There are so many schools out there that using weather as one more factor in the winnowing down phase to me is perfectly reasonable. It’s all so subjective anyway- DD spent almost her whole life in NE and laughs when her DC school shuts down for what she considers a snow flurry- yet her roommate from Panama finds it miserably cold… I am also mildly amused at the talk of muggy NE summers. Never felt that way to me- DC and Florida where my mom lives- now THEY have muggy summers…
It’s great to use college as a chance to temporarily experience something new- so maybe OP can include DC or PNW for example in her/his list but not NE or Midwest schools- where weather will be more extreme… Just a thought…