Social life at Rochester

BandW
Wed, 16 May 2007 22:22:16 +0000

My family lived in Rochester for twenty some years before moving down to Maryland and now both my sons will be in Rochester. Here’s what I remember of Rochester weather.

Summer is beautiful - warm, not too humid. There are usually 10 or so days of high temp. (90s) and high humidity. There may be 3 or so such days and then the weather would break. However, I used to expect a chilly weekend by the end of August with night temp. going down to 50s.

Fall - gorgeous. Great leaves. Crisp. Loved the Indian summer spells. However, snow can come as early as October (not that much but you can see it).

Winter - Not as cold and not as much snow as you might expect. Lake Ontario buffers the extremes. It is rare to be in the teens for any length of time. It’s usually in the 20s. However, it is cloudy. Snow - about 70"-80" per season - less than Syracuse and Buffalo areas. They are used to it and have equipment to handle it. People are usually not concerned until forecasts go over 8 inches. Believe it or not, you do get used to it.

Spring - long time coming. We figure that it’s usually a month late/later than you’d like. Gets a bit wet from melting snow. The first warm, sunny day can get Rochesterians giddy.