbearable to me, as I could barely keep up with the brisk pace of the tour group, as the tour guide said he wanted to get us inside the A/C as quickly as possible - I could not keep up, and was soaked with sweat and out of breath and missed most of his comments.
We had a freak torrential rain storm during an April visit to Williams. I had a huge golf umbrella and a great raincoat, so DD shared my umbrella and gave hers to another family as we were breaking out into smaller groups. The admissions director saw this and said “That’s exactly why you were accepted - we only accept friendly helpful students here!” DD explained that she was not one of the accepted students as she was only a junior, and I told him he should remember her name for next year and we all laughed. Despite the rain, we had a great tour with an enthusiastic (and I will add friendly and helpful) guide.
And last, while not quite weather, when we visited Dartmouth, our tour was interrupted by a swarm of honey bees that flew right in front of us and landed in a tree outside the library. The tour guide kept saying “This never happens!” as we took a detour.
Not the worst weather but possibly the worst timing. D1 visited Denison U on a bright sunny Saturday, nice breakfast buffet for visiting students, wonderful tour. Sunday at Kenyon was dreary, dank and rainy. The tea and coffee were overrun in what looked like a former Rectory. After going from building to building in the rain D turned to me and stated “I will never go here. Can we leave now?”
Two schools opposite weather, both miserable. On Ds first ever college visits we visited U of M. It was mid teens, gusty winds and spitting snow, it had snowed the day before and the roads were covered. We were overall just miserable. The kicker for D was the engineering campus was a couple of miles from the main campus. On the same trip she visited Kettering University in Flint. The weather was the same but while it was too small for her she was rather impressed that the buildings were all connected by tunnels.
Her second school was Northwestern. It was late July on a record breaking summer day. It was close to a 100 and the humidity was close to the same. They moved part of the information session indoors because of the heat and the outdoor tour was very abbreviated. We had decided to go camping that week along Lake Michigan. We spent a miserable night in the tent where the temps never dropped below 85. The next morning while I was cooking breakfast the winds shifted and began blowing off the lake. The temperature dropped 15 degrees in 15 minutes. Wonderful!
We visited Juniata on a dreary, drizzly President’s Day Open House back in February. Even though the town is on the gritty side to begin with, our DD really enjoyed the visit and the campus. The president was there mingling with the students and we could tell he’s really enthusiastic about Juniata. DD also sat in on a chemistry class (didn’t understand a thing 
) but the professor (a woman) made a point to introduce herself afterward. The student tour guide and our lunch companion were both very happy at Juniata, and it showed. Bottom line: we forgot about the lousy weather.
“On Ds first ever college visits we visited U of M. It was mid teens, gusty winds and spitting snow, it had snowed the day before and the roads were covered. We were overall just miserable.”
You should have visited in the fall! LOL