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For several months now, you've been researching law schools.  You've read the web pages, talked to admissions reps, surfed a few chat groups.  And nowhere, nowhere, did they tell you about the 100 inches of snow -- or the 88 days of thunderstorms. So as my Christmas gift to you this year, I'm herewith providing the answers to those all-important questions.  

The data included here comes from a number of sources:  

  • Climate data came from Places Rated Almanac All New Edition 1993 (well, it was all new in 1993!)  
    • Summer and winter temperatures are average, not the highest or lowest.  The highs tend to run about 10 degrees higher than the number shown here.  
    • Storm days seem about right; inches of snow seems high if you live in an urban area (where captured heat reduces accumulation), more accurate for suburban and rural locales.

The schools are in alphabetical order by state and city, since that's how I researched them.  So browse now, come back when you're holding an acceptance letter in your hand, and prepare yourself for the rigors of wherever you're heading.

School City ST City
pop		 Metro
pop		 Winter
Temp		 Summer
Temp		 Storm
Days		 Inches
Snow
Samford Birmingham AL 266 922 33 90 58 1
Alabama Tuscaloosa AL 78 167 33 90 58 1
Arkansas Fayetteville AR 42 285 30 93 57 5
Arkansas Little Rock AR 176 568 30 93 57 5
Arizona State Tempe AZ 142 3034 39 105 23 0
Arizona Tucson AZ 405 821 38 99 40 2
Cal-Berkeley Berkeley CA 104 2348 44 73 2 0
Whittier Costa Mesa CA 96 2411 40 95 3 0
Cal-Davis Davis CA 46 1584 38 93 5 0
Chapman Fullerton CA 114 2411 40 95 3 0
Cal-UCLA Los Angeles CA 3485 9220 47 77 3 0
Loyola -- L.A. Los Angeles CA 3485 9220 47 77 3 0
Southern Cal. Los Angeles CA 3485 9220 47 77 3 0
Southwestern Los Angeles CA 3485 9220 47 77 3 0
Pepperdine Malibu CA 10 9220 47 77 3 0
Pacific/McGeorge Sacramento CA 369 1584 38 93 5 0
Cal.Western San Diego CA 1111 2859 48 78 3 0
San Diego San Diego CA 1111 2859 48 78 3 0
Thomas Jeff. San Diego CA 1111 2859 48 78 3 0
Cal-Hastings San Francisco CA 724 1675 44 73 2 0
Golden Gate San Francisco CA 724 1675 44 73 2 0
San Francisco San Francisco CA 724 1675 44 73 2 0
Santa Clara Santa Clara CA 94 1647 46 75 2 0
Stanford Stanford CA 18 1647 43 85 2 0
Colorado Boulder CO 83 271 16 88 41 60
Denver Denver CO 468 1993 16 88 41 60
Quinnipiac Hamden CT 52 333 18 84 21 45
Connecticut Hartford CT 140 1149 17 85 22 53
Yale New Haven CT 130 525 18 84 21 45
American Washington DC 607 4745 28 88 29 16
Catholic Washington DC 607 4745 28 88 29 16
D.C.L.S. Washington DC 607 4745 28 88 29 16
George Wash'ton Washington DC 607 4745 28 88 29 16
Georgetown Washington DC 607 4745 28 88 29 16
Howard Washington DC 607 4745 28 88 29 16
Widener Wilmington DE 72 570 24 86 27 20
Miami Coral Gables FL 40 2089 59 89 75 0
Nova Ft Lauderdale FL 149 1534 59 89 75 0
Florida Gainesville FL 85 205 38 91 64 0
Florida Coastal Jacksonville FL 673 1100 42 91 64 0
St. Thomas Miami FL 359 2089 59 89 75 0
Barry Orlando FL 165 2410 49 92 81 0
Stetson St. Petersbg. FL 239 2308 50 90 88 0
Florida State Tallahassee FL 125 272 40 91 86 0
Georgia Athens GA 46 145 33 88 50 2
Emory Atlanta GA 394 3807 33 88 50 2
Georgia St Atlanta GA 394 3807 33 88 50 2
Mercer Macon GA 107 322 33 90 58 1
Hawaii Honolulu HI 365 885 65 88 7 0
Drake Des Moines IA 193 448 10 86 50 33
Iowa Iowa City IA 60 107 10 86 50 33
Idaho Moscow ID 19 31 5 83 22 44
Southern Ill. Carbondale IL 27 61 20 89 45 18
Illinois Champaign IL 63 169 19 87 45 20
Chicago Chicago IL 2784 7865 14 83 40 40
Chicago-Kent Chicago IL 2784 7865 14 83 40 40
DePaul Chicago IL 2784 7865 14 83 40 40
John Marshall Chicago IL 2784 7865 14 83 40 40
Loyola - Chicago Chicago IL 2784 7865 14 83 40 40
Northwestern Chicago IL 2784 7865 14 83 40 40
N. Illinois DeKalb IL 35 78 14 83 40 40
Indiana-Bloom Bloomington-IN IN 61 122 18 85 45 21
Indiana-Indy Indianapolis IN 742 1546 18 85 45 21
Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 106 261 18 84 40 33
Valparaiso Valparaiso IN 24 129 14 83 40 40
Kansas Lawrence KS 66 95 16 88 41 60
Washburn Topeka KS 120 167 19 93 55 16
Northern Ky. Highland Hts. KY 4 1641 20 86 50 19
Kentucky Lexington KY 225 459 23 86 47 16
Louisville Louisville KY 269 1010 24 88 45 17
Louisiana St. Baton Rouge LA 220 604 42 93 68 0
Southern U. Baton Rouge LA 220 604 42 93 68 0
Loyola N.Orleans New Orleans LA 497 1325 43 91 68 0
Tulane New Orleans LA 497 1325 43 91 68 0
Boston U. Boston MA 573 3297 23 82 19 42
New England Boston MA 573 3297 23 82 19 42
Northeastern Boston MA 573 3297 23 82 19 42
Suffolk Boston MA 573 3297 23 82 19 42
Harvard Cambridge MA 96 3297 23 82 19 42
Boston College Newton MA 82 3297 23 82 19 42
W. New England Springfield-MA MA 157 575 17 85 22 53
Baltimore Baltimore MD 736 2529 24 87 26 22
Maryland Baltimore MD 736 2529 24 87 26 22
Maine Portland-ME ME 63 236 12 79 18 74
Ave Maria Ann Arbor MI 110 555 16 83 33 39
Michigan Ann Arbor MI 110 555 16 83 33 39
Detroit Mercy Detroit MI 1028 4505 16 83 33 39
Wayne State Detroit MI 1028 4505 16 83 33 39
MSU-Detroit Coll. Lansing MI 127 454 16 83 33 39
Thomas Cooley Lansing MI 127 454 16 83 33 39
Minnesota Minneapolis MN 368 2910 2 83 36 46
U. of St. Thomas Minneapolis MN 368 2910 2 83 36 46
Hamline St. Paul MN 272 2910 2 83 36 46
Wm. Mitchell St. Paul MN 272 2910 2 83 36 46
Missouri Columbia-MO MO 69 134 19 89 51 24
Missouri Kansas City MO 441 1759 17 89 47 20
St. Louis St. Louis MO 397 2585 20 89 45 18
Wash. U. St. Louis MO 397 2585 20 89 45 18
Miss. College Jackson MS 197 439 35 93 65 1
Mississippi Oxford MS 10 32 31 92 53 6
Montana Missoula MT 43 93 5 83 22 44
Campbell Buies Creek NC 2 68 31 88 42 6
North Carolina Chapel Hill NC 39 1114 29 88 46 7
Duke Durham NC 137 1114 29 88 46 7
NC Central Durham NC 137 1114 29 88 46 7
Wake Forest Winston-Salem NC 144 1187 27 87 46 9
North Dakota Grand Forks ND 49 104 -5 83 33 35
Nebraska Lincoln NE 192 243 9 90 9 26
Creighton Omaha NE 336 712 10 89 48 32
Franklin Pierce Concord NH 36 120 8 81 25 79
Rutgers Camden NJ 87 4966 24 86 27 20
Rutgers Newark NJ 275 1944 26 85 20 29
Seton Hall Newark NJ 275 1944 26 85 20 29
New Mexico Albuquerque NM 385 734 22 93 43 11
Nevada Las Vegas NV 258 741 33 105 15 2
Albany Albany NY 101 886 12 83 28 71
"Buffalo, SUNY" Buffalo NY 328 1167 17 80 31 90
Hofstra Hempstead NY 726 2671 26 85 20 29
Touro Huntington NY 191 2671 26 85 20 29
Cornell Ithaca NY 29 94 15 82 29 109
Brooklyn New York NY 7322 8604 26 85 20 29
Cardozo New York NY 7322 8604 26 85 20 29
Columbia New York NY 7322 8604 26 85 20 29
Fordham New York NY 7322 8604 26 85 20 29
N.Y.L.S. New York NY 7322 8604 26 85 20 29
NYU New York NY 7322 8604 26 85 20 29
CUNY Queens NY 1952 2671 26 85 20 29
St. John's Queens NY 1952 2671 26 85 20 29
Syracuse Syracuse NY 164 744 15 82 29 109
Pace White Plains NY 49 8604 26 85 20 29
Ohio Northern Ada OH 5 31 18 84 40 33
Akron Akron OH 222 690 17 82 40 48
Cincinnati Cincinnati OH 364 1641 20 86 50 19
Case Western Cleveland OH 506 2228 19 82 36 52
Cleveland Cleveland OH 506 2228 19 82 36 52
Capital Columbus-OH OH 633 1503 19 84 42 28
Ohio St. Columbus-OH OH 633 1503 19 84 42 28
Dayton Dayton OH 182 947 19 85 40 29
Toledo Toledo OH 333 615 16 83 40 37
Oklahoma Norman OK 80 1050 25 94 51 9
Oklahoma City Oklahoma City OK 446 1050 25 94 51 9
Tulsa Tulsa OK 367 784 25 94 52 9
Oregon Eugene OR 113 321 34 83 5 7
Lewis & Clark Portland-OR OR 437 1889 34 80 7 7
Willamette Salem OR 108 341 34 80 7 7
Penn State Carlisle PA 18 636 22 86 33 35
Widener Harrisburg PA 51 636 22 86 33 35
Penn Philadelphia PA 1586 4966 24 86 27 20
Temple Philadelphia PA 1586 4966 24 86 27 20
Duquesne Pittsburgh PA 370 2362 19 83 36 45
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 370 2362 19 83 36 45
Villanova Villanova PA 9 4966 24 86 27 20
Roger Wms. Providence RI 22 1088 20 82 20 37
South Carolina Columbia-SC SC 98 533 33 92 54 2
S. Dakota Vermillion SD 10 13 2 86 43 39
Tennessee Knoxville TN 165 682 30 87 47 12
Memphis St. Memphis TN 610 1116 31 92 53 6
Vanderbilt Nashville TN 511 1186 28 90 55 11
Texas Austin TX 466 1149 39 95 41 1
SMU Dallas TX 1007 3278 34 98 46 3
Texas Wesleyan Ft. Worth TX 448 3278 34 98 46 3
Houston Houston TX 1631 4008 41 94 69 0
South Texas Houston TX 1631 4008 41 94 69 0
Texas Southern Houston TX 1631 4008 41 94 69 0
Texas Tech Lubbock TX 186 234 24 92 45 10
St. Mary's San Antonio TX 936 1598 39 95 36 0
Baylor Waco TX 106 208 36 97 44 2
Brigham Young Provo-UT UT 87 359 20 93 35 58
Utah Salt Lake City UT 160 1324 20 93 35 58
George Mason Arlington VA 171 4745 28 88 29 16
Virginia Charlottesville VA 41 152 27 88 37 14
Appalachian Grundy VA 1 31 24 85 43 29
Wash. & Lee Lexington VA 7 68 24 85 43 29
Richmond Richmond VA 203 970 27 88 37 14
Regent Virginia Beach VA 393 1586 32 87 37 7
William & Mary Williamsburg VA 12 1586 32 87 37 7
Vermont South Royalton VT 1 55 8 81 25 79
Seattle U. Seattle WA 516 2356 34 75 7 15
Washington Seattle WA 516 2356 34 75 7 15
Gonzaga Spokane WA 177 418 20 84 11 53
Wisconsin Madison WI 191 413 7 83 40 39
Marquette Milwaukee WI 628 1468 11 80 36 45
W. Va Morgantown WV 26 76 24 85 43 29
Wyoming Laramie WY 27 31 21 88 41 55

 

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