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When you arrive for O-Week in August, be prepared to sweat like never before. In the summer, Houston is unbearably hot and humid. Also be warned that when it rains, it pours. Think monsoon season. Several of the colleges have suffered flood damage in recent years, and a few upperclassmen tell very amusing tales about floating around the Inner Loop on inner tubes. After a particularly rainy spell, Rice campus will sometimes retain water for a long period of time, earning the affectionate nickname of "William Rice’s Marsh" (a play on the name of Rice founder, William Marsh Rice).
The good news is that Houston has fairly mild winters, and extended fall and spring seasons. Long after your Northern friends have dug out their sweaters and mittens, you can call home and brag to them that you went running outside in shorts and a tank top. You can enjoy outdoor picnics, pickup soccer games, or lazy reading in a hammock well into November. Once it cools off, Houston weather is rather delightful. Don’t be fooled, however; it does get chilly, so bring a coat!
sweetsaturday93
'15
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Humidity
The humidity is as bad as it gets, but that really only lasts for about a month at the beginning of the year. The rest of the year, you can wear shorts while your friends at New England colleges are shoveling their way to classes!
Feb 08, 2012
redseven
Philosophy
Houston Weather Is Great
Weather is never too bad to go to class and is nice pretty much year-round. Cold is 50 degrees, which is not bad at all for a Midwesterner.
Jan 03, 2012
ler4
'13
Earth Sciences
Nice Weather, Never Cold
It is never cold!! Ok...sometimes it is, but not often! It typically rains a lot so sometimes it can be very humid, but otherwise I love the weather.
Nov 20, 2011
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