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Temperatures, Precipitation, and Sunshine on campus:

Check below to read averages, minimums, and about daylight on the RPI campus.

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During the School Year:
*all schools based on a 250 day school year

Daylight

Avg Number of daylight hours

12.2 hrs

Rochester Institute of Technology	↑0.1hrs
Cornell University	↑0.1hrs
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	↑0.1hrs
Harvard University	↑0.1hrs
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	↑0.1hrs
New York University	↑0.1hrs
Princeton University	↑0.1hrs

Avg % of day spent cloudy

52.8%

Worcester Polytechnic Institute	↓11.6%
Princeton University	↓10.9%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	↑5.5%
Harvard University	↑5.5%
New York University	↑10.6%
Cornell University	↑11.9%
Rochester Institute of Technology	↑25.1%

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

5.8 hrs

Worcester Polytechnic Institute	↑1.5
Princeton University	↑1.4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	↓0.6
Harvard University	↓0.6
New York University	↓1.3
Cornell University	↓1.4
Rochester Institute of Technology	↓3

Precipitation

Avg % of day spent precipitating

10.5%

Princeton University	↓1.8%
New York University	↓1.7%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	↓0.5%
Harvard University	↓0.5%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	↓0.3%
Cornell University	↑2.8%
Rochester Institute of Technology	↑5.9%

Temperatures

Average Temperature

40.8F

New York University	↑7.7F
Princeton University	↑6.0F
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	↑3.5F
Harvard University	↑3.5F
Rochester Institute of Technology	↑0.3F
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	↓0.2F
Cornell University	↓1.6F

Maximum Temperature

89.6F

Cornell University	↑23.4F
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	↑5.4F
Harvard University	↑5.4F
Princeton University	↑3.6F
Rochester Institute of Technology	↑3.6F
New York University	↑1.8F
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	↑1.8F

Minimum Temperature

-14.8F

New York University	↑18.0F
Princeton University	↑16.2F
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	↑7.2F
Harvard University	↑7.2F
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	↑3.6F
Rochester Institute of Technology	↑3.6F
Cornell University	↓1.8F

Windchill Minimum

-39.1F

New York University	↑16.5F
Princeton University	↑15.5F
Rochester Institute of Technology	↑11.0F
Cornell University	↑7.4F
Harvard University	↑0.9F
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	↑0.9F
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	↓3.6F

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“... It's not just the weather--students slog around with this terrifyingly blank stare on their face, people avoid eye contact, and the constant dron...”
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“... it IS a tech school), lack of social life (never wanted a party school), Troy (the fact that it's dangerous and old and broken down is what makes ...”
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“... Troy has some cold weather and the town isn't the greatest, but it's beautiful and very photogenic when it's not covered with clouds and such fro...”
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“... As RPI is a school with a large population of nerds, and is in a cold climate, the social life isn't exactly top notch ...”
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“... It gets pretty cold in the winter, but the students always find an upside ...”
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“... I do have to bitch about the weather ...”
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“... It's cold, and generally miserable during the winter months ...”
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“... *So freaking cold in the winter *Bad housing plan ...”
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“... Troy is cold, the curriculum is hard and without friends it can be miserable ...”
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“... In the winter, this isolation is enhanced by the weather in upper-state NY, creating a very claustrophobic atmosphere ...”
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“... I hate upstate NY, I am sick of the shitty weather, shitty troy ...”
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