{"id":188,"date":"2017-02-15T16:42:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T21:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/?p=188"},"modified":"2017-02-15T16:42:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T21:42:39","slug":"how-to-prepare-for-iowas-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/2017\/02\/how-to-prepare-for-iowas-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prepare for Iowa\u2019s climate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being from the Midwest makes you think that you\u2019re prepared for anything related to the weather. But, I assure you, you\u2019re not. Iowa has a high unpredictability about the weather. Take Valentine\u2019s Day 2017 for instance. It was beautiful outside. The type of beautiful that is a 45-degree weather day after weeks of bitter cold. The type where you feel pretty comfortable in a thick pullover or a quarter-zip. It makes someone think that the next day will be equally as beautiful and you won\u2019t give much thought to grabbing a jacket before you run out of your apartment at 7:30 in the morning to rush to work. That didn\u2019t happen to me or anything<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So, I want to talk about how to prepare for Iowa\u2019s climate. It takes some getting used to and there\u2019s a trial and error process: meaning you will<\/em> probably spend a couple days here and there either freezing your butt off or sweating your butt off.<\/p>\n

My tip is to have a variety of clothing with you throughout the year. I know it\u2019s hard for some people because the dorms only have limited closet space depending on whether you\u2019re in a single, double, or triple, but it will only help you in the long run. I also know that some people like to take their non-season related clothes back home and rotate out. That\u2019s fine but it won\u2019t help you with dealing with the variability of the weather. In the fall, I always like to at least have a windbreaker and sweaters with me. The transition from the heat of summer to the crispness of fall happens fast and often before there\u2019s even been a month of classes. It\u2019s good to be prepared\u2014especially if you can\u2019t find a time to get your colder weather clothes back to campus.<\/p>\n

Having a variety of clothes also helps you with changing weather throughout the day. I\u2019m talking about layers. Layers are everything. If you wear a scarf and a big sweater during the cold morning, you can peel if off to your short sleeve. Especially in the late spring when the weather doesn\u2019t want to make up its mind.<\/p>\n

It all really comes down to having options on hand and being able to gauge how your body will react to changing weather. Don\u2019t freeze (or sweat) too much out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being from the Midwest makes you think that you\u2019re prepared for anything related to the weather. But, I assure you, you\u2019re not. Iowa has a high unpredictability about the weather. Take Valentine\u2019s Day 2017 for instance. It was beautiful outside. The type of beautiful that is a 45-degree weather day after weeks of bitter cold. … Continue reading How to prepare for Iowa\u2019s climate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campuslife","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}