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Northwestern University - NU School Year Weather
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Temperatures, Precipitation, and Sunshine on campus: Check below to read averages, minimums, and about daylight on the NU campus.
You need to upgrade your Flash Player During the School Year: *all schools based on a 250 day school year| Daylight | | | | Avg Number of daylight hours | 12.2 hrs | | | Avg % of day spent cloudy | 65.7% | | Avg non-cloudy-ish sunlight hours (subtracting away average cloudiness) | 4.2 hrs | | | Precipitation | | | | Avg % of day spent precipitating | 10.7% | | | Temperatures | | | | Average Temperature | 42.1F | | | Maximum Temperature | 93.2F | | | Minimum Temperature | -16.6F | | | Windchill Minimum | -37.3F | |
Relevant quotes pertaining to the weather |
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The only down side to the university that I can think of is the weather ...” |
| “... The practice rooms are not sound proof, they are drafty, and you feel the cold lake air comming through the cracks around the windows ...” |
| “... If you hate cold weather definitely look elsewhere ...” |
| “... The teachers were cold and appeared to care more for their own advancement than for teaching students ...” |
| “... Apart from the Greek scene and the cold weather, there is little movement on the sidewalks after 8 pm ...” |
| “... This place is GORGEOUS when the weather is nice ...” |
| “... Winter is cold and there are a few too many people in the Greek system for me ...” |
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One thing to remember is that Chicago is COLD ...” |
| “... If you came to NU to party, you will probably receive horrible grades, and the weather will deter you on many opportune nights ...” |
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Of course the weather is not ideal, but it's not too tough to get a big coat and just deal with it ...” |
| “... And there are those cold, windy, cloudy, rainy days that come in 3s or 4s at a time that make me a little grudging about NU ...” |
| “... It's about the world's most beautiful campus, though, if you throw out the library, and every day that it's sunny, I just have to look up and sm...” |
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“... pros:
- the first suburb outside of a major city; chicago is easily accessible
- big 10 sports
- an incredible swimming and athletic facility (...” |
| “... ), got it running again by working on it all night long in the dark under a street lamp in the bitter winter cold, and drove half way across the U...” |
| “... Keep telling yourself that the cold builds character (I'm from Chicago, the city) ...” |
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2) The weather sucks - I'm from Iowa, but being next to Lake Michigan is horrendous ...” |
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