Which colleges have the best weather?

College Search & Selection
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But I suggest that the focus should be on weather during the school year and NOT the summer months. How much cold do you want and how long do you want it? And if you don't want humidity, then stay out of the East!

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<p>Amen. In the NJ/NY area it can get quite humid, as it has been lately, but that certainly is no representation of how cold it can get here in the winter months.</p>

<p>Virginia/NC will have a fair amount of humidity, but it's by no means the worst you'd find in the country. They are both in the South, but they're not "Deep South." You'd have to go further South to really start melting. ;)</p>

<p>At the end of the day, weather is subjective. Some people love the cold; other people prefer the heat. You have to ask yourself what type of weather you prefer and whether or not this preference should warrant the elimination of some schools and the inclusion of others.</p>

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<p>I also think Seattle has good weather year-round.</p>

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<p>doesnt Seattle rain everyday?</p>

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<p>Oh, I thought you were talking about temperature. Still, rain is nice sometimes, and it does not rain every day.</p>

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<p>i heard it rains every other day or like most of the year</p>

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<p>i would think outside of socal.. the northcarolina/virginia/dc area has the best weather. i love seasons so i would want to see the change. but its not too far north that youd be killed by snow every winter (maybe one snow at most). im from NJ and it gets real hot in the summer like 80s/90s everyday, but that doesnt change the fact that we have 3/4 snow storms per year. and boston is FAR from humid.. i was buried in snow all winter!</p>

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<p>Stanford
UCLA
Duke-humid
Berkeley</p>

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<p>Seattle is quite temperate, and it rarely rains hard. But there can be long stretches (as in many weeks) when it is grey and dreary and drizzly, and you feel like you haven't seen the sun forever. If you require frequent exposure to the sun, Seattle is probably not for you. Seattle summers are gorgeous, though.</p>

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<p>I saw Elon in North Carolina on a beautiful summer day, not too hot or cold. Plus the campus is wonderful and somewhat rural.</p>

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<p>University of Hawaii
Pepperdine-> Malibu
UCLA->Venice/westwood
UCSD-> La Jolla
UCSB- Illa Vista
Cal Poly-> SLO</p>

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<p>awww yess pepperdine. how can i forget about that?</p>

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<p>No place is perfect but humid in August fades quickly but nothing is like a 75 degree day in Dec/Jan.</p>

<p>Georgetown
Washington & Lee (less humid in the mountains)
William & Mary
Duke
Davidson
Wake Forest
Emory
Vanderbilt
Rice
Claremont Consortium
Stanford</p>

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<p>In my opinion the Claremont Consortium has nowhere near the quality of weather found at UCLA, Pepperdine or UCSD. Sure it's in LA, but Claremont gets brutally hot in the summer and is nowhere near the ocean. Having said that, it's a great set of schools and both my mother and my uncle went there.</p>

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<p>Another weather factor to consider is sunshine, which for many people is more important than temperature. Some places are just gray and gloomy most of the time. According to the National Climate Data Center, Juneau, Alaska has the least sun of any substantial city in the country: only 30% of total possible sunshine. At the other extreme is Yuma, Arizona which gets 90% of total possible sunshine. </p>

<p>If you don't like gray and gloom, you'll want to avoid:
Seattle 43% (U Washington)
Pittsburgh 45% (Pitt, CMU)
Syracuse 46% (Syracuse, proxy for Cornell, Hamilton, Colgate)
Portland, OR 48% (proxy for U Oregon)
Buffalo 48% (SUNY Buffalo)
Cleveland 49% (Case Western, proxy for Oberlin)
Burlington VT 49% (proxy for Middlebury)
Binghampton NY 49% (SUNY Binghampton, proxy for Cornell)
Cincinnati 50%
Columbus OH 50% (Ohio State, proxy for Kenyon)
Rochester NY 51% (U Rochester)
Lansing MI 51% (Michigan State)
Toledo 52% (proxy for U Michigan)
Detroit 53% (proxy for U Michigan)
Allentown PA 53% (Lehigh, Muhlenberg)
Albany NY 53% (proxy for Williams, RPI, Bard, Union)
Milwaukee 54% (Marquette)
Madison 54% (U Wisconsin-Madison)
Chicago 54% (Northwestern, U Chicago, proxy for UIUC, Notre Dame)
Indianapolis 55% (proxy for Indiana U, Purdue, Notre Dame)
Washington DC 56% (Georgetown, American, GW, Catholic, U Maryland, proxy for UVA)
Philadelphia 56% (Penn, Swarthmore, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Villanova, etc)
Nashville 56% (Vanderbilt)
Louisville 56% (Louisville)
Knowville 56% (U Tennessee)
Peoria 56% (proxy for UIUC, Knox)
Hartford 56% (Trinity, proxy for UConn, Wesleyan, Yale)
St. Louis 57% (Wash U)
Portland ME 57% (proxy for Bowdoin, Bates, Colby)
New Orleans 57% (Tulane)
Harrisburg PA 57% (proxy for Dickinson, Penn State)
Baltimore 57% (Johns Hopkins)</p>

<p>If you like sun you'll love:
Las Vegas 85% (UNLV)
Phoenix 85% (Arizona State)
Tucson 85% (U Arizona)
Sacramento 78% (proxy for UC Davis)
Albuquerque 76% (U New Mexico)
Los Angeles 73% (UCLA, USC, Occidental, UCI, Claremont Colleges)
Lubbock TX 72% (Texas Tech)
Honolulu 71% (proxy for U Hawaii)
Miami 70% (U Miami)
Denver 69% (U Denver, proxy for Colorado College, U Colorado-Boulder)
San Diego 68% (UCSD, U San Diego)
San Francisco 66% (proxy for Stanford, UC Berkeley, Mills)
Tampa 66% (U South Florida) </p>

<p>Not mentioned? It probably falls somewhere in between, i.e., 58 to 65%.</p>

<p>source: <a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/pctposrank.txt%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/pctposrank.txt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Hard to believe Cincinnati and Indianapolis are only 50% and 55%.
Anyway, Colorado always claims more sunny days than San Diego which these numbers back up.</p>

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<p>Colleges in Hawaii, California and Florida.</p>

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<p>Cornell</p>

<p>jk</p>

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<p>UCSB, Cal Poly, UCLA, UCSD, Pepperdine, UH, Stanford, Almost any Florida college, and lots of California colleges. The people who have said Berkley have clearly never been to Berkley on a normal day.</p>

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<p>uva hands down</p>

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<p>Three year old thread. I doubt the OP cares anymore.</p>