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Comments about the weather

“... Other in state schools such as UMBC and Towson have fared well even with the budget cuts, but not UMCP, simply because this school's administrati...Read full comment

“... In a two week period over winter break, 5 students were shot and one had his home broke into (in which he was subsequently shot and killed) ...Read full comment

“... Another thing about the dorms is the heating, it doesn't gets turned on unless the school decides it's cold enough to run the heat so be prepared...Read full comment

“... If you don't like walking in the cold about a mile to get to your car then this is defenitely not the school for you ...Read full comment

“... Sunny days at Maryland are the best because students will just be out on the mall enjoying the weather (biggest mall in the nation, btw) ...Read full comment

“... ie, I received a 54% in a econ course this winter term, it turned out to be a C- ...Read full comment

Avg Number of daylight hours
12.3

Avg non-cloudy-ish sunlight hours
4.0

Avg % of day spent cloudy
67.3%

Avg % of day spent precipitating
8.8%

Windchill Minimum
-17.6F

Minimum Temperature
1.4F

Average Temperature
50.6F

Maximum Temperature
95.0F

Temperatures, Precipitation, and Sunshine on campus

Check below to read averages, minimums, and about daylight on the UMD/UMaryland-College Park campus.

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During the School Year

*all schools based on a 250 day school year

Daylight

Avg Number of daylight hours

12.3 hrs

Cornell University	same
Harvard University	same
University of Connecticut	same
Yale University	same
New York University	same
Princeton University	same
University of Delaware	↓0.1hrs

Avg % of day spent cloudy

67.3%

University of Delaware	↓25.9%
Princeton University	↓25.4%
Yale University	↓24%
University of Connecticut	↓20%
Harvard University	↓9%
New York University	↓3.9%
Cornell University	↓2.6%

Avg non-cloudy-ish sunlight hours
(subtracting away average cloudiness)

4.0 hrs

Princeton University	↑3.1
University of Delaware	↑3.1
Yale University	↑3.0
University of Connecticut	↑2.5
Harvard University	↑1.1
New York University	↑0.5
Cornell University	↑0.3

Precipitation

Avg % of day spent precipitating

8.8%

Yale University	↓1.4%
University of Delaware	↓0.7%
Princeton University	same
New York University	same
University of Connecticut	↑0.5%
Harvard University	↑1.3%
Cornell University	↑4.5%

Temperatures

Average Temperature

50.6F

New York University	↓2.1F
University of Delaware	↓2.9F
Princeton University	↓3.8F
Yale University	↓5.7F
Harvard University	↓6.3F
University of Connecticut	↓8.3F
Cornell University	↓11.4F

Maximum Temperature

95.0F

University of Connecticut	↑19.8F
Cornell University	↑18.0F
Harvard University	same
Princeton University	↓1.8F
New York University	↓3.6F
University of Delaware	↓3.6F
Yale University	↓10.8F

Minimum Temperature

1.4F

New York University	↑1.8F
Princeton University	same
University of Delaware	same
Yale University	↓3.6F
Harvard University	↓9F
University of Connecticut	↓12.6F
Cornell University	↓18F

Windchill Minimum

-17.6F

University of Delaware	↑2.4F
Yale University	↓3.4F
New York University	↓5F
Princeton University	↓6F
Cornell University	↓14F
University of Connecticut	↓19.4F
Harvard University	↓20.5F