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Comments about the weather

“... Yet another part of me wants to go somewhere with more nature, like mountains, better weather (about half the year is some form of winter), less ...Read full comment

“... My major did not care weather I passed or failed my classes, they just wanted more money ...Read full comment

“... In order to like this place you have to 1) hate sunshine, cause we get hardly any ...Read full comment

“... Prepare for snow all the time if you do happen to go here ...Read full comment

“... Much snow in the winter, which is a big change from home, but change is good, yes ...Read full comment

“... Get's very cold in the winter, if the professor see that you care they will care, build connections which can help in the future ...Read full comment

Avg Number of daylight hours
12.2

Avg non-cloudy-ish sunlight hours
4.7

Avg % of day spent cloudy
61.4%

Avg % of day spent precipitating
14.6%

Windchill Minimum
-26.1F

Minimum Temperature
-5.8F

Average Temperature
42.4F

Maximum Temperature
93.2F

Temperatures, Precipitation, and Sunshine on campus

Check below to read averages, minimums, and about daylight on the Mercyhurst 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

Cornell University	↑0.1hrs
Harvard University	↑0.1hrs
University of Massachusetts - Amherst	↑0.1hrs
New York University	↑0.1hrs
Loyola University - Chicago	same
University of California - Berkeley	same
Loyola Marymount University	same

Avg % of day spent cloudy

61.4%

Loyola Marymount University	↓8.2%
University of California - Berkeley	↓6.3%
Harvard University	↓3%
University of Massachusetts - Amherst	↓0.9%
New York University	↑2.1%
Cornell University	↑3.4%
Loyola University - Chicago	↑8.5%

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

4.7 hrs

Loyola Marymount University	↑1.0
University of California - Berkeley	↑0.8
Harvard University	↑0.4
University of Massachusetts - Amherst	↑0.2
New York University	↓0.2
Cornell University	↓0.4
Loyola University - Chicago	↓1

Precipitation

Avg % of day spent precipitating

14.6%

Loyola University - Chicago	↓14.6%
Loyola Marymount University	↓12.3%
University of California - Berkeley	↓9.5%
New York University	↓5.8%
University of Massachusetts - Amherst	↓5.6%
Harvard University	↓4.5%
Cornell University	↓1.2%

Temperatures

Average Temperature

42.4F

Loyola Marymount University	↑18.0F
University of California - Berkeley	↑12.4F
New York University	↑6.0F
Loyola University - Chicago	↑5.6F
Harvard University	↑1.9F
University of Massachusetts - Amherst	↓1F
Cornell University	↓3.3F

Maximum Temperature

93.2F

Cornell University	↑19.8F
Loyola Marymount University	↑5.4F
University of California - Berkeley	↑3.6F
Harvard University	↑1.8F
University of Massachusetts - Amherst	same
New York University	↓1.8F
Loyola University - Chicago	↓5.4F

Minimum Temperature

-5.8F

Loyola Marymount University	↑41.4F
University of California - Berkeley	↑34.2F
New York University	↑9.0F
Loyola University - Chicago	↑7.2F
Harvard University	↓1.8F
University of Massachusetts - Amherst	↓9F
Cornell University	↓10.8F

Windchill Minimum

-26.1F

Loyola Marymount University	↑56.0F
University of California - Berkeley	↑48.7F
New York University	↑3.5F
Loyola University - Chicago	↑1.7F
Cornell University	↓5.6F
University of Massachusetts - Amherst	↓10.3F
Harvard University	↓12F