Vanderbilt University
- Weather

Hot Hot Hot

It's hot. Summer up until 3 quarters of fall, and half of spring. Its nice; the guys appreciate underdressed girls, the girls love warm weather fashion and shades. The campus is GORGEOUS. But, frequent rain makes rainboots a necessity, and there is the bad thunderstorms, campus flooding, and tornado watches. Students never get out of class, so we have to deal with both extreme heat and bad rain. In winter, it actually gets pretty cold. Peacoats/trenchcoats necessary. A little snow, and the roads get bad easily in winter because clean up services for snow are limited. Overall, warm weather and a beautiful campus is worth it.

Nashville Weather Is Bipolar

The very beginning and very end of the year are humid and sweltering; November through March are freezing. Second semester is very bipolar- this February was characterized by one week with 3 days of snow and the next week being in the 60s. It might rain/monsoon and be freezing for a couple days then turn 75 F the next day. It is personally difficult to deal with because I'd rather it be consistently mild than both extremes all the time.

We Have Seasons!

Vanderbilt is in the 80's and 90's when classes first start, but this drops pretty rapidly. Campus is gorgeous in the fall since it is a national arboritum! We've had an abnormal amount of snow this year, which is irritating because Vandy Van service is stopped but classes continue. However, it usually isn't so snowy and it's nowhere near as cold as northern states here, which is a plus.