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Santa Clara is lucky to enjoy sunny and temperate weather year-round, with average temperatures ranging between 60 and 80 degrees. Fall weather stays warm until Thanksgiving (daytime highs can reach 85 degrees), though it starts cooling off at night around October. Winters can be rainy but are usually fairly mild, as temperatures rarely dip below 50 degrees during the day or 40 degrees at night. It usually only rains during the winter, but students should be prepared for spring showers during El Niño season. Spring quarter temperatures can get up to 90 or 100 degrees, so it's a good idea to purchase a fan for your room, especially if your building doesn't have air conditioning. 

The beautiful weather gives the campus a nice and relaxed atmosphere, and sometimes makes the school feel more like a resort than a college. Students can be seen sunbathing in February, and many professors choose to hold class outside on exceptionally nice days. 

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Weather at Santa Clara University

tmwright

Accounting '13

3.8

B+

Get Your Tanks Out

Being in the state of California, tank tops are some what mandatory. If its sunny and above 70 degrees, (which it usually is), you will have trouble finding sleeves around campus. The weather in Santa Clara is warm from the beginning of march till around late october. It never gets bellow 40 in the winter, and you can expect rain from december to early feburary. Compared to most schools in the country this is phenomenal weather, except if you go to school in San Diego or Florida.

Dec 15, 2011

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Bronco1

Communications '14

4.6

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Life at SCU: Weather

It is nice when you move in in September, in the 80s-90s, by October it is pretty cold, 50s-70s throughout the day. Cold winter, no snow, and lovely spring.

Dec 14, 2011

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bronco413

Mechanical Engineering '13

5.0

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The Weather Is Great!

It is sunny all the time. I was in a bathing suit in December.

Dec 13, 2011

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