How hot/humid does it get at Rice?

CasualObserver
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:36:39 +0000

Seconding what everyone else says… It’s sweltering, for sure. Newbie band members (band members wear three-piece wool suits, even at high noon in August) would consistently play halftime shows, walk off the field, hand their trombones and tubas to the nearest flute player, and pass out. (Soon after, they would learn about ‘hydration’.) Nobody sane goes outside during the summer, though, opting to stay indoors where it’s delightfully air conditioned year-round.

Be forewarned that everyone thinks Houston’s going to be… like… seventy degrees all winter (Redenbacher’s…!). My old roommate, who was from Utah, didn’t pack any sweatshirts or anything her first year and was surprised at the occasional bouts of thirty five/ forty-degree weather. It definitely doesn’t suck like the northern states, and you’re not going to get snow, but don’t forget to pack a jacket.

Also an umbrella. Gotta love monsoon season.