@katliamom I grew up in the East Coast, but I never had something to compare the weather to - I thought it was normal. Now I live in the Southwest, with virtually none of the mugginess you described in Boston, but I can’t remember what the weather was like when I lived in the East! Grrr. As a kid, weather wasn’t really one of my priorities.
Since you mentioned Southern California, I have three schools there that I am considering applying to. The climate there, to me, is perfection - warm but cooler than the desert, dry, and sunny. My dad says that it is almost boringly pleasant, and that I need to brave some less-appealing weather to toughen me up! Lol.